1988/89 l done my Pipe Fabricator trade test...back then no you tube! So this is a great help for rookies🙂. I gave it up in 1994 went back to Technical college. Now l work in a design office as a Piping and Layout Draughtsman,Generating Piping General Arrangements,P&IDs,Isometric drawings etc. I still started on the Drawing board,now l work with AutoCAD. Better €$£ 💘😎
@@abenzenjoyment3183 depends where you are and what company, where I'm at they make 34 hr and 100 perdiem every day, but work 6 days out of the week 10 hour shifts, 20 hours OT plus 600 perdiem for the 6 days.
Excellent video, all these techniques I used, so I know you definitely know what you're doing. Also this video shows how important it is to have a great fitter and welder relationship
Straight out of welding school, passed my first bend test and was offered a 1st Welder position. I've got 1 week to cram before my first day on the job. This video has got me pumped to work with fitters and start welding like Victor.
Bro you guys are very professional, especially Marvin he speaks very well and explains in detail. I am a metal fabricator but planning on moving forward and learning new things, I recently applied for a position of pipe fitter helper, it would be an honor and great learning experience if I ever work with people like you guys, thanks for the video.
Hi guys! Greetings from Russia! I'm the one of thoses who makes these ISOs and I'm exited of looking you doing your job. Could not stop watching. Always interesting in shop and field activities. You doing great job! Thanx
Absolutely the best proper training I have seen yet, even the level compensation teaching is something no one, and I mean NO ONE takes time to do. I'm SUBSCRIBED!
Field welders are good in every position angle and weld in many bad uncomfortable areas where as shop welders either weld in jack stands or use a roller lol which takes alot less skill
I'm a class 1 welder in the UK and pipe fitter. The way you fab this is so much more detailed than what we would do. I've never used a square to level a bend for instance 🤣 (we just level the face of the bend to the pipe) bit I like the square technique.
I just want to thank you as well as the other instructors in these videos for what you all are doing and helping someone with a very rusty memory like mine who has been away from pipe fitting and the plant and refinery life. It's been 3 years since I've done that type of work because I've been doing Active Duty missions as a Reservist the whole time and shifted my focus. If I don't get selected for another Active Duty mission next go round, I'll be back doing that this type of work. So....I will definitely be watching more of y'all's training videos and taking notes and preparing. Again it's definitely appreciated!
Currently learning how to fit pipe, the more I learn and practice, the more Im loving it. My instructors make us fit pipe and also tack it, learning from these old timers who have been fitting for 25+ years is something else.
Jackson yea,you know what I hate is when I'm laying something out using the one inch Mark and make my part of parts forgetting to drop and inch. Done that a few times for sure
@@JavierAldoMacedo He says he has 10 years experience. Where I come from it looks like about a week and he doesn’t do it right. He also said flanges weld up to another piece of pipe🤣😂🥲
Pro tip to find the take off for a long radius 90 if you don’t know already. Multiply your pipe diameter by 1.5. I’d recommend getting a pipe trade pro calculator as well. That thing has so many different functions on it.
Something is better than nothing, Thanks to the guys who share their experience and knowledge. Remember technology is always getting advance day by day.
He tacked the flange on the inside, should have been the outside ... no roll out welds? and it’s a raised face not razorfaced . They bolt up ,they aren’t “welded “ to pumps or other flanges .
That pipe fighter would have to weld too . He'd work a welder like dumbass Victor to death. My grandma could fit better than that she was blind in one eye and couldn't see how the other
Awesome video I'm 2 months in on Pipe fitting/tac welding I do both here in Alberta, Canada 🇨🇦 than after I check the overall I send the pipe to the welder. I'm learning on the job plus TH-cam and Tic tok
thank you guys for putting these vids up its really helped an inspiring pipe fitter to understand the basics and helpfull tips for the feild or fab shop
@@frankie9660 I noticed that too. And who builds carbon steel pipe assemblies with Tig? Ain't nobody got time for that. Bro needs to bust out with some .045 fluxcore. lol
You are good at teaching my friend,so I want to learn and increase my knowledge as a pipe fitter,i learned a lot from your vlog and I'm also your subscriber from #🇵🇭
At 7:24, you have really have to make sure that the long side of the square on the left is on contact with both walls of the elbow, otherwise, it doesn't give you any information (everything will always be square if there is no contact). Just like two points are always aligned, and three points are always co-planar
Where I'm from the welders are the fitters ,it's good to learn to fit . Other welders come here and they are used to the fitters tacking everything up for them,they don't always make it.
