Been watching for years, not even close to a welder and don’t pretend to be. Just a field mechanic but you absolutely have the most positive and best TH-cam channel out there! Thanks for passing on your knowledge!
As a retired Ironworker, I subscribed to your channel within the first 60 seconds of finding it ! ! ! Hope to enjoy your pleasent attitude from here on ! ! ! ! Attaboy ! ! ! ! ! !
The pressure build up is from the heat, if you can leave the top open and let it cool down then fill the hole. I’ve had to weld tanks and they need to be vented. I don’t weld a lot of pipe, mostly emergency repairs. Great video by the way!
But 💯% like your videos, bc you’ve shown a lot about pipeline. I’ve got my foot in the door, I enjoyed it. I wanna start pursuing more into the industry by practicing welding pipe but I been watching you since I’ve started welding school. That was 2 years ago and thank goodness I found someone who can demonstrate and teach what this industry is all about. 💯%
I can't get enough of this channel man. One boss I had that taught me handrail the right way, taught me to always bevel the tubes and leave a 1/32" land so the weld would suck in and we wouldn't need to sand - ever. And we didn't. I suppose similar to a weld test coupon bevel or other full pen welds. We have a rota-brade or whatever they are called the little hand held belt sanders that work on air feed, but I'm sayin' we rarely ever used it. all of our handrail was bead blasted, but anyone will understand how good that is with handrail where there's no sanding needed. Smoooooooth welds. That dude taught me so many insightful things that I've used as a fitter/welder/millwright. From woodworking to auto repair. Extremely valuable individual. I can say he was a total dickbag of a human, he was cheap as hell with the crews we all were on. This dude would cut the paint we used to spray all red oxide on the finished weldments with straight gasoline. Then we would use a standard spray rig to spray it on the parts.
man i appreciate your time to document and share your work as a fellow welding student i must say your channel has been extremely useful to watch again thank you!
I have welded for Chevron years ago offshore and most all welding offshore regardless what company you are sent out to weld for is usually done with 6010 , some of the pipe welding offshore when it comes to capping is done with what's called a downhill butterfly cap and some welders get really good at it and it puts a nice flat cap and it looks like butterfly wings it's really neat and not all welders can acquire to that skill but Inland for Chevron their pipe welding is done with a downhill Mig and it's really fast and you can put even large gaps between the pipes if you like because the Mig will go from pipe to pipe real quick and fast and easy and smooth but when using Mig I would suggest that you always preheat everything that you're going to be welding I welded downhill Mig on Pipe type structures that were round and large enough to drive a car down the middle of it that's when I was building those gigantic Towers in Chattanooga ,wind Towers, most of the welding was done with sub arc welding but sometimes we had to recap certain areas and it was done with downhill Mig and sometimes with uphill flux core, But overall my experience working in land and offshore, offshore you get paid for 84 hours a week and sometimes 126 hours a week and you do less work offshore because sometimes when it rains or the wind blows very hard you get to go lay up and watch television and you get paid for the whole day not only that it's no rush offshore because the contractors that send you out there they want you to drag on because you get paid more and they do too if the time goes on slow, but if you go out there and hurry up and finish a job then you're not going to make you or your boss as much money so it's really laid-back offshore plus offshore you're guaranteed a Helper and so the helper does a lot of the physical work changing out the gauges on air tanks, bringing down cans of rods and such but a lot of welders would never go offshore even with the high pay they would never do it cuz they don't trust their wives they want to be home every night to watch that wife and make sure she's not running out on them. Through all my years of experience working in land and offshore and I'm retired now the best welding you will ever do and enjoy is being in business for yourself and I'm so glad that this gentleman in this video has taken it upon himself to leave the pipeline and to go in business for himself because pipeline welding could be some of the most dirtiest welding getting down in a hole underneath pipe and it's rain the night before I mean it can get really dirty and hot in the daytime but if you've got your own shop you can build and fabricate things and if nobody's giving you work to do our jobs to do you can still fabricate certain projects to sell just like Factories do so you can still enjoy welding in making money and not be concerned whether somebody calls you up on the phone to give you a job or not
Thank you for your insight and sharing your experience with us. Enjoy your retirement, you’ve made my day with the info and the knowledge you shared with us. Take Care!
Pipeliners cloud👌. Welding lead.. the bigger the better! If you are air arcing and running big wire on heavy repair work 4/0 or perhaps 3/0 as a minimum or go home. 20-25" 1/0 stinger lead for stick welding seems to be the best compromise for weight and current or voltage loss.
