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:

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> 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.
>
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