I don't know if its a loss in translation, but its called "Raised Face" flange not Razor face. As in, there is a "raised" ring around the inside, as opposed to a "Flat Face" flange. The difference is that on things like pumps, strainers, valves, etc that are cast or made of a soft metal, the torque from bolts and the 1/4" gap on a raised face flange joint would bend and deform the flange, so flat faced flanges solve that problem. The reason why every flange isn't flat faced though is that raised face flanges focus the torque on the bolts to the gasket area of the flange, ensuring a tighter seal.
I’m a fitter and one of my good friends is my foreman a lot on jobs and when we got to a town we were working in last year we were kinda drunk cleaning out our toolboxes, and decided to check the level on all the stair rails and handrails, the floor of the hotel bedroom, inside cabinetry, walls ect! Lmao! Upstairs and downstairs bedrooms floors all were almost a whole bubble out slipping down to the door to go outside the motel. Our only hypothesis was that it did that if a sprinkler in the room went off because of fire, water would flow right out the door to outside (motel) instead of sitting still on bedroom floor and destroying floor beneath it or downstairs the walls around the room if it wasn’t sloped. Our drunk asses really thought we figured out some coool ass engineering shit that night all proud of ourselves! 🤦🏻♀️
Great video!!! I can tig-stick-fcaw pipe etc but I can't fit worth a damn!! I'm trying to get into an apprenticeship just to learn how to do this. thanks for sharing guys
Dat is awesome. Thanks, where I've been working companies now want a person to do 4 jobs n one. Like fabrication, fit, weld, and bolt up. Just 1dering if can do it by ur self
I mean this is a good video but the easiest way to fit a 90 is definitely tacking the sides first and then squaring it but i guess it’s all preference. Love the videos!
I have always put on uniform lands and always fit high low to top of land . you can not fit to O.D. of pipe to O.D. of fitting because a lot of times fittings will not be the same O.D. as the pipe or maybe other fittings . Uniformity of land is key . In a production shop one would fit to roll out welds . You want to weld as few welds in position as possible . A good fitter and welder can make magic in a day
7 Steps to help and also be more efficient: 1. Get a good pipe fitters book. The UA has a good blue book, the black pipe fitters and welders handbook by (Thomas Franklin) and the red pipe fitters book IPT's Pipe Trades Handbook by (Robert A. Lee) are great ones to have in your toolbag/box. A great investment that will last a lifetime 2. Get a welding rod and bend the spool or section of spool to build as a reference. Helps visualize the direction of 90s and offsets. 3. If possible build in sections and roll-out as much as possible. Alot faster and easier. You also eliminate the chance of busting out. You also reduce your in position welding to a minimum. 4. Use angle iron or channel and chain clamps for lining up 90s, flanges, reducers, pipe to pipe, etc (90% of the time the high/low will be spot on. If not then you can fit like they are and spit the difference. 5. If you can make a 90 degree jig/fixture for using chain clamps. I have a unistrut jig for 2", 3" channel for 3-4" pipe. Have the channel scribed so I know where the 90 needs to sit. 6. Using a long straight edge (4') vs a square helps on long runs to ensure it is square. 7. Keeping a variety of spacing shims and a wedge in you toolbag to help square. A sawzall blade (1/16"-5/64") works great for 2" pipe, V welding rod for 1/8"-5/32" gap.
@@jenniferasbury8556 I personally am an oilfield pipe fitter (non-union), but have work with/along UA pipe fitters from time to time. The one UA in NM is 412 but when I worked in CA I worked with alot of apprentices that were my helpers out of the 114. Thats where I was shown the UA book. I learned from the Thomas Franklin black book, Spears Blue Book, and Nation Pipe Trades (NPT) red book.