I was at an aluminum plant one day and one welder showed up with a truck rig but it had a MIG welder on it and he told me every time he would go on a job where they would have more than one welder that they contracted the workout to, other welders would confront him in a real bad way , they hated to see any welder show up with a MIG rig because they knew that he would weld circles around them welding much more faster much more quicker and putting out beautiful smooth Mig Welds. He said the other welders wanted the job to go slow and drag on because they were being paid by the hour so they would show a lot of hostility against any welder that would show up with a truck rig that had a MIG welder on it , but he himself wanted to hurry up and get the job done and go to the next job. I understand both sides of the coin here but if you bid on a welding job and you want to hurry up and get it done because you're not being paid by the hour but by the job then MIG welding is the way to go and if you're concerned about the wind blowing your gas away from the arc you can build a portable tent type structure to hover over every joint that you have to weld keeping the wind out, believe me the MIG welding is quick and fast if you only want to use it for a root pass and a hot pass and do the rest with stick welding that will seal still save you a lot of time. Even a small Hobart 125 that you cal run off a generator with .025 wire, with it you can hurry up and do your root and hot pass almost perfect with no blowthrus, and that saves alot of time, and then finish it out with stick. Downhill with mig welding with root and hot pass puts in almost flawless beautiful passes.
I've been welding for many years (no pipeline work) and a lot of things I see these pipe line guys do and pipe fitters are so outdated when compared to a large fabrication shop/government facilities/government fabrication. Mig and Flux core is the way to go now but some applications will not allow for sparks so tig becomes the preferred method. I have a friend and he went to the pipeline and he even said is old school and they do not want to see change or new ways of doing things!
When I broke out with my own welding rig I got a 225 Hobart, it’s a miller made over with the same parts just cheaper. I still run that machine and I can run all my accessories+ a suit case. I got some hate since it wasn’t a Lincoln or because it didn’t have the miller logo on it but it’s been a dang good machine and the old timers would always say it ain’t the machine it’s the welder and I stick by that
Regarding the seams, especially on your part of things, it's just nicer if everything is consistent. Like the buttons, it doesn't matter, but you and anyone that REALLY looks, can tell that you paid a little bit of attention to what you were doing.
Many years ago`when I was welding piling and sheets we would keep a rod can full of water close by. When the stinger got 'that' hot, just dip in the water can. No problem with electrocution , just shake handle out and go!
Thank you for such awesome videos! I have to say you definitely have the best attitude and love your job!! I have been assembling a small machine shop to support my TH-cam channel that will start with the building of a 1928 Morgan/MG special race car. I am will be specializing in pre WWI race cars and fabrication. till recovering from getting hit on my 1957 Harley while I was riding to work. I am almost back on my feet and I have been binging on your videos.
Austin much love from the north, travel card journeyman fitter& welder apprentice from UA LOCAL 46 Toronto , Canada. I like the leather armguard, looking to get one with the united association insignia. Hopefully soon ill be burning rod as good as you pal. Cheers I learned something new today !
I use the Knox FR, it smells pretty horrible when it gets burned through when overhead welding... I've had it for a year and it's pretty smoked.... probably ok for shop/table welding, but not great for cramped quarters.
Hey Austin, enjoy your videos, two questions, I used to see weldors loop the whip over the shoulders. cuts down on the weight, helps stabilty. Why do welders not do that any more? next question, Is it better to unroll the leads all the way out. Thanx for all welding info.
Have you ever welded on a line with a little bit of gas leaking into it? We do the same thing- leave a gap at the top for the fire so you aren’t fighting it at the bottom and then we will seal it off at the top in the easiest place!
Every so often, I gotta run some 6013 vertical down root, with a 7018 vertical up cover pass on some scrap steel. It really takes me back to earlier days. For extra fun, I cut-out my welds with the carbon arc gouger. Funny how my current career in dentistry has improved my welding skills. I mostly TIG, but fun picking up the sticks and some skills. I'm picking up what you're putting down. Thanks for the videos and content.
Also it has been found that breathing the fumes will have resulted in Parkinson's disease that causes your whole nervous system cause your body to shake so for welders that"s going to be doing it for a living I suggest that you get you one of those fancy helmets that's got the little fan compartment that hooks on the back across your shoulder or around your waist that way it blows a steady fresh amount of wind in front of your face to keep that smoke from coming up inside your Shield, also on very hot days if you're going to be doing a pipeline and it's 100 degrees outside I think they oughta give welders those air suits where you wear the suit while welding and you've got an air hose hook to it that's keeping cold air going around you at all times it keeps you nice and cool and calm and keeps you from having a heat stroke
I've never understood why these Pipeline Welders don't use Mig or FCAW INNERSHIELD WIRE on these Pipelines they weld on, stick welding takes too long, there's less stops and starts.
