{"id":982,"date":"2013-05-02T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-05-02T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/idostuff.co.uk\/blogs\/?p=982"},"modified":"2013-05-31T16:13:03","modified_gmt":"2013-05-31T16:13:03","slug":"copper-radiator-newlyn-arts-and-crafts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/idostuff.co.uk\/blogs\/2013\/copper-radiator-newlyn-arts-and-crafts\/","title":{"rendered":"Copper Radiator \u2013 Newlyn, Arts and Crafts style"},"content":{"rendered":"

We\u2019ve only got one space in the downstairs room of the cottage that is ideal for a radiator. It\u2019s tall and thin, because it’s tall it will be pretty much \u201cin your face\u201d and become a feature in the room. We searched high and low for a suitable radiator, some of the very expensive designer radiators came close but still not quite right.<\/p>\n

OK I thought, I\u2019m a designer and I can make stuff so why not give it a go. The only thing against it being the shortage of time but it\u2019ll be fun so I class it at as relaxation time. All materials are from the scrap I\u2019ve been saving up to weigh in plus a bit of left over copper pipe so apart from gas and solder it\u2019s free and fully recycled.<\/p>\n

I make referance to Newlyn Copper and Arts and Crafts because it’s beaten copper, the actual design though\u00a0doesn’t relate to form or decoration, just the material and simalarities in the making\u00a0 that give it that feel.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Copper radiator with a Newlyn, Arts and Crafts feel<\/p><\/div>\n

It\u2019s nearly finished, with just the pipework on the back to finish off.\u00a0 I\u2019ll post the full details on the website when it\u2019s all done in the mean while here\u2019s the basics:<\/p>\n

Copper Radiator design and build<\/h3>\n

Design to fit the space, transfer as much heat as possible within the build constrains and to look good \/ interesting in the setting.<\/p>\n

So it\u2019s tall and thin with airflow up the back, between the two surfaces and up the front. The design influence is Captain Cook\u2019s Endeavour sailing ship, rather fitting for Whitby.<\/p>\n

Copper sheet from two hot water cylinders.<\/p>\n

Copper pipe and fittings from left overs and stripping out at the cottage<\/p>\n

Back panel beaten from the back to emboss sails and mast<\/p>\n

Foremast 32mm and 22mm beaten pipe (narrows for perspective)<\/p>\n

Sails with folded and soldered seams<\/p>\n

Spacing and heat transfer between back and sails 22mm pipe squashed square<\/p>\n

Spacers to back panel riveted and soldered<\/p>\n

Spacers to sails soldered (tricky details will be on the main website)<\/p>\n

Water system 4 x 10mm pipe soldered to the back (details to maximise heat transfer will be on the main site)<\/p>\n

That\u2019s about it, the front will be polished but then left to tarnish and develop it\u2019s own patina.<\/p>\n

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Home Made Copper radiator showing details for effective heat transfer<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We\u2019ve only got one space in the downstairs room of the cottage that is ideal for a radiator. It\u2019s tall and thin, because it’s tall it will be pretty much \u201cin your face\u201d and become a feature in the room. We searched high and low for a suitable radiator, some of the very expensive designer […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,5,206],"tags":[375,372,369,201,374,370,371,205,373,207],"class_list":["post-982","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ido-diy-stuff","category-ido-property-stuff","category-whitby-cottage","tag-arts-and-crafts","tag-central-heating","tag-copper","tag-cottage","tag-newlyn","tag-radiator","tag-re-cycle","tag-renovation","tag-solder","tag-whitby"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/idostuff.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/982","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/idostuff.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/idostuff.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/idostuff.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/idostuff.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=982"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/idostuff.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/982\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1011,"href":"https:\/\/idostuff.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/982\/revisions\/1011"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/idostuff.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=982"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/idostuff.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=982"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/idostuff.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=982"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}