Lester Bowman
Hot Rolled
- Joined
- Apr 9, 2011
- Location
- Modesto california USA
I think I've developed a copper fetish. The pic shows three boilers..at least I think the third one is some form of boiler. The one in the middle is the one this thread is focused upon.
The safety valve or what is left of it is the "dead weight" variety and appears very old as well as the test cocks. The only way this boiler can be filled is through the fitting this safety valve screws into...about the size of 1/4 npt. Wall thickness I'm guessing is about .040" The bottom is a formed piece like an upside down "top hat" riveted and soft soldered to the bottom. The top is a spun piece also soft soldered to the barrel.
If you take a copper wire and push it through one tube it comes out the other tube. What in the world is this boiler for? It measures about 7" x 16" tall.
Is it for use on an old wood stove? I removed the griddle plate ( Whatever that round thing is called which you remove with a handle) and it doesn't fit very well in my old Martin stove. Anyway the shape of the bottom lends itself to that assumption of being heated on a wood stove and used for steaming something. But what?
Maybe clams or crab? I don't have a clue! But it's a boiler and copper and it was cheap..damaged hence the next pics.
The safety valve or what is left of it is the "dead weight" variety and appears very old as well as the test cocks. The only way this boiler can be filled is through the fitting this safety valve screws into...about the size of 1/4 npt. Wall thickness I'm guessing is about .040" The bottom is a formed piece like an upside down "top hat" riveted and soft soldered to the bottom. The top is a spun piece also soft soldered to the barrel.
If you take a copper wire and push it through one tube it comes out the other tube. What in the world is this boiler for? It measures about 7" x 16" tall.
Is it for use on an old wood stove? I removed the griddle plate ( Whatever that round thing is called which you remove with a handle) and it doesn't fit very well in my old Martin stove. Anyway the shape of the bottom lends itself to that assumption of being heated on a wood stove and used for steaming something. But what?
Maybe clams or crab? I don't have a clue! But it's a boiler and copper and it was cheap..damaged hence the next pics.