Austin Thanks for the great video I had to do a similar type weld on a machine base and I used a creeper to sit on instead of kneeling made it a lot more comfortable Just a thought for you JB
Harbor Freight looks like about $25 with taxes - item 67406 - probably a bucket of other manufacturers make em too. If I had a bunch of pipe offcuts I'd be tempted to make my own with some big honking caster for some more off-road capability 🤣
I got the blue plaid print FR shirt to try out. I love it except for the big buttons on the sleeves. They use three large buttons similar to a pants button for the cuff buttons. The shirt would be perfect if it had pearl snaps or regular buttons there.
Austin here's an idea you can add to your mobile shop. I have a piece of floor grating that I can hook to back of my truck or in jackstands for a cutting table. That way you don't have to claml everything down when you cut it
You mentioned around 8:10 you would link to a video in which you talk about "level with the world". I don't see that anywhere, can you point me to it? Thanks! And thank you for all the work you put into these videos, they have been immensely helpful to me and I'm sure so many others ❤
Oh sorry… I forgot to tell Kayla to link it for me 🤣 Thank you for letting me know. And the pleasure is all mine brother! th-cam.com/video/sP7ShMiwR9E/w-d-xo.htmlsi=TnhDfa5S7gBCJaRH
I would drill center hole on white square tube for ventilation to release heat in to tube while u weld the pipe or if it impossible to drill on square tube u can drill small hole next to weld bead so u can keep welding to make all the weld bead look sharp until it cooled down completely then fill the small drill hole and grind it flash. 👌🏻
lol don’t usually happen on cap. What a hand, showed us anyways. Because when you said that “don’t usually happen on a cap” all us that know were thinkin the same. What a hand. Went right into sayin why and took responsibility. Mmm. What a hand. Looks like a badass handrail. Give it what it needs. What I say.
Closing off that built up pressure can be a pain on some projects. Like a hydraulic leak with oil and pressure together where you can't get rid of the oil. Good video as always.
31:10 one day i was capping a 10 gauge tank, there was 9 feet of capping overtop of a 1 inch strap so the cap was 3 inches wide over the seam... a full case of 3/16 E7018. melted a full foot of insulation off the stinger by the end of the day. "10 gauge sheet 3/16 7018, moving fast long arc, gas checking along the way" held enough fuel to make it to the voting pole station the next day. the full 250amp for that rod... the 3/32 or 1/8 rod digs in deeper for structural hold... got some new 6 gauge 600 volt wire to run to the 1980 Lincoln 225ac, it blows a 30amp 260 volt breaker running a the 3/16 7018 after 3 seconds, they run better on DC but the DC processor is done after 50 pounds. "whatever is in the rod flux that makes it burn hotter, some don't have any and wreck the sensitive machines" nitrate cellulose ammonia chemicals or something that run 40 amps hotter then the welder setting. 3/16's can fill a gap, brand name following's...
I'm welding out a 2000-gallon water tank on a water truck using 7018, and I'm worried about them being a few months old and maybe moisture in them, and how I can heat them to make sure their dry, cause I don't have a rod heat box or anything, I don't do alot of rod, as much as mig welding, I knkw your die hard stuck weld but I would like a no bias direction on what I can do and how concerned I need to be about the rod, thanks
Another good video. I'm a self-taught amateur. I laid my first bead probably 45 years ago. You probably lay more weld in a week than i have in the last 45 years. 😂 can you speak to which polarity generally works better. For instance, my favorite rod, 6013 is rated for DCEP, DCEN and AC. What would be your preference? You don't need to answer here just include in a video.
first time viewer; I'm interested. I find your truck a hoot. You have better filters on your camera than some. I can really see the weld action. I seem to have missed the connection on the kevlar shirt you were wearing, sounded interesting. I find your "pipeline" weld helmet/shield amusing.
2-0 is larger than 1-0, 0 or 1 ga. So if 2-0 is getting hot, go to 3-0 for more ampacity. 2 is 66360 cir/mils , 2-0 is far larger at 133100 cir/mils. Ampacity in free air is 293 amps for 2 and 467 for 2-0.
being a structural engineer - and not seeing entire structure (did you ever share a complete image?) i don't quite understand the bottom lock in plate detail - but thanks for the pressure whale hole - - and what grinder disk are you using after cutting strap? thanks in advance
Is that a regular abrasive chop saw with a cold cut Diablo blade mounted on it? I've been told not to do that because the speeds are different but if it works for you, I may try it. Thanks
Much respect to you young man. I enjoy watching your videos. Back in 86-87 after high school went through Ivy Tech Weld School. Welded for awhile before a change of career to Consumer Electronics Repair. However my heart has never left welding. I love the sound, the smell etc, lol. In all of your welding experience do you preferred Miller or Lincoln equipment? I think they are both great names. Your thoughts brother? Keep burning them 7018’s 😎👍
@@arosswelding Thanks for getting back. A lot of people think I’m nuts when I say I like the smell, lol. It’s really the whole experience that is pleasurable. Its like painting with molten metal, how better can it be explained? Once you got the main understanding down with proper gap prep/metal prep etc, its just a matter of control of the heat/weld pool through stick control. It is truly an art as far as I’m concerned. Keep your passion alive brother. You and I have a bond through the bead, lol. Thanks for all your awesome videos. Best wishes always. 😎👍
I'm a union welder out of 286. I noticed you step you puddle the same way I do, I had an old pipeliner tell me that if I'm going to be a real downhill welder I should either do circles or side to side. What are your thoughts?
