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Sorry, for the delay in replying to you all. Wayne, I checked out your site and have to say I am interested in ribbon burners now. thank you for sharing the information.
Frosty, yep just a single T and so far it has worked great. the final design turned out a little different than the concept pics form the OP. I ended up just keeping it as simple as I can and l left room for future modifications as I know I will think of something.
I have attached some pics of what I came up with and the first project I ran through it. at the moment I do not have a hard floor in the forge so I just used a scrap piece of fire blanket. the burners are running great, however I did have to run tandem tanks to keep them from frosting up. I couldnt see spending the money for a manifold so I built one...a lot cheaper.
any how, thank you all again for all of your ideas and advice.
The issue with the manifold you have is only if something is dropped and hits the regulator or the pipe running to the regulator. The leverage you have could shear both fittings off at the cylinder valves (assuming you used schedule 80 screwed fitting and 3000 lb couplings, which it does not look like, if not any of the threaded sections could let go with the reduced wall thickness.) This could potentially result in unrestricted flow from both cylinders into the shop... if the forge is lit, god help you and your family. Best of luck with that. The correct way to manifold them would have been far cheaper and safer.
Use a RegO 1450E (simple tee piece 1/4 mnpt x 1/4 inv Flare) and and two copper pigtails. Mount the regulator on a fixed location. copper pigtails (heavy walled and designed for Propane at cylinder pressure).These connect to each cylinder. The flexibility of the copper will make your life much easier. Cost would be well under $20.
As an added bonus, instead of about 14 connections at full cylinder pressure which could possibly leak you will have reduced it down to only 5. Much less risk. Much safer.
Just my two cents for what they are worth.
forge concept...what do you think
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My apologies if the above creads a bit negative, it is not intended to be, I was just a bit shocked when I saw the manifold. I could have worded it better no doubt.