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smith.anna
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2d ago
So this old boilermaker at the Local 40 hall showed me the two-wrench trick, and I felt dumb for not knowing it
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patricialee
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2d ago
Why does nobody talk about preheating your plate before welding in cold weather
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emery_park93
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3d ago
TIL marking a chalk line on the tube before I roll it saved me a whole re-do on a 60 inch shell
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the_phoenix
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6d ago
The shell on our 40 year old water heater at the plant went from pitted to paper thin in about 16 months
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patricia558
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7d ago
Bought a $65 laser thermometer to check my boiler temp, got a different answer than the gauge
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janarivera
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7d ago
Old timer at the Muskogee job site told me to stop chasing the grinder with my whole arm
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the_amy
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8d ago
Rant: A guy at the hall in Baton Rouge told me the average boilermaker ticket takes 4 years, and I've been telling apprentices 2
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bethc93
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8d ago
Shoutout to the old hand in Gary who told me to stop wire wheeling my tube ends
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harper_foster
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8d ago
Everyone says you need a 4 year apprenticeship to make a good boilermaker, but a 58 year old welder named Ray trained me in 9 weeks
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theagibson
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8d ago
Saw a guy at a Louisiana refinery refuse to preheat a 6 inch line before a hydro, and it split at 800 psi
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ray_campbell46
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9d ago
Hit 500 tube ends rolled in one turnaround and it snuck up on me
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miles_young59
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9d ago
Unpopular opinion: a seized tube roller bearing on a 60 inch shell ate 4 days of my life and I still feel dumb about it
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lunaf67
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10d ago
Shop lead keeps passing tube welds that never got a root pass, and it's gonna bite someone
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emma_dixon70
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15d ago
Tried a cheap flux-core setup on a rusty tank patch, lesson learned
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jamesroberts
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15d ago
Hit 1,000 hours of stick welding and finally get why the old guys hate the wire feed
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