What do I wear as a Journeyman Welder/Ironworker?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 19 ธ.ค. 2022
- In this video I go over the clothes I prefer to wear on a job site and my reasons for doing so. Yes there are personal preferences and job specific requirements that have helped refine what I wear on a job site over the years. If any Welding or Ironworker apprentices have any questions, please feel free to ask your questions in the comment section. As Journeymen, we are here to help you succeed in your trade.
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Hey Cowboy , I do see all the stickers on your Hard-hat, Local 433. I see that your new at TH-cam Blog-ing keep it up.
I’ve been Retired for 14 year. Chuck Lenhart Retired IW LC 433, I was also a (BA in Las Vegas).
Thank you! I wish I had my stickers from my other jobsites on this hard hat, but they were on my previous helmet before I bought this one. Just trying to help spread some knowledge as there was absolutely no good content that I could find when I was starting out many years ago. Teaching welding at a college for several years helped me see some of the stuff other folks have questions about or what folks would want to know before or when they start in the welding/ironworking industry just as I did when I was starting out.
Great point with the synthetic clothing ! Not only will it ignite, it melts. I had synthetic material work pants once that caught a spark and I had a huge piece melt and stick directly to the top of my thigh. Great point Cowboy!
Thank you for commenting! It is very interesting how different clothing materials burn and melt. Hopefully your thigh is okay from that incident! Thank you Stacker!!
@@WeldinCowboy exactly !!!! A little scarred up but my thigh is ok !!!! Any time Cowboy!! Love your channel!
Glad to hear your thigh is okay!! It’s never fun having stuff like that happen. Thank you Stacker for your support of my channel!!!!
@@WeldinCowboy always bro!!! Love your content !!!
I don’t think there is a safe place on an structural steel job 😂, good information brother 🤙
Great video.
Thank you so much!! I really appreciate it!!
Can u do a video on your harness, belt, tools, etc?
Sure thing! I will certainly do that. I’ll try to have that video uploaded within about a week or so. There are a couple short videos I have already recorded so those might come out first, but the next video to be made will be on the harness, belt, and tools that I use. Hopefully this video was informative and enjoyable for you. If there is anything you would like me to go more in depth from this video that I didn’t cover, please feel free to let me know. Have a great day!
@weldin cowboy thanks man I'm starting an ironworker job on Monday so I'm currently ordering the tools from the tool list provided but I fucked up a few. Example; adjustable spud... 2 versions are offered from klein 10 inch and 16 inch. I bought the 10 inch and it looks like a damn toy lol. Sleever bar; bought a Mayhew 30 inch 7/8 hex sleever bar with klein a collar damn collar is only for round bar not hex. Don't fit. Just multiple little inconveniences that im experiencing that an indepth video would circumvent. The best video on gear and tool setup is from some chick and it's informative but Holy shit is she annoying, and what's the best way to get all this shit onto the sight if u have to park at a designated location off site? Like a rolling tool bag or something ?
@@ichootu17 My pleasure. First off, congratulations on your new ironworking job! Sometimes the lists given out are very vague as you have discovered. Though you may not have the exact tools needed for this job, I would definitely recommend keeping them. Just because this site might not require them doesn't mean other sites won't. 16" adjustable spud is really good to have. Unfortunately a lot of new ironworkers and welders experience these inconveniences just like you are. That is why I started making these videos, as I was in the same spot when I started. Some of the guys on site might give you a hard time due not having the proper tools. I would mess with my apprentices if that happened, but it is just teasing. Journeymen aren't there to make you quit. We just like to give our punks a hard time. Odds are they have gone through the same situation as you. To answer your question for getting tools on and off a site, there are multiple answers and you will have to determine what is best for your current site. I have used a bucket buddy before which is a canvas sleeve that fits in a 5 gallon bucket. Buckets will possibly break after a while so be prepared to carry every single tool if it does. The bucket buddy will have different pockets for various tools and they work very well. There are rolling toolboxes. I have used the Stanley version as it was cheaper than Milwaukee and Dewalt but the same product. It works extremely well but for some of the sites I have been on, it is impractical. Some sites will have a gangbox for you to store your tools with everyone else's tools. For some of my sites in downtown Los Angeles, California I would have to walk well over half a mile from the designated parking to the site and some guys were robbed of their tools. I would just carry everything on my belt, bags, and harness even though it was well over 70 pounds. If someone tries to mess with you, use your tools for defensive actions. The times going through heavier security clearances was made easier by carrying things on my person and not having to dump stuff out of a tool holder. Regardless of what you use, I would heavily encourage you mark every single tool with a mark that is recognized as yours. Paint wears off eventually. I would etch my callsign in my tools or create lines from a grinder and have all tools with the same marks as it will be noticeable it is yours. If you have more questions, please let me know. Best of luck to you at your new job!!
Denim Wrangler shirts with the mother of pearl snaps. The stitching on buttons burns up, even just grinding. Dickies, Rustlers, are fine, get the stiff assed dark blue ones that feel like wearing a cardboard box the first couple of times, they are cheap and will last a little longer.
If you hang iron, connect, bolt up, shake out joists, your clothes are going to get fucked up. Don't spend a fortune on them.
