Buying an Autoclave?


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Hi all,

This is my very first post...

I'm thinking of buying an autoclave. I have only received a few pictures so far.
It's 2 meter long  and 0.9 m i diameter (inside). It's probably only approved for 3 bar.
50 years old and used for vacuum and steam threatment at a yarn factory, I think...
I will probably have to redo a lot to make it work.
Price: ~£500. What do you think.

PS I have no experience of prepreg and autoclave so far ;-)

Best Regards,
Magnus
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I'd give it a miss then. Build yourself a simple oven with a good PID controller and get into OOA pre-pregs. It's great stuff, exceptionally easy to use and you won't waste the time and money you would trying to repurpose that autoclave. 
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