Wax candles are made in machines each capable of moulding fifty or one hundred candles at one time. The machine is simply a framework holding a large tray having a number of circular holes. Under each of these holes hangs a caudle mould with the point downwards. The wicks are wound upon bobbins below, drawn through the points of the moulds, and then stretched tight by fixing to a frame above so that they pass up the centres of the moulds. Surrounding the moulds is a trough. The molten wax is poured into the tray, from which it falls into the moulds. Cold water is then run into the trough, and the wax immediately solidifies. The excess of wax in the tray is removed by a scraper, and the frame carrying the wicks is raised so that all the candles are drawn out of the moulds. The wicks are then cut and the process repeated. The waxes used are paraffin wax, composite (paraffin wax with 5 to 15 per cent, stearic acid), cerasin, etc.