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anna_henderson76
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1d ago
Switched from stick to wire feed on a 2 inch boiler tube job in Gary, and I'm not going back
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fiona_lewis37
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2d ago
Rant: I swore by 6010 downhill on pipe, then a 30 year hand in Tulsa asked me one question
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henderson.hugo
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2d ago
Just hit 1,000 tubes rolled in my career and the number that shocked me was 300
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phoenix845
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2d ago
Vent: learned to preheat my rod oven with scrap ends from the rack, cut my dry time down to 20 minutes
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the_sage
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3d ago
Unpopular take: tube rolling is not where you cut corners, my 3 hour job turned into 2 days
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oscarm24
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3d ago
Unpopular opinion: I almost skipped the firebox door tolerance check last month in Baton Rouge because a 20 year guy called it a waste of time
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perez.cole
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6d ago
Watching a tube get rolled in Gary, Indiana back in 2013 changed how I tack everything
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wyatt_perez79
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7d ago
TIL a journeyman in Tulsa told me 90% of tube leaks he fixes start at the same 6 inches
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angela149
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7d ago
Foremaster in Gary kept a 30 year old tube roller and I finally get why
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reese551
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8d ago
Found out a 3/8 inch plate needs different preheat than I been doing my whole career
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milam42
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8d ago
Tried a new way to roll a 72 inch shell and the seam came out 3/8 off
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the_eric
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9d ago
Bought a $180 weld gauge set from a supply house in Gary and it was junk after 2 jobs
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paige_ross67
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11d ago
Vent: watched a helper go from useless to solid in 5 weeks, and it was all one thing
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the_gray
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15d ago
Why does nobody talk about how much a cheap slag hammer matters on vertical up
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sandra_anderson
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16d ago
Old timer at the hall told me to stop grinding my tube welds flush, and I owe him a beer
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