How did the dead men build this one?

thfurnitureguy_4

left right nipples? like a turnbuckle but a nipple with a right hand thread on one side and a lefthand on the other

Gounthar Frankfurt

Hi Guys,

how did the dead men build this round radiator?
I have already seen round cast iron radiators, but they were
split in two parts.
This one seems to be just one part. How did they manage to
screw the niples?
I found this piece of art on http://andera.nl.
Thanks in advance.

Gounthar

Larry (from OSHA)

not only

is that the coolest piece of iron art I've seen, it makes me wonder about the room that housed it. They definately don't make em like that any more. It would be so interesting to spend some time with those Dead Men. Thanks for posting that.

Larry (from OSHA)

bob young

column rad.

saw one like that around a column in a old bldg. in n.y.c [ of course !! ]

Gounthar Frankfurt

This radiator was in a steel warehouse in Metz, France.
I understand the right/left nipple thing, but how did they "close" the circle?

Thanks for your answers.

Gounthar

Jay_17

Hmmm

Looks more like it is pressed together, was there a special press designed to squeeze it together all at once?

flange

could it be that the sections were pressed together and the nipples were machined as an offset to allow this fine piece of art?

Dave Yates (PAH)

one way

make up both halves (two 180 degree pieces0 & then press-fit for a completed circle.

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Tony Conner_2

I'd Bet...

... they came from the factory as semi-circular halves, with the final assembly either pressed or screwed together in the field. They wouldn't likely have come as a full circular section, or else they would have had to have been dropped over structural columns before the beams went up, or placed, then the columns dropped into them. That sounds REALLY awkward, and how would you ever replace a leaker or one damaged during construction?