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got a free water heater Tater 03-20-2007
Posted by Tater on March 20, 2007, 8:10 pm
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a freind of mine upgraded and gave me their water heater. it works but
is over 10 years old.

I was thinking of cutting it up into a blade for my garden tractor. I
really dont want a lawn roller.

any other suggestions for this? I saw here about the fact there is a
glass coating on the inside making it somewhat hard to cut.


Posted by RAM³ on March 20, 2007, 9:09 pm
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>a freind of mine upgraded and gave me their water heater. it works but
> is over 10 years old.
>
> I was thinking of cutting it up into a blade for my garden tractor. I
> really dont want a lawn roller.
>
> any other suggestions for this? I saw here about the fact there is a
> glass coating on the inside making it somewhat hard to cut.
>

While it's the right shape, the metal is way too thin for your purpose.




Posted by Tater on March 20, 2007, 9:42 pm
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>
>
> >a freind of mine upgraded and gave me their water heater. it works but
> > is over 10 years old.
>
> > I was thinking of cutting it up into a blade for my garden tractor. I
> > really dont want a lawn roller.
>
> > any other suggestions for this? I saw here about the fact there is a
> > glass coating on the inside making it somewhat hard to cut.
>
> While it's the right shape, the metal is way too thin for your purpose.

i was thinking of putting a thicker plate on the lower edge, as i
sorta agree with you.

of coursei'll have to cut it up first to asses how thin it actually is


Posted by RAM³ on March 20, 2007, 10:02 pm
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> >
> >
> > >a freind of mine upgraded and gave me their water heater. it works but
> > > is over 10 years old.
> >
> > > I was thinking of cutting it up into a blade for my garden tractor. I
> > > really dont want a lawn roller.
> > >
> > > any other suggestions for this? I saw here about the fact there is a
> > > glass coating on the inside making it somewhat hard to cut.
> >
> > While it's the right shape, the metal is way too thin for your purpose.
>
> i was thinking of putting a thicker plate on the lower edge, as i
> sorta agree with you.
>
> of coursei'll have to cut it up first to asses how thin it actually is

It's actually rather thin since it's, effectively, little more than a tall
stock pot used for heating water.

Have you ever noticed just how thin the average SS/Al stock pot is?




Posted by RoyJ on March 20, 2007, 10:05 pm
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I built one like that years ago. Metal is fairly thin so it will need
some bracing. You will probably want about 4 cresant moon shaped pieces
of 1/8" plate for stiffeners as well as an angle iron lower edge. Add a
replaceable scraper edge, preferably with a couple passes of
hardsurfacing bead on the cutting surface.

Most tanks are lined with a glass/porcelon finish. It makes cutting it
with a OA torch quite fun but it does cut nicely with a saber saw and
suitable metal cutting blade. Wear ear muffs, it's noisy. I suspect an
abrasive blade in a 7-1/4" circular saw would work, the metal is a bit
thicker than the abrasive blade likes.

Tater wrote:
> a freind of mine upgraded and gave me their water heater. it works but
> is over 10 years old.
>
> I was thinking of cutting it up into a blade for my garden tractor. I
> really dont want a lawn roller.
>
> any other suggestions for this? I saw here about the fact there is a
> glass coating on the inside making it somewhat hard to cut.
>

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