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robinj29
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18h ago
A welder in Baton Rouge bet me $50 I couldn't name a tube roller, and I still owe him lunch
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nancy_ross
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1d ago
The old guy at the Local 40 hall in Portland said he never grinds his tube welds before a root pass, and I switched sides after watching him do it
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lucashart
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2d ago
Hot take: my old foreman was wrong about tube rolling, and YouTube guy was right
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wilson.kelly
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4d ago
DAE notice more young guys coming into the trade who can't read a tape measure past 1/16ths?
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umathompson
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7d ago
Why I stopped judging helper welds by how they look before I run a bead over them
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lucashart
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8d ago
I finally stopped grinding my tube welds after a 30 year hand told me to leave the mill scale on
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jamesm48
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8d ago
A 30 year hand in Gary told me to stop chipping slag uphill and my wrists quit aching in two weeks
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terry_carter15
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10d ago
Why does nobody talk about rolling tubes with a torque wrench instead of counting grunts
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flores.patricia
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10d ago
Used to eyeball my tube rolling by sound, now I use a Sharpie mark and feel like a pro
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butler.finley
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12d ago
Pro tip: spent 3 hours chasing a leak on a 2 inch line that turned out to be a bad gasket I swore I checked twice
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derek656
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13d ago
A 30 year hand told me to leave the soot on the tubes for a day, and my burn test came back dead on
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the_nina
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13d ago
Update: my first solo tube sheet job on a 60 inch boiler passed hydro on the first try
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johnson.jason
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14d ago
Tube rolled on me during a hydro test at the paper mill in Bogalusa
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terry_jones
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16d ago
Shop teacher in Gary, Indiana told me to fit up cold and I owe him for it
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emery_lopez
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17d ago
Vent: watched a guy at the Local 146 shop tack a joint with the wrong rod and it stuck with me
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