Wax Pens and Heating Tools

The Electric Wax Pen Station is a plug-in wax working tool that heats up to a consistent temperature, giving you reliable, controllable heat for wax modelling, joining, and detailing. It comes with a pen and holder, and you can add a second pen so one is always warm while you work with the other. It is our most popular wax heating tool and suits anyone doing regular wax work at the bench.

The station is used for a wide range of wax working tasks in the lost wax casting process. Common uses include joining separate wax sections, filling gaps or cracks in a model, adding texture or surface detail, smoothing joins, and building up volume in specific areas. It is particularly useful when you need to attach wax wire, add decorative elements, or repair a model before sending it to casting.

The Electric Wax Pen Station plugs into the wall and runs continuously, which means the pen stays at a consistent heat throughout your session. The Max Wax Pen is a self-contained pen that heats up on demand. The Station is the better choice if you work with wax often or for longer sessions, because the heat is more stable and you have a holder to rest the pen in safely. The Max Wax Pen suits makers who want a portable option or are just getting started with wax work.

Yes. We stock the Additional Pen for Electric Wax Station separately. Having two pens means you can swap between tip shapes without waiting for one to cool, or keep a second warm and ready so your workflow is not interrupted.

A wax pen is a heated tool used in the lost wax casting process to soften, move, join, and add detail to wax models. The heated tip lets you melt small amounts of wax precisely, whether you are reattaching a broken section, smoothing a join, adding texture, or building up a surface. It gives you far more control than warming wax by hand or near an open flame.

An alcohol spirit lamp provides a small, clean flame used to gently warm metal carving tools and wax picks before applying them to wax. It is a traditional bench tool for wax work and general jewellery making. Makers use it to smooth wax surfaces by briefly passing a heated tool across them, or to warm a tool tip before picking up small amounts of wax. It is a simple, low-cost addition to a wax working setup.

Carving tools and wax pens do different things. Carving tools remove wax by cutting and scraping. A wax pen adds and moves wax by melting it. If your work is purely subtractive carving, hand tools alone will get you a long way. If you want to join wax sections, fill gaps, build up texture, or do additive modelling work, a wax pen makes those tasks much more accurate and easier to control.

Yes, this is one of the most practical uses for a wax pen. If a section of your model breaks off or a join separates, you can use the pen to carefully re-melt the edges and fuse them back together. You can also use it to fill small voids or build up areas that need more wax. Working slowly at a low heat setting gives you the most control and reduces the risk of distorting the surrounding wax.