I really enjoyed this video and it’s helping me out a lot and assisting me in understanding how to be a better pipefitter. But I have one question when you getting your flange square with the pipe if your first measurement closest to the 90 was 7 1/16 and your measurement furthest from the 90 was 7 inches shouldn’t you have tact the far side instead of the one closest to you in order to make your 7 to 7 1/16?
Seriously, in the time that you have explained it, I have assembled many pieces and without so much nonsense, I have been working as a boilermaker for 30 years.
Yo quiero hacer eso, está bien rifadote, me gusta mucho la soldadura y estoy aprendiendo en la herrería de mi papá,. Sus videos me inspiran para seguir y estudiar eso jaja salu2
Always have the 90 look down initially. That way the welder doesn’t have to get on his knees to tack. Only works when you’re spinning out the first 90.
Also not to be a dick but wear safety glasses if you’re going to be teaching how to fit pipe bro. Some of these kids out here see you and think they can cut corners safety wise.
Ive had busts before on some of those concentric reducers. Sometimes the inside is almost like a false bevel and it throws a shadow on x-ray. The weld might be just fine but that false bevel shows up on film so make sure to take it out/transition!
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I've been a wood worker for 40 years and just came across your channel. This is like discovering a new planet for me. Really well done. Much respect.
Hi man. People assume pipe fitting is easy. Mostly it's confused with plumbing
Great video and very informative. As a retired pipefitter and Welder of 28yrs hats off to you guys.
1988/89 l done my Pipe Fabricator trade test...back then no you tube!
So this is a great help for rookies🙂.
I gave it up in 1994 went back to Technical college.
Now l work in a design office as a Piping and Layout Draughtsman,Generating Piping General Arrangements,P&IDs,Isometric drawings etc.
I still started on the Drawing board,now l work with AutoCAD. Better €$£ 💘😎
Please do more pipe fabrication and fitting videos. Its really helpful for me.
It's a good refresher if you don't do much of this at work.
How much money can a pipe fitter earn
@@abenzenjoyment3183 depends where you are and what company, where I'm at they make 34 hr and 100 perdiem every day, but work 6 days out of the week 10 hour shifts, 20 hours OT plus 600 perdiem for the 6 days.
@@Ctrl-Alt-Elite YES
Totally awesome fit up..... More please.
Excellent video, all these techniques I used, so I know you definitely know what you're doing. Also this video shows how important it is to have a great fitter and welder relationship
Straight out of welding school, passed my first bend test and was offered a 1st Welder position. I've got 1 week to cram before my first day on the job. This video has got me pumped to work with fitters and start welding like Victor.
Bro you guys are very professional, especially Marvin he speaks very well and explains in detail. I am a metal fabricator but planning on moving forward and learning new things, I recently applied for a position of pipe fitter helper, it would be an honor and great learning experience if I ever work with people like you guys, thanks for the video.
They probably are nothing like that in real life honestly i know theyre not based off every welder and fitter ive worked with being in the union
This is Kimchi Welder who is uploading welding video in Canada. The pipe fitting video you uploaded is very helpful. Thank you.
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Hi guys! Greetings from Russia! I'm the one of thoses who makes these ISOs and I'm exited of looking you doing your job. Could not stop watching. Always interesting in shop and field activities. You doing great job! Thanx
Absolutely the best proper training I have seen yet, even the level compensation teaching is something no one, and I mean NO ONE takes time to do. I'm SUBSCRIBED!
That fitter needs to go back to school
I'm not a pipe welder/fitter just a shop/field welder but this is the best group of people on TH-cam period! I look forward to every new video.
A shop / field welder? Lol where im from those are 2 polar opposites
Field welders are good in every position angle and weld in many bad uncomfortable areas where as shop welders either weld in jack stands or use a roller lol which takes alot less skill
I'm a class 1 welder in the UK and pipe fitter. The way you fab this is so much more detailed than what we would do. I've never used a square to level a bend for instance 🤣 (we just level the face of the bend to the pipe) bit I like the square technique.
@Will Swift in the UK?
I just want to thank you as well as the other instructors in these videos for what you all are doing and helping someone with a very rusty memory like mine who has been away from pipe fitting and the plant and refinery life. It's been 3 years since I've done that type of work because I've been doing Active Duty missions as a Reservist the whole time and shifted my focus. If I don't get selected for another Active Duty mission next go round, I'll be back doing that this type of work. So....I will definitely be watching more of y'all's training videos and taking notes and preparing. Again it's definitely appreciated!
