Copper from hot water cylinder

[Steve PaveyParticipant @stevepavey65865]

I had to change my hot water cylinder a little while ago and the old one is sitting behind the workshop waiting for either a trip to the scrappy or to be cut up and put into the stock of stuff that might come in handy. But is it any good for anything?

[Steve PaveyParticipant @stevepavey65865]

[JimmieSParticipant @jimmies]

Money! Worth enough to treat yourself to a few bits and pieces. Some while ago I got £35 for one.

 

Ops – just noticed you had this thought too. Old age and excitement don't mix too well.

Edited By JimmieS on 21/04/2016 21:44:11

[julian atkinsParticipant @julianatkins58923]

I am currently making a tank to go inside a 5"g LBSCR wagon to go behind my current build – all made out of an immersion heater cut up and flattened out. It is give or take a thou 1/32" thick.

Cheers,

Julian

[BazyleParticipant @bazyle]

One of our club members at the last meeting showed a small smithies boiler made from water heater shell. Not the pressure vessel but the shrouding.

Also there used to be a nice 4ft long tug on the local pond with the hull made from a tank. Terrible waste to just scrap it for a little money. While still in sheet form it has far more potential.

[Gordon WParticipant @gordonw]

Quite agree- keep it for the material, expensive if you have to buy it. My question is how to get the insulation of the modern ones ? The last one I cut away most of the foam with a bread knife and burnt the rest. Awful mess and and a long clean-up.

[Ian S CParticipant @iansc]

You would have to check the inside for corrosion, an old hot water cylinder can be a bit like a lace curtain, if its got one hole, it's got hundreds about to become holes. If it's sound keep it, if not sell for what you can get.

Ian S C

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