I don’t use the denim wrangler shirts with the mother of pear snaps for several reasons. Personal preferences with my experience with some of them. I know a lot of folks out there really like them. For sure with hanging iron, clothes get messed up. I buy my work clothes when I can find them on sale and I grab a bunch when they are at a good price.
@@WeldinCowboy I started wearing them things when I started back in the 80's. They aren't "fire proof", but they are pretty durable. I still pick up cotton long sleeve, collared shirts whenever I find them at places like "Roses", it's a kind of ghetto assed store we have in southern Virginia. They always have them things on sale cheap, specially during summertime. Your clothes are going to get fucked up no matter what, other than a Carhartt jacket, I plan on clothes getting fucked up.
Is composite a good compromise? I know steel toe is dangerous but if you’re doing rebar will composite toe work?
That is a great question! I have not heard too many good things about composite toe except for some shop guys who like how much lighter it is compared to steel toe. Other than that I honestly haven’t heard much about them in good way. Obviously they have their spots that they excel in, but I would not know if they are a good compromise for working rebar. I’m not sure if a composite toe would make it necessarily safer doing rebar but it might be too big of a hard toe when climbing the rebar frames depending on spacing and the flexibility need for the climbing. I’m sorry for the vague answer but I am not as knowledgeable on composite toes so I would not want to lead you down the wrong path. I hope this has been able to help though! Thank you for commenting!!
Used to work with apprentices at the job sites and they cool but they do fight back
Some apprentices can get testy. I always kept my apprentices in line. There are apprentices that have an edgy fighting side but I straightened my punks out. There is no allowance for fighting on a job site.
@@WeldinCowboy they have that fight mode but I mean most of the guys that are with them did treat them like crap so I can’t blame them there
Unfortunately some journeymen don’t treat their apprentices well at all. I would give my apprentices a hard time sometimes because that is how things work, but I always treated them with respect as that is how it should be.
Saludos desde Houston TX I am ironworker welder connector
Welcome to my channel! Thank you for commenting!!
Kind of random question but.. with your work shirts do you tuck them in or nah? I wear work shirts and I got half the guys telling me to tuck it in for safety reasons and to look better then I have other guys tell me no point tucking in your shirt trying to look fancy doing manual labour
Howdy! That’s not a random question bud. I always tuck my shirts in, including my long sleeve flannel. It prevents my shirts from getting caught and to keep dirt and stuff from going up my shirt. I find it to be much more comfortable and practical but everyone has their own preferences. Not trying to took fancy on the job site with my shirt tucked in, just trying to stay as safe and comfortable as possible! Thank you for your comment and the question! Please let me know if you have any other questions!
I'm considering becoming a welder, what should I get to start with?
Great question!! There are many ways to perceive the question though. Do you mean as in a welding machine, tools, schooling, type of welding, jobs, etc?
My journey man when I was highschool had welding caps with like super heroes he had like Batman Superman and death stroke etc etc I thought they were cool
Welding caps with superheroes are definitely very popular. There are many cool looking ones, but I have seen some very abstract and vulgar designs with superheroes that in my opinion should not be used by welders. When it gets way to dirty, it looks unprofessional, but that’s not my place to tell people what they can or cannot wear unless they work for me and then if I view something as unprofessional I can say something. There are many really cool designs on welding caps that are not plain, but some take it too far in an unprofessional way.
Id be a little concerned about the duct tape fumes from the gloves, even if you can tolerate the smell it’s probably not healthy to breath in melting adhesive and PVC or whatever the non sticky part is. I understand milking every bit of life out of what you wear but I think its worth just buying new gloves and protecting your lungs a bit more
I completely agree that it may not be the most healthy air to inhale. When I am doing any sizable amount of welding that would melt or burn the duct tape, I would most often be wearing my respirator. I created a device to shield my support hand from the heat and dingleberries of which it does work quite well. This has prevented my duct tape from being as bad off as it used to be. Thank you for the comment!!
The point on steel toes are flawed. They are designed to curl over when crushed to cut across your toes. That way if god forbid that happens that it is easier for a surgeon to reattach or remove the remainder. It is a safety feature of them. Any safety person that tells you to wear something besides steel toes should be fired!
For small sheet metal jobs, steel toes are fine. I have heard the point you make so I make sure to ask safety guys that. For every single heavy iron project I have been on here in Los Angeles on both union and non union projects, it is absolutely forbidden to wear steel toe on site. Every welder/ironworker working on the big iron is informed of this prior to starting and anyone caught disregarding this basic rule is fired on the spot. That is why I say what I said. There is no leeway for someone’s opinion on that for such large job sites.
@@WeldinCowboy not saying your wrong that may be something in your area but every job I’ve worked out here on the east coast, from train car repair, to I beam manufacturing, I’ve been told steel toes were required for that reason but any other toe mainly composite toes are were forbidden because they provide a false sense of safety.
@adamswelding5052 It must be something different from east and west coast. Here we are not allowed to use any form of safety toe whether it be steel or composite due to it being a safety hazard with such heavy steel. Sheet metal shops are the opposite though as safety toes do provide some protection with lighter materials and projects.
Just because they give you the card doesn’t make you a journeyman
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That's a lesbian shirt lol lmao