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verar21
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3d ago
Why does nobody talk about how a 3/16 rod caps a 1/2 inch plate root better than 1/8
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loganl22
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4d ago
Switched from stick welding the tube sheet to TIG and my rework rate dropped to almost nothing
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jordang32
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5d ago
Unpopular opinion: you don't need a $300 tube roller to do good work
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zarab24
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5d ago
Bought a $240 tube roller off a guy in Gary and it wobbled on the first joint
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kim191
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6d ago
Got into it with an old boilermaker in Gary who said torque specs are 'for engineers,' and now I'm second guessing 20 years of tube rolling
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alicew68
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6d ago
DAE check the torque twice on a 2 inch nozzle after a pinhole blew in Gary, Indiana?
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king.stella
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7d ago
Turns out a 1/16 inch misalignment on a tube sheet can cost you 40 hours
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leo612
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8d ago
Serious question, did a 30 year hand really tell me to run my root pass downhill on a 1/4 inch plate?
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hayden466
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9d ago
A tube welder in Beaumont taught me to chalk my grind line and I've done it since
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hollyg59
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10d ago
Vent: bought a $180 tube roller stand and it was money down the drain
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margaret99
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10d ago
Showerthought: spent 3 days trying to roll a 60 inch tank shell true before a guy in Gary showed me I was reading my level backwards
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charliebarnes
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13d ago
Went from guessing tube lengths with a chalk line to a $4 stop collar and it saved me a whole shift
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lilyg83
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13d ago
Just realized my whole view on tube rolling changed after a 40 minute talk with a 30 year hand from Gary Works
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park.robin
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14d ago
Warning: A retired boilermaker in Gary told me my tube rolling pattern was backwards and now I can't stop checking
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spencerm46
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15d ago
Picked between two hydro test crews in Gary and the cheap one cost us 14 hours
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