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Post by modeng2000 on Aug 8, 2011 9:52:40 GMT
What proportion of the cost of having a 2 1/2" copper boiler made is likely to be the labour part? Then there is the cost of testing.
I'm trying to decide if it is right to make one or have it made for me.
John
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Post by baggo on Aug 8, 2011 12:48:37 GMT
At a rough guess John, 65 to 75% of the cost will be labour. Well worth making your own if you can. The material costs for a 2½" boiler are not that high, even with the cost of copper and silver solder nowadays.
John
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Post by modeng2000 on Aug 8, 2011 15:01:26 GMT
Thanks John, I've been looking around and it seems that £800 to just over £1000 is the get it made cost. Pricing up the copper and not counting things like bushes I should expect to pay around £160 plus the silver solder.
I guess I should go ahead and do it myself as what I save can go towards a better brazing hearth and a few other things. It looks like I'll be spending at the Bristol Exhibition.
John
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Post by fostergp6nhp on Aug 21, 2011 21:28:17 GMT
£800 > £1K for a boiler that tiny, OUCH! a steel boiler for a 4" scale 10hp Mclaren road loco is only £2.5K and that is ginormous by comparison and rated for a WP of 200Psi..
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Post by modeng2000 on Aug 22, 2011 5:52:50 GMT
Yes, it doesn't seem right does it, boiler prices are not scaled like the models themselves.
John
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Post by modeng2000 on Sept 8, 2011 14:21:43 GMT
Today I received the copper to build my boiler, (approx £150) from M-Machine Metals. All the sizes needed were available and quick service.
There might be a few questions to follow!
John
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