I just directly clamped my boiler edge in the vise, but yours looks in retrospect a more elegant (and better for the boiler) solution. Nice job Len
On Sunday, March 9, 2014, Len Sherman <[email protected]> wrote: > > <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-yLDeKEJdpLg/Ux1h9MoN0FI/AAAAAAAAGTo/HX3M72ctXOw/s1600/IMG_3487.JPG> > I got my heater out with a big socket wrench, but I had to remove the > boiler and clamp it a vise. The way to clamp tightly without crushing the > boiler is to cut half circle "jaws" that match the boiler diameter out > of two 5" pieces of 2x4 lumber. Clamp the end of the boiler in a (big) vise > so that half circle cutouts conform to the boiler shape. Be sure to clamp > the edge of the boiler and not the middle in order not to deform the sides. > Once it's secured like that, you can whack the socket handle with a hammer > and the heater turns right out. > >> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Brewtus" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to > [email protected]<javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','brewtus%[email protected]');> > . > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected]<javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');> > . > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/brewtus. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Brewtus" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/brewtus. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