Sounds like he was running old school hippie rods. That’s how my dad was and would get on me about in the shop. Until I he came in bragging about welds I had dun and it was 8010 and I showed him how I was doing it then I was left alone 🤙🏼🤙🏼
@brianpierson7708 what's the best chance of passing xray with 6010 rods, Step it, circles or side to side? I've never had a problem stepping it on a bend test.
With downhill I literally just do what ever it takes. I’m not always doing the same motion. I do all kinds of motions. I’m not saying I just go all over the place all the time. Generally I step it and go side to side. I may do one motion for a bit til I need to change it. Then I do a different motion. I hope this makes since.
Skip welding like I did in this video helps keep the material from drawing or warping as bad as compared to if it was welded continuously in one direction
Just got hired on to a shipyard and we had to do some physical agility testing. Well they have a “confined spaces” testing and they gave us the same shitty knee pads you had maybe worse 😂😂 Any tips or tricks for a entry level structural welder? Takes forever to get through their hiring process should start work in mid October
20ft of welding leed piece of cake. Many moons ago I used to work on hoper barges on the Columbia River system and we had to string out 100ft of lead. Then we would overdrive our amperage settings by 30% or more to compensate for the long leads. A lot of walking🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪.
Blackened inside of a copper cable ain't no catastrophe. It's actually quite usual for older rubber insulated cables to darken. The rubber insulation filler over time transfers to the copper wire and makes it black. For as long as the ends of the cable are properly crimped or soldered it's no real issue. The copper is just as good as before, just ugly. More or less it's just pain in the butt for the electrician to clean the ends for new connection because that copper needs to be clean before you crimp or solder it again.
Hi buds great video. Really injoy yr videos. I have learned a lot. However.......you need to learn other (whistling tunes ) buds, lol in tune😂 great job peace be with you and your families.
gauge number like #1 #2 10gauge 8 gauge, the smaller number the bigger the wire. When using aught numbers the bigger the number the bigger the wire. So it goes from smaller to larger #2 #1 1 aught 2 aught
Your talk on leads is dead on. I got my Miller big 40 from a bridge welder and he gave me his old leads. Over time the quick connects would get so hot they were smoking. Any damaged spots had corrosion and would do the same. I repaired some of it but a good portion became scrap. You also hit on duty cycle here and I've always wondered about that on large pipe projects. It looks to me like the Lincoln's would be strained in this area ?
We decided to change our focus. At first Pipeline work was slow, but then we made the decision to focus more on our own business here at home instead of working for pipeline companies. But I do plan on pipelining again at some point.
Austin Ross I suggest when you get really really tired like you are now turn off the camera go get something to eat and get some rest yes you are rambling and this is all after editing lol💪🙏
You said you purposely put your seams out of view. So why did you put your button on the front side of your horizontal weld? Which is the opposite side of the pipe as your vertical weld.
@arosswelding Thanks for the response. I wasn't trying to be a Richard. I was scratching my head thinking I missed something. I've been welding various forms of pipe for 15 years, and I just got into the downhill stuff. I enjoy watching your videos.
I totally understand. One of my personal issues I struggle with is getting in a hurry and not thinking ahead so I tend to do silly things like this from time to time on account of my old habits. But it’s gradually progressing thankfully to my want to grow as an individual. This TH-cam channel and all of the viewers including yourself has helped me a lot in challenging myself to do better work. So thank you! I try not to take things personally, I try yo use them as growing opportunities.
I would say 5/32 welding rods for more deposition and... I'm going to start counting how many times you mention pipeline welding. Lordy, we get it... you loved it but move on in the career!
Would not agree with you concerning having your stop / starts in alignment because you are effectively putting all of the potential stress rasing points in the.same plane It may look pretty but has hidden faults ( just like that fine young lady at the bar😂😂).
Been watching for years, not even close to a welder and don’t pretend to be. Just a field mechanic but you absolutely have the most positive and best TH-cam channel out there! Thanks for passing on your knowledge!
The pleasure is all mine! Thank you for the kind words!
