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Anyone building manifolds with a jig?

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Steve_35
Steve_35 Member Posts: 545
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Is anyone shop fabricating manifolds with a jig? We're doing mostly baseboard or radiant panels and build our manifolds on site from sweat copper. They look darned nice but I'd like to find a way to speed it up. I'd like to stick with sweat copper manifolds and I'm wondering if anyone has come up with a jig to shop fab them.

Thanks.

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  • Steve_35
    Steve_35 Member Posts: 545


    Is anyone shop fabricating manifolds with a jig? We're doing mostly baseboard or radiant panels and build our manifolds on site from sweat copper. They look darned nice but I'd like to find a way to speed it up. I'd like to stick with sweat copper manifolds and I'm wondering if anyone has come up with a jig to shop fab them. I'm looking to steal ideas. :)

    Thanks.
  • Bill NTSG
    Bill NTSG Member Posts: 321
    I use

    a pre-made copper manifold. Alberta custom tee I think it is. 72"X 1" X 3/4" or 1" X 1/2". Cut it to suit your needs. Wirsbo and heatway have similar products. Way faster than soldering tee's together. I would post a pic. but I left them all in my old computer
  • John Felciano
    John Felciano Member Posts: 411
    T Drill

    I've done some custome stuff with a T drill,but usually only if a premanufactured manifold wouldn't fit the bill.

    For the most part we use brass manifolds.By the time you add all the parts needed to make a good manifold the brass ones will be cheaper.

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