Pro tip: hit 100 boiler tube repairs in one week and my hands still ache

Last Tuesday I finished my 100th tube repair on a job at a paper mill outside Memphis. Ive been doing this 8 years and never kept count before that week. Each repair took about 45 minutes with the orbital welder and a lot of patience. Has anyone else tracked their numbers like that and found something surprising?

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the_adam1mo ago

Hold on, you did 100 tube repairs in a week? That is 14 a day which sounds almost impossible with welding and fit-up time. I guess the orbital welder saves a ton of time but that still feels like a crazy number.

cooper.phoenix1mo ago

14 a day" thing - @the_adam, that's counting prep too right?