As a retired Ironworker, I subscribed to your channel within the first 60 seconds of finding it ! ! ! Hope to enjoy your pleasent attitude from here on ! ! ! ! Attaboy ! ! ! ! ! !
The pressure build up is from the heat, if you can leave the top open and let it cool down then fill the hole. I’ve had to weld tanks and they need to be vented. I don’t weld a lot of pipe, mostly emergency repairs. Great video by the way!
Thanks for sharing with us Austin, that was a lot of welding. We enjoyed all of it, stay safe and have fun while you are staying cool too. Fred.
Thank you for the explanations and the oopsies. The things that go a little sideways are as helpful as the pretty stuff!
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But 💯% like your videos, bc you’ve shown a lot about pipeline. I’ve got my foot in the door, I enjoyed it. I wanna start pursuing more into the industry by practicing welding pipe but I been watching you since I’ve started welding school. That was 2 years ago and thank goodness I found someone who can demonstrate and teach what this industry is all about. 💯%
I can't get enough of this channel man.
One boss I had that taught me handrail the right way, taught me to always bevel the tubes and leave a 1/32" land so the weld would suck in and we wouldn't need to sand - ever. And we didn't. I suppose similar to a weld test coupon bevel or other full pen welds.
We have a rota-brade or whatever they are called the little hand held belt sanders that work on air feed, but I'm sayin' we rarely ever used it. all of our handrail was bead blasted, but anyone will understand how good that is with handrail where there's no sanding needed. Smoooooooth welds.
That dude taught me so many insightful things that I've used as a fitter/welder/millwright. From woodworking to auto repair. Extremely valuable individual.
I can say he was a total dickbag of a human, he was cheap as hell with the crews we all were on. This dude would cut the paint we used to spray all red oxide on the finished weldments with straight gasoline. Then we would use a standard spray rig to spray it on the parts.
man i appreciate your time to document and share your work as a fellow welding student i must say your channel has been extremely useful to watch again thank you!
I just got into welding for home use and appreciate hearing tips from a pro, thanks for sharing your skill.
Pleasure is all mine!
I have welded for Chevron years ago offshore and most all welding offshore regardless what company you are sent out to weld for is usually done with 6010 , some of the pipe welding offshore when it comes to capping is done with what's called a downhill butterfly cap and some welders get really good at it and it puts a nice flat cap and it looks like butterfly wings it's really neat and not all welders can acquire to that skill but Inland for Chevron their pipe welding is done with a downhill Mig and it's really fast and you can put even large gaps between the pipes if you like because the Mig will go from pipe to pipe real quick and fast and easy and smooth but when using Mig I would suggest that you always preheat everything that you're going to be welding I welded downhill Mig on Pipe type structures that were round and large enough to drive a car down the middle of it that's when I was building those gigantic Towers in Chattanooga ,wind Towers, most of the welding was done with sub arc welding but sometimes we had to recap certain areas and it was done with downhill Mig and sometimes with uphill flux core, But overall my experience working in land and offshore, offshore you get paid for 84 hours a week and sometimes 126 hours a week and you do less work offshore because sometimes when it rains or the wind blows very hard you get to go lay up and watch television and you get paid for the whole day not only that it's no rush offshore because the contractors that send you out there they want you to drag on because you get paid more and they do too if the time goes on slow, but if you go out there and hurry up and finish a job then you're not going to make you or your boss as much money so it's really laid-back offshore plus offshore you're guaranteed a Helper and so the helper does a lot of the physical work changing out the gauges on air tanks, bringing down cans of rods and such but a lot of welders would never go offshore even with the high pay they would never do it cuz they don't trust their wives they want to be home every night to watch that wife and make sure she's not running out on them. Through all my years of experience working in land and offshore and I'm retired now the best welding you will ever do and enjoy is being in business for yourself and I'm so glad that this gentleman in this video has taken it upon himself to leave the pipeline and to go in business for himself because pipeline welding could be some of the most dirtiest welding getting down in a hole underneath pipe and it's rain the night before I mean it can get really dirty and hot in the daytime but if you've got your own shop you can build and fabricate things and if nobody's giving you work to do our jobs to do you can still fabricate certain projects to sell just like Factories do so you can still enjoy welding in making money and not be concerned whether somebody calls you up on the phone to give you a job or not
Thank you for your insight and sharing your experience with us. Enjoy your retirement, you’ve made my day with the info and the knowledge you shared with us. Take Care!
wanting to get into pipeline welding and your videos are very helpful. keep up the great videos.
I just welded for the first time the other day and did a semi ok weld, and I actually like welding
Austin, I am not a welder, but a piper. I really enjoy your videos and your personality..... I got in to Turnaround Planning 30 years ago.....