Currently learning how to fit pipe, the more I learn and practice, the more Im loving it. My instructors make us fit pipe and also tack it, learning from these old timers who have been fitting for 25+ years is something else.
That last tac at 7 " shoulder tacked on other side. But very good job and info on pipe work. Thanks
lol I was just thinkin that
Yeah I seen that also
Jackson yea,you know what I hate is when I'm laying something out using the one inch Mark and make my part of parts forgetting to drop and inch. Done that a few times for sure
His welder should have called him out happens to the best of fitters
i think bro is kinda nervous being on camera and all haha
Im a welder but it's good to know this stuff for real helps me a shit ton and the fitter.
Hell yeah! Having a good pipefitter makes all the difference on site. Especially for in-position welds 🤘🏻
Lol yes in the real world most welders wouldn't want to work with this guy
Damn bro I wouldn’t be bragging this guy kind of sucks by how he got the first 90 I saw he didn’t know what he was doing.
@@JavierAldoMacedo He says he has 10 years experience. Where I come from it looks like about a week and he doesn’t do it right. He also said flanges weld up to another piece of pipe🤣😂🥲
@@BDE360 exactly I wouldn’t wanna work with a fitter like that if i was the welder
Nicely done. Knowing your welder certainly helps.
Heck yeah, this videos right here is what y’all need to upload. So much knowledge that it make pipe fitting wayyyy more interesting.
It's funny how this video came out today cause I'm learning pipefitting now and was looking all over the place yesterday for this information
Pro tip to find the take off for a long radius 90 if you don’t know already. Multiply your pipe diameter by 1.5. I’d recommend getting a pipe trade pro calculator as well. That thing has so many different functions on it.
this is where your browser coockies kick in.
Something is better than nothing, Thanks to the guys who share their experience and knowledge. Remember technology is always getting advance day by day.
Knowledge is power..make batagor so easy😂
I love pipe fitting...a very logical process. Great video!
He tacked the flange on the inside, should have been the outside ... no roll out welds? and it’s a raised face not razorfaced . They bolt up ,they aren’t “welded “ to pumps or other flanges .
That pipe fighter would have to weld too . He'd work a welder like dumbass Victor to death. My grandma could fit better than that she was blind in one eye and couldn't see how the other
Awesome video I'm 2 months in on Pipe fitting/tac welding I do both here in Alberta, Canada 🇨🇦 than after I check the overall I send the pipe to the welder. I'm learning on the job plus TH-cam and Tic tok
thank you guys for putting these vids up its really helped an inspiring pipe fitter to understand the basics and helpfull tips for the feild or fab shop
Best video for basic pipe fitting I've seen! Well done guys!
Except for the fact he thinks it’s a razor face, and how he has his welder tack the wrong side of the flange…
@@frankie9660 I noticed that too. And who builds carbon steel pipe assemblies with Tig? Ain't nobody got time for that. Bro needs to bust out with some .045 fluxcore. lol
awesome job. i wish i was a little younger, and able to move like i used to. but i can still watch the videos.
You are good at teaching my friend,so I want to learn and increase my knowledge as a pipe fitter,i learned a lot from your vlog and I'm also your subscriber from #🇵🇭
You are like car builders or notorcycles builders you love your work so i like yours content best regards
You teached me really something useful for my career
Awesome video guys
At 7:24, you have really have to make sure that the long side of the square on the left is on contact with both walls of the elbow, otherwise, it doesn't give you any information (everything will always be square if there is no contact). Just like two points are always aligned, and three points are always co-planar
Looked at 7:24 and with my eyes it is touching both sides, just have to look real close with the video frozen.
Only thing I’ll say is at around 21 minutes I would’ve checked the vertical level in that flange and matched it with that other pup piece
Very nice presentation I've learned a lot keep on posting brother good job
Where I'm from the welders are the fitters ,it's good to learn to fit .
Other welders come here and they are used to the fitters tacking everything up for them,they don't always make it.
