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 "version": "2026-10-20",
 "license": "Dimension sheets are written by Xem Studio from the cited sources and are free to use (CC BY 4.0, attribute 'Xem Studio'). Linked files belong to their publishers under the license shown; Xem Studio does not host them. 'license_verified: false' means the license shown is from memory or the publisher's page as last read and should be confirmed at the link before commercial use.",
 "slug": "tea-light-stand",
 "name": "Tea-light stands: a Ø38 cup pocket on a column, at the height an engine needs",
 "kind": "hardware",
 "category": "Stirling engines",
 "group": "Stirling & thermoacoustic",
 "year": null,
 "question": "How do I hold a tea light at the right height under or beside a Stirling engine?",
 "tags": [
  "tea light",
  "stand",
  "heat source",
  "stirling",
  "long earth society"
 ],
 "aliases": [
  "tea light holder",
  "tea light stand stl",
  "candle holder stirling engine",
  "tea light riser"
 ],
 "overall_mm": {
  "length": null,
  "width": null,
  "height": null
 },
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 "sheet_txt": "https://xemstudio.com/objects/tea-light-stand/sheet.txt",
 "sheet": {
  "basis": "Tea light cup Ø38 × 16 from the tea-light-candles entry; heights from the assembled alpha V-twin and Ross yoke alpha engines on this site (cup top 15 mm below the hot barrel)",
  "overall_mm": {
   "length": null,
   "width": null,
   "height": null
  },
  "notes": [
   "A Ø30 column on a 50 × 60 × 5 base carries a Ø44 head with a Ø38 × 8 pocket that takes the tea light's cup. The column stands 15 mm from one end of the base, so the base reaches away from the engine and clears its foot.",
   "H97: the alpha V-twin syringe engine, cup centred under the hot (+45°) barrel 5 mm in from its tip end, cup top 15 mm below the barrel. h185: the Ross yoke alpha, cup beside the hot barrel (axes 36 mm apart), cup top 15 mm below the barrel's tip end.",
   "The pocket is drawn at the cup's diameter exactly (see Mating features)."
  ],
  "table": {
   "columns": [
    "stand",
    "height_mm",
    "cup_floor_mm",
    "for"
   ],
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    [
     "tea-light-stand-h97",
     97,
     89,
     "alpha V-twin syringe"
    ],
    [
     "tea-light-stand-h185",
     185,
     177,
     "Ross yoke alpha"
    ]
   ]
  }
 },
 "sheet_text": "Tea-light stands: a Ø38 cup pocket on a column, at the height an engine needs — dimension sheet\nSource: Xem Studio, https://xemstudio.com/objects/tea-light-stand/  (CC BY 4.0)\nBasis: Tea light cup Ø38 × 16 from the tea-light-candles entry; heights from the assembled alpha V-twin and Ross yoke alpha engines on this site (cup top 15 mm below the hot barrel)\nCatalog version: 2026-10-20\n\nSizes: see table below\n- A Ø30 column on a 50 × 60 × 5 base carries a Ø44 head with a Ø38 × 8 pocket that takes the tea light's cup. The column stands 15 mm from one end of the base, so the base reaches away from the engine and clears its foot.\n- H97: the alpha V-twin syringe engine, cup centred under the hot (+45°) barrel 5 mm in from its tip end, cup top 15 mm below the barrel. h185: the Ross yoke alpha, cup beside the hot barrel (axes 36 mm apart), cup top 15 mm below the barrel's tip end.\n- The pocket is drawn at the cup's diameter exactly (see Mating features).\n\nstand  height_mm  cup_floor_mm  for\ntea-light-stand-h97  97  89  alpha V-twin syringe\ntea-light-stand-h185  185  177  Ross yoke alpha\n\nFiles elsewhere (not hosted by Xem Studio; license as stated by the publisher):\n- Long Earth Society: Engine builds — web, video — LES site — https://longearthsociety.com/engineering/\n\nFree files (CC BY 4.0, Xem Studio; STEP + STL, 2 parts): https://xemstudio.com/files/hardware/tea-light-stand/index.json\nAPI: https://xemstudio.com/api/geometry?object=tea-light-stand\n",
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   "publisher": "Long Earth Society",
   "title": "Engine builds",
   "url": "https://longearthsociety.com/engineering/",
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    "video"
   ],
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  }
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 "related": [
  "tea-light-candles",
  "list-alpha-v-twin-syringe",
  "list-ross-yoke-alpha",
  "alpha-v-twin-syringe-frame",
  "ross-yoke"
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 "fits": [],
 "dimensions": "exact (nominal, no printing tolerance)",
 "dimension_rule": "All geometry on Xem Studio is exact (nominal, true size) with no printing tolerance. Where a part meets another part, the object lists its mating features (feature, exact size, what it mates with, fit class: press, slide, run, socket, clamp or designed). Apply your process's allowance to those features only; 'designed' gaps are part of the design and stay as drawn.",
 "mating": [
  {
   "feature": "cup pocket",
   "exact": "Ø38 × 8",
   "mates": "tea light cup Ø38",
   "fit": "socket",
   "files": "tea-light-stand-"
  }
 ],
 "fit_classes": {
  "press": "stays put: pin, tube, bearing or magnet held by interference. Typical FDM: hole +0.0 to +0.1 mm on diameter.",
  "slide": "assembles by hand and is held by a grub, pinch or clamp: shaft in a hub, rod in a socket, spigot in a bore. Typical FDM: +0.2 mm.",
  "run": "turns or slides in use: pin in a link, rod through a guide. Typical FDM: +0.3 mm.",
  "socket": "large sliding fit: syringe barrel, sleeve, bobbin in a bore. Typical FDM: +0.3 mm.",
  "clamp": "split part that closes on the mating part with screws: make it at size.",
  "designed": "a gap that is part of the design (piston fit option, displacer gap, air gap): do not change."
 },
 "faq": [
  {
   "q": "How high should a tea light sit under a Stirling engine?",
   "a": "With the cup top 15–20 mm below the hot surface. The h97 stand does that under the alpha V-twin's hot barrel, the h185 beside the Ross yoke alpha's."
  },
  {
   "q": "What size pocket holds a tea light?",
   "a": "Ø38 × 8, the cup's own diameter (cups run Ø37.5–39 across makers)."
  }
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   "note": "tea-light stand 97 tall: Ø38 × 8 cup pocket (floor 89 above the table), Ø44 head, Ø30 column, 50 × 60 × 5 base with the column 15 from one end"
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   "stl": "https://xemstudio.com/files/hardware/tea-light-stand/tea-light-stand-h185.stl",
   "note": "tea-light stand 185 tall: Ø38 × 8 cup pocket (floor 177 above the table), Ø44 head, Ø30 column, 50 × 60 × 5 base with the column 15 from one end"
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