Jeff
Pipeliners cloud👌. Welding lead.. the bigger the better! If you are air arcing and running big wire on heavy repair work 4/0 or perhaps 3/0 as a minimum or go home. 20-25" 1/0 stinger lead for stick welding seems to be the best compromise for weight and current or voltage loss.
What I do as well but I’ve got about 15’ of 1/0 as my “whip”
I was at an aluminum plant one day and one welder showed up with a truck rig but it had a MIG welder on it and he told me every time he would go on a job where they would have more than one welder that they contracted the workout to, other welders would confront him in a real bad way , they hated to see any welder show up with a MIG rig because they knew that he would weld circles around them welding much more faster much more quicker and putting out beautiful smooth Mig Welds. He said the other welders wanted the job to go slow and drag on because they were being paid by the hour so they would show a lot of hostility against any welder that would show up with a truck rig that had a MIG welder on it , but he himself wanted to hurry up and get the job done and go to the next job. I understand both sides of the coin here but if you bid on a welding job and you want to hurry up and get it done because you're not being paid by the hour but by the job then MIG welding is the way to go and if you're concerned about the wind blowing your gas away from the arc you can build a portable tent type structure to hover over every joint that you have to weld keeping the wind out, believe me the MIG welding is quick and fast if you only want to use it for a root pass and a hot pass and do the rest with stick welding that will seal still save you a lot of time. Even a small Hobart 125 that you cal run off a generator with .025 wire, with it you can hurry up and do your root and hot pass almost perfect with no blowthrus, and that saves alot of time, and then finish it out with stick. Downhill with mig welding with root and hot pass puts in almost flawless beautiful passes.
I've been welding for many years (no pipeline work) and a lot of things I see these pipe line guys do and pipe fitters are so outdated when compared to a large fabrication shop/government facilities/government fabrication.
Mig and Flux core is the way to go now but some applications will not allow for sparks so tig becomes the preferred method.
I have a friend and he went to the pipeline and he even said is old school and they do not want to see change or new ways of doing things!
Job site milkers are the worst especially when they want to get hostile with someone who has a better work ethic. Outperform and outrank all of them.
@@TrashTube-rt9jwthe difference is being paid hourly vs being paid by the job.
Slave vs owner mentality.
Nobody asked that
When I broke out with my own welding rig I got a 225 Hobart, it’s a miller made over with the same parts just cheaper. I still run that machine and I can run all my accessories+ a suit case. I got some hate since it wasn’t a Lincoln or because it didn’t have the miller logo on it but it’s been a dang good machine and the old timers would always say it ain’t the machine it’s the welder and I stick by that
Regarding the seams, especially on your part of things, it's just nicer if everything is consistent. Like the buttons, it doesn't matter, but you and anyone that REALLY looks, can tell that you paid a little bit of attention to what you were doing.
I keep learning something from every video thanks
Many years ago`when I was welding piling and sheets we would keep a rod can full of water close by. When the stinger got 'that' hot, just dip in the water can. No problem with electrocution , just shake handle out and go!
Thank you for such awesome videos! I have to say you definitely have the best attitude and love your job!! I have been assembling a small machine shop to support my TH-cam channel that will start with the building of a 1928 Morgan/MG special race car. I am will be specializing in pre WWI race cars and fabrication. till recovering from getting hit on my 1957 Harley while I was riding to work. I am almost back on my feet and I have been binging on your videos.
Austin much love from the north, travel card journeyman fitter& welder apprentice from UA LOCAL 46 Toronto , Canada. I like the leather armguard, looking to get one with the united association insignia. Hopefully soon ill be burning rod as good as you pal. Cheers I learned something new today !
I use the Knox FR, it smells pretty horrible when it gets burned through when overhead welding... I've had it for a year and it's pretty smoked.... probably ok for shop/table welding, but not great for cramped quarters.
Hey Austin, enjoy your videos, two questions, I used to see weldors loop the whip over the shoulders. cuts down on the weight, helps stabilty. Why do welders not do that any more? next question, Is it better to unroll the leads all the way out. Thanx for all welding info.
Have you ever welded on a line with a little bit of gas leaking into it? We do the same thing- leave a gap at the top for the fire so you aren’t fighting it at the bottom and then we will seal it off at the top in the easiest place!
Every so often, I gotta run some 6013 vertical down root, with a 7018 vertical up cover pass on some scrap steel. It really takes me back to earlier days. For extra fun, I cut-out my welds with the carbon arc gouger. Funny how my current career in dentistry has improved my welding skills. I mostly TIG, but fun picking up the sticks and some skills. I'm picking up what you're putting down. Thanks for the videos and content.
I understand!
Pleasure is all mine!
