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Offline doubleboost

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New boiler build
« on: October 27, 2011, 05:04:31 PM »
Hi
This should make 2 good boiler shells
5500psi swp
Should handle 60 psi steam

Be vertical fire tube jobs
John
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Re: New boiler build
« Reply #1 on: October 28, 2011, 04:16:56 AM »
It'll take forever to cut with that hedge trimmer   :lol:
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Re: New boiler build
« Reply #2 on: October 29, 2011, 04:45:10 PM »
 Nice one John :thumbup: Should make nice boiler shells!

 :lol: :lol: From what I can see you're sharing with another Toony  :lol: :lol:

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Re: New boiler build
« Reply #3 on: October 30, 2011, 03:25:42 PM »
Hi
Made a start today never seen inside one of these before



nice and clean 8mm wall thickness
John
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Re: New boiler build
« Reply #4 on: October 30, 2011, 03:49:05 PM »
I take it you are not worried about getting it tested or insured as you won't have the paperwork for the barrel.

J
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Re: New boiler build
« Reply #5 on: October 30, 2011, 03:54:38 PM »
It will just be used at home
Hydraulic test is not a problem
John
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Re: New boiler build
« Reply #6 on: October 30, 2011, 05:57:54 PM »
i see the hedge trimmer did i fine job John  :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

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Re: New boiler build
« Reply #7 on: October 30, 2011, 06:09:10 PM »
Nine inch hedge cutter :bugeye: :bugeye: :bugeye:
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Re: New boiler build
« Reply #8 on: October 30, 2011, 07:51:03 PM »
Nine inch hedge cutter? Those are bonsai hedges  :)

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Re: New boiler build
« Reply #9 on: October 30, 2011, 08:29:09 PM »
Nice, I would of never thought about using the like. Is it an oxy or argon tank? I could of gotten several old tanks shoot I wish I would of thought of this could of used them they were argon tanks that were damaged on one end must have been dropped from a delivery truck. I could of had them for scrap steel price. :doh:

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Re: New boiler build
« Reply #10 on: October 30, 2011, 08:35:03 PM »
CO2 bottle
Even i would not cut a oxy bottle
Rated at 5000 odd psi swp (same as argon or oxy)
got a nice bit of copper pipe running its full length
John
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Re: New boiler build
« Reply #11 on: November 01, 2011, 01:08:35 PM »
I'm thinking I need some hedge trimmers like those, I could let my wife use them on the hedges when I wasn't busy with them.  Those are some very nice cuts, and clean too :bugeye:  What, not cut into an oxy tank? :lol:  I'm really looking forward to this boiler build, I've got one to build somewhere in the future, and could use lessons.  Looking good,  :beer: :jaw:  Cheers, mad jack
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Re: New boiler build
« Reply #12 on: November 01, 2011, 01:40:17 PM »
Good solid thinking John!  :clap: :clap:

Forged steel tube, should make a crackin' boiler.....  :thumbup:

Originally made at "The Tube Works", just down the road from me. Now a housing estate.......  :bang:


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Re: New boiler build
« Reply #13 on: November 01, 2011, 02:10:54 PM »
I've got to chime in here. I think this is a great idea using an oxygen. I think I may have one laying around somewhere.

Like the rest of the members here, I'll be watching this one.

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Re: New boiler build
« Reply #14 on: November 01, 2011, 03:37:08 PM »
Quote from: Stilldrillin on November 01, 2011, 01:40:17 PM
Good solid thinking John!  :clap: :clap:

Forged steel tube, should make a crackin' boiler.....  :thumbup:

Originally made at "The Tube Works", just down the road from me. Now a housing estate.......  :bang:


Watching quietly.

David D

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I used to go there quite a lot, Chesterfield Tubes, when I was at work.

Gone ??

All of it ???

What about the Bryan Donkin works? Went there too.

BC

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Re: New boiler build
« Reply #15 on: November 01, 2011, 04:39:53 PM »
Quote from: Bluechip on November 01, 2011, 03:37:08 PM



I used to go there quite a lot, Chesterfield Tubes, when I was at work.

Gone ??

All of it ???

What about the Bryan Donkin works? Went there too.

BC

Gone too. Retail park........ :(

Enormous, nightmare roundabout, at (what was) Horn's Bridge.  :palm:

David D
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