Prefabbed burners

The only thing I don't like about that burner is the cross bar connecting the three is so close to the end it limits your ability to position them in your forge. Other than that it seems to be a pretty typical design, and having ball valves independently controlling how many burners you run is a nice feature.
 
I would advise against it. All those fittings are not standard North American. The supply hose is secured with a pool clamp for Pete's sake! The likelihood of you being able to hook up an LP tank is slim. I know the seller addresses it in his description and seems like an honest person but I believe you will end up regretting it in the near future. Forge parts wear and foreign fittings are a PITA to work around.

Look into Atlas burners. He is a forum member. Great prefabbed burners and forges. Also look into Zoeller Forge. I use both and am very happy. Atlas just added a burner choke set up which I am anxious to try. Top notch and very affordable.
 
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The tank connection requires an adapter but I didn't see that hose clamp nonsense. I wouldn't want 20 psi of propane going through a hose clamp connection on a smooth tube. Barbed, ok, smooth, no thanks.

I'm also using Zoeller burners. They're great.
 
Get a t-Rex burner. I switched to one and love it. I got a 1" burner which is a gas hog but I can still run it down to 1psi without it sputtering. It has a choke and gets plenty hot. You won't regret it


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Thank you guys. I have emailed all of the above. The only thing I liked about the ebay burner was it came with everything you need from burner to propane hookup since I dont know a lot about what all fittings I need. I have asked Atlas or Zoeller if they could include all that stuff. I can put it all together no problem but i hate having to source parts from a lot of different places and something doesnt fit and you are waiting another week for shipping etc etc.
 
The dimensions you gave me were 14x26, which is a HUGE forge. Even with 3" insulation(which is overkill) you have an 8" x 24" chamber yielding 1206 cubic inches. At 400 BTU per cubic inch, that's around 480k BTU required. You need 5 burners to adequately weld in that size of a forge. Normally, people move to blown burners with this size of forge. The back pressure required for a venturi burner just isn't high enough at this volume.
 
Ah ok. I dont have the tank yet so my dimensions could be off or I just need a smaller tank. I just bought an old 5 gallon air compressor tank off ebay but I have not seen it. If I am able to find a smaller tank, would you carry the 3 burner kit? Thanks again.

Honestly I am just looking for a larger forge capable of welding...I dont think I need a 5 burner forge by any means but my current forge is a single burner and it is too small and is very old and run down.
 
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Yes something is wrong with those dimensions. No way a 5 gallon tank is that big. Its got to be at least a 10 gallon which was bigger than I expected.
 
All my burners come pre-fabed from the plumbing store. It's nice because it's just about as easy as point and click. costs very little to build burners that way. Then just head over to high temp tools and buy your regulator and gas fittings.
 
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