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vera_lewis2
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1d ago
Serious question, an old hand on a job in Gary told me to stop torquing by feel and I'm still chewing on it
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murray.jana
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1d ago
The flange on my 60 inch header in Wichita sprang a leak at shift change and I caught it with a soap bottle
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wren638
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2d ago
I used to roll every tube by hand and I think the old way was actually worse
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alexbennett
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2d ago
Can we talk about how the shipyard museum in Sturgeon Bay welds their display rivets?
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the_diana
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2d ago
Just realized I'd been beveling tube ends the wrong way for 3 years, a fitter in Baton Rouge set me straight
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wesleyb20
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3d ago
Two ways to fit a manway gasket, and one of them cost my crew 6 hours last Tuesday
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cora518
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4d ago
Spent $420 on a used mag drill off Marketplace and it saved my whole job in Gary
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betty_kelly9
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6d ago
Dropped $340 on a titanium spud wrench and it never once beat my old beater
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milam48
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7d ago
The old boilermaker at the Tulsa job taught me to read my rod before I ever light up
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torres.thea
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8d ago
A 30 year hand told me my rolled tube welds looked "machine made" and that was not a compliment
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xena767
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8d ago
The day a 6 inch nipple nearly cost me my whole shift
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emerym36
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9d ago
Update: the old hand who trained me in Gary said never trust a tube sheet you didn't roll yourself, and 3 jobs later he was dead on
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avery_jackson
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10d ago
Update: tried mirror welding the root on a 6 inch pipe in Baton Rouge, night and day vs walking it
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spencer_owens58
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10d ago
Saw a guy purge a 300 gallon tank with the manway cranked down and no lockout tag, what I did next
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jason_lewis3
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11d ago
Watched a rookie tack up a water wall header in 2 hours after 6 weeks of practice
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