Copper from hot water cylinder

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?

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

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

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.

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.

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