Also it has been found that breathing the fumes will have resulted in Parkinson's disease that causes your whole nervous system cause your body to shake so for welders that"s going to be doing it for a living I suggest that you get you one of those fancy helmets that's got the little fan compartment that hooks on the back across your shoulder or around your waist that way it blows a steady fresh amount of wind in front of your face to keep that smoke from coming up inside your Shield, also on very hot days if you're going to be doing a pipeline and it's 100 degrees outside I think they oughta give welders those air suits where you wear the suit while welding and you've got an air hose hook to it that's keeping cold air going around you at all times it keeps you nice and cool and calm and keeps you from having a heat stroke
Nice to know man
You should get a suitcase with some duel shield fluxcore it would have saved you a lot of time
I've never understood why these Pipeline Welders don't use Mig or FCAW INNERSHIELD WIRE on these Pipelines they weld on, stick welding takes too long, there's less stops and starts.
Austin Thanks for the great video I had to do a similar type weld on a machine base and I used a creeper to sit on instead of kneeling made it a lot more comfortable Just a thought for you JB
Pleasure is all mine! That is a good idea!
They actually make rolling knee pads
That’d be handy!
Harbor Freight looks like about $25 with taxes - item 67406 - probably a bucket of other manufacturers make em too. If I had a bunch of pipe offcuts I'd be tempted to make my own with some big honking caster for some more off-road capability 🤣
A suitcase would come in handy on those kind of jobs
I got the blue plaid print FR shirt to try out. I love it except for the big buttons on the sleeves. They use three large buttons similar to a pants button for the cuff buttons. The shirt would be perfect if it had pearl snaps or regular buttons there.
Austin here's an idea you can add to your mobile shop. I have a piece of floor grating that I can hook to back of my truck or in jackstands for a cutting table. That way you don't have to claml everything down when you cut it
Always great content. Love the longer videos too!
Do you have a video about how to video welding? You're really good at it.
No I do not. But thank you for letting me know you are interested
Thank you for the tips. Enjoy your videos there are very informational.
Pleasure is all mine!
“Oh Mylanta”. Haha I love that movie and use that quote all the time.
Wait… there’s a movie by that name??! I had no idea! 🤣
You mentioned around 8:10 you would link to a video in which you talk about "level with the world". I don't see that anywhere, can you point me to it? Thanks!
And thank you for all the work you put into these videos, they have been immensely helpful to me and I'm sure so many others ❤
Oh sorry… I forgot to tell Kayla to link it for me 🤣
Thank you for letting me know.
And the pleasure is all mine brother!
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I would drill center hole on white square tube for ventilation to release heat in to tube while u weld the pipe or if it impossible to drill on square tube u can drill small hole next to weld bead so u can keep welding to make all the weld bead look sharp until it cooled down completely then fill the small drill hole and grind it flash. 👌🏻
lol don’t usually happen on cap. What a hand, showed us anyways. Because when you said that “don’t usually happen on a cap” all us that know were thinkin the same. What a hand. Went right into sayin why and took responsibility. Mmm. What a hand. Looks like a badass handrail. Give it what it needs. What I say.
Closing off that built up pressure can be a pain on some projects. Like a hydraulic leak with oil and pressure together where you can't get rid of the oil. Good video as always.
31:10 one day i was capping a 10 gauge tank, there was 9 feet of capping overtop of a 1 inch strap so the cap was 3 inches wide over the seam... a full case of 3/16 E7018. melted a full foot of insulation off the stinger by the end of the day. "10 gauge sheet 3/16 7018, moving fast long arc, gas checking along the way" held enough fuel to make it to the voting pole station the next day. the full 250amp for that rod... the 3/32 or 1/8 rod digs in deeper for structural hold... got some new 6 gauge 600 volt wire to run to the 1980 Lincoln 225ac, it blows a 30amp 260 volt breaker running a the 3/16 7018 after 3 seconds, they run better on DC but the DC processor is done after 50 pounds. "whatever is in the rod flux that makes it burn hotter, some don't have any and wreck the sensitive machines" nitrate cellulose ammonia chemicals or something that run 40 amps hotter then the welder setting. 3/16's can fill a gap, brand name following's...
I'm welding out a 2000-gallon water tank on a water truck using 7018, and I'm worried about them being a few months old and maybe moisture in them, and how I can heat them to make sure their dry, cause I don't have a rod heat box or anything, I don't do alot of rod, as much as mig welding, I knkw your die hard stuck weld but I would like a no bias direction on what I can do and how concerned I need to be about the rod, thanks
Another good video. I'm a self-taught amateur. I laid my first bead probably 45 years ago. You probably lay more weld in a week than i have in the last 45 years. 😂 can you speak to which polarity generally works better. For instance, my favorite rod, 6013 is rated for DCEP, DCEN and AC. What would be your preference? You don't need to answer here just include in a video.