Thank you Anthony Davis for this excellent video demonstration
Very good, especially that you showed it with the map, it was great, thank you
I don't know if its a loss in translation, but its called "Raised Face" flange not Razor face. As in, there is a "raised" ring around the inside, as opposed to a "Flat Face" flange.
The difference is that on things like pumps, strainers, valves, etc that are cast or made of a soft metal, the torque from bolts and the 1/4" gap on a raised face flange joint would bend and deform the flange, so flat faced flanges solve that problem.
The reason why every flange isn't flat faced though is that raised face flanges focus the torque on the bolts to the gasket area of the flange, ensuring a tighter seal.
Man you’re good bro and so good with explanations. Thank you so much
I appreciate the thoroughness
After watching this I just bought a level and now I'm double checking everything. Now my tables square with the wall and leveled.
I’m a fitter and one of my good friends is my foreman a lot on jobs and when we got to a town we were working in last year we were kinda drunk cleaning out our toolboxes, and decided to check the level on all the stair rails and handrails, the floor of the hotel bedroom, inside cabinetry, walls ect! Lmao! Upstairs and downstairs bedrooms floors all were almost a whole bubble out slipping down to the door to go outside the motel. Our only hypothesis was that it did that if a sprinkler in the room went off because of fire, water would flow right out the door to outside (motel) instead of sitting still on bedroom floor and destroying floor beneath it or downstairs the walls around the room if it wasn’t sloped. Our drunk asses really thought we figured out some coool ass engineering shit that night all proud of ourselves! 🤦🏻♀️
Great knowledge shared your jargons aligned with the task. Good Job!!!!
like the fact that you show everything. good work
Quite good knowledge,bring some more.very good practicals
Excellent video ! Keep up the great work
Awesome job guys...keep up the good work
Thanks for this step by step video. Loved the methodology
This dope man. Ima watch this til I get it 💯💯
Please do more pipe basics fitting thank u with levels and plumb bobs u are very helpful thank u.
Nice job!
Great video!!! I can tig-stick-fcaw pipe etc but I can't fit worth a damn!! I'm trying to get into an apprenticeship just to learn how to do this. thanks for sharing guys
Super helpful video style
Thats my boy Marvin , real Texas pipe fitter! 🤘
Except he dont know what a flange face is called lol razor face? Think he was thinking of a razor sharp bevel and face is raised face
Man, I miss doing piping. Doing vessels now.
Very well done indeed, great demonstration.
I needed something like this to improve my skills on the trade. They put me to fabricate on the shop but im not experience enough.
Very good fabrication ,helpful
Dat is awesome. Thanks, where I've been working companies now want a person to do 4 jobs n one. Like fabrication, fit, weld, and bolt up. Just 1dering if can do it by ur self
You can if you got the tools and equipment needed but ALOT HARDER by yourself sometimes impossible to fit and keep it fit while tacking
awesome video..more pipe fitting / fabrication videos
Nice... cant wait to come down for your pipe welding class. Pass my 3g open root and get in there...
Good 👌
If its for the hall its 6g
By the book bro!!
Great videos guys, learning alot of different skills, thanks
you guys r very professional tnks for yours videos i gonna star pipe fitter its good information for me tnks 👍👍
I mean this is a good video but the easiest way to fit a 90 is definitely tacking the sides first and then squaring it but i guess it’s all preference. Love the videos!
I have always put on uniform lands and always fit high low to top of land . you can not fit to O.D. of pipe to O.D. of fitting because a lot of times fittings will not be the same O.D. as the pipe or maybe other fittings . Uniformity of land is key . In a production shop one would fit to roll out welds . You want to weld as few welds in position as possible . A good fitter and welder can make magic in a day
Nice fabrication
Good job brother please make more video for pipe fittings ❤️love from India
7 Steps to help and also be more efficient:
1. Get a good pipe fitters book. The UA has a good blue book, the black pipe fitters and welders handbook by (Thomas Franklin) and the red pipe fitters book IPT's Pipe Trades Handbook by (Robert A. Lee) are great ones to have in your toolbag/box. A great investment that will last a lifetime
2. Get a welding rod and bend the spool or section of spool to build as a reference. Helps visualize the direction of 90s and offsets.
