◆ Candle wax
Ribbed cone candle mold
A 101 mm ribbed cone candle, like a little Christmas tree with 14 rounded ribs. A silicone mold from a printed shell.
◆ Candle wax
A 101 mm ribbed cone candle, like a little Christmas tree with 14 rounded ribs. A silicone mold from a printed shell.
A ribbed cone candle 101 mm tall and 64 mm across the foot: 14 rounded ribs running up a tall cone to a small rounded tip, a minimalist Christmas tree.
Made with the hugging-shell mode of our silicone mold maker: print the base with the cone fused onto it and the two shell halves, pour about 535 ml of silicone, and the flexible mold that comes out peels off the ribs that would hook a rigid mold at the seam.
Pour three in green, white and gold for a Christmas table, or one in cream for a Scandinavian winter shelf. The zip carries every printed part, the cone master as its own STL, the tool's own print-settings sheet and a recipe file for the generator.
Shown as a 3D render of the printed mold parts pulled apart around the master, not a photo.
Print the base, which has the master already fused onto it, the two shell halves and the six clamps (all six are in clamps.stl). No supports.
Stand the shell halves on the base around the master and push the six printed clamps over the seams. Steel binder clips work too, the seats for them are built into the shell.
Tape the outside seams or run a bead of hot glue along them, because silicone finds every gap.
Mix 577 ml of silicone in one batch, pour it into the open top in a thin stream, and fill level with the rim.
Once it has cured, unclip the shell, lift it off and peel the silicone off the master. That silicone is your mold.
Set the silicone back in the shell to keep its shape, and cast into it through the opening the base left.
Print details
| Cast material | Candle wax |
|---|---|
| Printed parts | 9 |
| Size (W x D x H) | 110 x 112 x 117 mm |
| Print bed needed | 112 x 107 mm, 117 mm tall |
| Filament | ~242 g |
| Layer height | 0.2 mm |
| Infill | 15% |
| Supports | Not needed |
| Download | ZIP: 9 printed parts in 4 STL files + candle master (STL) + print sheet + recipe |
| Added | 2026-09-25 |
Made with the free Silicone mold maker generator. Upload your own model and get the same kind of mold built around it, in your browser.
Free download. Opens the Thingiverse listing in a new tab.
Free for personal use. Selling the pieces you cast needs a commercial licence (Pro or Founder); passing on the file itself is not permitted on any plan. Full terms.
New to casting? Read the silicone mold maker guide.
Yes. Open the master STL from the zip in the free silicone mold maker, scale it, and generate a new shell. A set of three cones at 70, 85 and 100 percent makes a nice little forest on a table.
Yes, the tip is a rounded 8 mm knob, not a sharp point, so it fills and releases cleanly. Pour a little hotter, 75 to 80 C, so the wax reaches the tip before it starts to set.
The shell follows the cone out to its wide base and keeps an even 10 mm wall all the way up, so a tall cone needs a tall shell. You mix it once, 577 ml, and the mold then casts candle after candle.
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