Precision cutting tool for cutting or trimming pillar candles

A method of cutting a pillar candle comprising the steps of:

• a. placing a pillar candle within an interior space established by a ring section of a precision candle cutting tool, the cutting tool comprising:
• i. the ring section;
• ii. a handle section;
• iii. a knob coupled to the handle section;
• and
• iv. a transition section between the ring section and the handle section, wherein the transition section includes a cutting element therein, wherein the ring section is configured to be placed around the pillar styled candle and the handle section includes an actuator, wherein the actuator includes a blade holder connected to the cutting element, wherein the blade holder includes a drive shaft connected to the knob and that produces linear movement of the blade holder when the knob is rotated;
• b. adjusting the cutting element by turning the knob in a first direction to move the cutting element forward to contact a waste paraffin wall of the candle;
• c. forcing the cutting element into the waste paraffin wall by further mining the knob in the first direction to advance the cutting element;
• d. gripping the candle;
• e. rotating the candle within the interior space to cause cutting of the entire waste paraffin wall with the cutting element;
• f. adjusting the cutting element by turning the knob in the first direction to advance the cutting element further into the waste paraffin wall;
• g. rotating the candle again within the interior space to cause cutting of the entire waste paraffin wall with the cutting element;
• and
• h. repeating steps f. and g. until the waste paraffin wall can be is removed from the candle.