Cylinder stabbings...

[DXCross]

Evening all..

Kinda a gripe conjoined with a question but does anyone know why cylinder stabbings i.e cold feed, hws return, flow and return are rarely square on a cylinder?
Doesn’t seem to matter what brand I’ve come across they’re always off-set?

More an annoyance than anything

 

[Aire]

To be honest, I haven't seen any square fittings on a cylinder, I can imagine they'd be a pain to thread fittings onto too. I prefer the round ones and I'm pleased the square ones are rare

 

[snowhead]

Because when the fittings are brazed in they don't hold them in a jig.
See video at 45sec.

 

[DXCross]

I hate to admit it Craig but I smirked haha.

I guess that’s answered my question well and truly, much appreciated Snowhead.

Pretty interesting snippet into how they’re made too