Hi There all..
I am looking for tips on stripping lead joints out of an old copper boiler tank that I got hold of. I am building a 10 gallon boiler/potstill
Please help if anybody could?
deconstructing a old copper boiler to replace lead joints
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Re: deconstructing a old copper boiler to replace lead joint
Unsolder all the joints and wet sand off the old solder with 80 grit
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Re: deconstructing a old copper boiler to replace lead joint
Used to work at a gun range
we would wet the lead so
A. we breaks our backs
B. we don't breath any of it in
I would suggest to give not only the solder a sanding
Do the whole rig just to be safe
When it's blue your true when it's red your dead
we would wet the lead so
A. we breaks our backs
B. we don't breath any of it in
I would suggest to give not only the solder a sanding
Do the whole rig just to be safe
When it's blue your true when it's red your dead
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Re: deconstructing a old copper boiler to replace lead joint
A radical way to do it, and remember I am NOT a metal-worker;mountainjack wrote:Hi There all..
I am looking for tips on stripping lead joints out of an old copper boiler tank that I got hold of. I am building a 10 gallon boiler/potstill
Please help if anybody could?
Cut out the old soldered joints and start again with new, safe solder.
Geoff
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Re: deconstructing a old copper boiler to replace lead joint
Can't do it that way, it's too easyThe Baker wrote:mountainjack wrote:
A radical way to do it, and remember I am NOT a metal-worker;
Cut out the old soldered joints and start again with new, safe solder.
Geoff
Also if you cut out the solder joints,
the pieces won't fit back together
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Re: deconstructing a old copper boiler to replace lead joint
Yeah, I wondered about that.shadylane wrote:Can't do it that way, it's too easyThe Baker wrote:mountainjack wrote:
A radical way to do it, and remember I am NOT a metal-worker;
Cut out the old soldered joints and start again with new, safe solder.
Geoff
Also if you cut out the solder joints,
the pieces won't fit back together
Geoff
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Re: deconstructing a old copper boiler to replace lead joint
Thanks to every member that gave advice. After testing the boiler I have been informed the joints are lead-free, and was welded by a machine using coppaflow, a non-toxic solder used for drinking water tanks.
I now have build the thumper and I am busy with the boiler hood and lyne arm assembly. Please can somebody point me to the correct thread where I may find out how large the thumper must be, compared to the boiler or still tank?
Also, how large the slobber box should be?
I now have build the thumper and I am busy with the boiler hood and lyne arm assembly. Please can somebody point me to the correct thread where I may find out how large the thumper must be, compared to the boiler or still tank?
Also, how large the slobber box should be?