3. If possible build in sections and roll-out as much as possible. Alot faster and easier. You also eliminate the chance of busting out. You also reduce your in position welding to a minimum.
4. Use angle iron or channel and chain clamps for lining up 90s, flanges, reducers, pipe to pipe, etc (90% of the time the high/low will be spot on. If not then you can fit like they are and spit the difference.
5. If you can make a 90 degree jig/fixture for using chain clamps. I have a unistrut jig for 2", 3" channel for 3-4" pipe. Have the channel scribed so I know where the 90 needs to sit.
6. Using a long straight edge (4') vs a square helps on long runs to ensure it is square.
7. Keeping a variety of spacing shims and a wedge in you toolbag to help square. A sawzall blade (1/16"-5/64") works great for 2" pipe, V welding rod for 1/8"-5/32" gap.
Leonard Gonzales, what local are you out of? I noticed you mentioned the UA. I'm out of local 538. (I'm on my wife's account)
@@jenniferasbury8556 I personally am an oilfield pipe fitter (non-union), but have work with/along UA pipe fitters from time to time. The one UA in NM is 412 but when I worked in CA I worked with alot of apprentices that were my helpers out of the 114. Thats where I was shown the UA book. I learned from the Thomas Franklin black book, Spears Blue Book, and Nation Pipe Trades (NPT) red book.
Marvellous theoretical with practical
I really enjoyed this video and it’s helping me out a lot and assisting me in understanding how to be a better pipefitter. But I have one question when you getting your flange square with the pipe if your first measurement closest to the 90 was 7 1/16 and your measurement furthest from the 90 was 7 inches shouldn’t you have tact the far side instead of the one closest to you in order to make your 7 to 7 1/16?
He fucked up, thats why. Notice how there wasnt any footage of it afterwards. Good eye!
i thought the same
buen trabajo limpio y preciso son buenos en lo que hacen buen trabajo melvin..cuidecen
y gracias ..
Great Job
Este video está machin. Ya siento que puedo firiar solo de ver este video de tan buena calidad
Its so ok. 👍👍🖐🖐. thank for vidio. My thank from Indonesia.
I worked on a few Entergy jobs in Arkansas. Good company to work for
Nice work
Nice one!
Nice job
Ok, so what I'm going to need to learn is: the jargon. I start doing this soon.
I bet i can find the info I need on here
Congratulations You are really good. You are masters it is nice to take from you.
La tuyauterie,un bon métier. Génial.
Awesome video
Video is fuego bro
Seriously, in the time that you have explained it, I have assembled many pieces and without so much nonsense, I have been working as a boilermaker for 30 years.
Yo quiero hacer eso, está bien rifadote, me gusta mucho la soldadura y estoy aprendiendo en la herrería de mi papá,. Sus videos me inspiran para seguir y estudiar eso jaja salu2
Victor being the real MVP here
Nice, sick video man very helpful
Union Pipefitter/Welder Good Lessons Learned
Awesome guys! That's one expensive demo!!
Muy buenos el tubería y el soldador, saludos desde Valladolid España 👏👏
Please make video on elbow rolling & flange rotation.
Absolutely brilliant 👌🏻
Its time for the pipefitters to shine ol' boy 😎
Show them boys how we fabricate down south💪🏼
Lol
More videos like this great job.
We up here Boston pipefittahs
Dear wonderful .. great work.. good knowing
very helpful ,thanks
Always have the 90 look down initially. That way the welder doesn’t have to get on his knees to tack. Only works when you’re spinning out the first 90.
Also not to be a dick but wear safety glasses if you’re going to be teaching how to fit pipe bro. Some of these kids out here see you and think they can cut corners safety wise.
Ive had busts before on some of those concentric reducers. Sometimes the inside is almost like a false bevel and it throws a shadow on x-ray. The weld might be just fine but that false bevel shows up on film so make sure to take it out/transition!
They have just a slight back bevel to em. Cheap big bore pipe has the same issue.
Thanks would like to see more videos i am a pipe fitter apprentices looking to improve my skills
Fitter gave his welder zero roll outs good job lmao
I wouldn’t say he missed that, I mean it is a vid on how to FIT a spool, we don’t need to see how to WELD out a soool do we?