I do not totally understand what all this information is that you are speaking of so I can not know for sure what I recommend.
@@arosswelding DC electrod negative, DC electrod positive and AC.
From the very little research I just did I believe my sae 300 primarily run a dc positive. And I like the way it welds.
@@arosswelding Thanks.
first time viewer; I'm interested. I find your truck a hoot. You have better filters on your camera than some. I can really see the weld action.
I seem to have missed the connection on the kevlar shirt you were wearing, sounded interesting. I find your "pipeline" weld helmet/shield amusing.
Thanks for stopping by! We appreciate it! The new shirts have Kevlar stitching.
you're a really good welder MR Ross.
Years ago back in my early days I started out in a CNY truck/job shop. One of the old timer farmers'd come in he'd need to get "some welting done." 🤔
2-0 is larger than 1-0, 0 or 1 ga. So if 2-0 is getting hot, go to 3-0 for more ampacity. 2 is 66360 cir/mils , 2-0 is far larger at 133100 cir/mils.
Ampacity in free air is 293 amps for 2 and 467 for 2-0.
Excellent work, I love it thanks 🙏🙏👍👍
My pleasure!
I like to carry 2 whips with me when im doing a lot of heavy welding so that i can swap them out and allow the other to cool down.
being a structural engineer - and not seeing entire structure (did you ever share a complete image?) i don't quite understand the bottom lock in plate detail - but thanks for the pressure whale hole - - and what grinder disk are you using after cutting strap? thanks in advance
I believe I was using a 40 or 60 grit sanding pad. Stay tuned for next weeks video, I believe I show the whole feed bin in part two of this video
Is that a regular abrasive chop saw with a cold cut Diablo blade mounted on it? I've been told not to do that because the speeds are different but if it works for you, I may try it. Thanks
Much respect to you young man. I enjoy watching your videos. Back in 86-87 after high school went through Ivy Tech Weld School. Welded for awhile before a change of career to Consumer Electronics Repair. However my heart has never left welding. I love the sound, the smell etc, lol. In all of your welding experience do you preferred Miller or Lincoln equipment? I think they are both great names. Your thoughts brother?
Keep burning them 7018’s 😎👍
I like parts about both Lincoln and Miller. I understand what you mean… even the smell part 😂
Once you’re hooked, you’re hooked 🤷♂️😂
@@arosswelding Thanks for getting back. A lot of people think I’m nuts when I say I like the smell, lol. It’s really the whole experience that is pleasurable. Its like painting with molten metal, how better can it be explained? Once you got the main understanding down with proper gap prep/metal prep etc, its just a matter of control of the heat/weld pool through stick control. It is truly an art as far as I’m concerned. Keep your passion alive brother. You and I have a bond through the bead, lol.
Thanks for all your awesome videos.
Best wishes always. 😎👍
Yep! I get it for sure! Pleasure is all mine my man! Thank you for watching! Take care of yourself!
That welding machine is dialed in just right when strike that arc
I know nothing about the 8010, but I thought they were a brittle weld! Obviously relative!!! Can you kind of clearify!?!?
I'm a union welder out of 286. I noticed you step you puddle the same way I do, I had an old pipeliner tell me that if I'm going to be a real downhill welder I should either do circles or side to side. What are your thoughts?
Sounds like he was running old school hippie rods. That’s how my dad was and would get on me about in the shop. Until I he came in bragging about welds I had dun and it was 8010 and I showed him how I was doing it then I was left alone 🤙🏼🤙🏼
@brianpierson7708 what's the best chance of passing xray with 6010 rods, Step it, circles or side to side? I've never had a problem stepping it on a bend test.
With downhill I literally just do what ever it takes. I’m not always doing the same motion. I do all kinds of motions. I’m not saying I just go all over the place all the time. Generally I step it and go side to side. I may do one motion for a bit til I need to change it. Then I do a different motion. I hope this makes since.
@arosswelding you ever work with a ol pipeliner named rusty warford.
No I do not think so… 🤔
Welding student here! when doin the seam weld at 28:00 why did you do patches in different areas instead of just going down the line?
Skip welding like I did in this video helps keep the material from drawing or warping as bad as compared to if it was welded continuously in one direction
I am trying my best to find a 3/4 ton, I’ve found a 1969 Lincoln electric SAE 200…but it’s the truck I’m struggling
that stinger on your grounds pretty handy if you wanna run strait polarity lol
Just got hired on to a shipyard and we had to do some physical agility testing. Well they have a “confined spaces” testing and they gave us the same shitty knee pads you had maybe worse 😂😂
Any tips or tricks for a entry level structural welder? Takes forever to get through their hiring process should start work in mid October
Welding thick steel is very easy!!
Good working brother
always great Austin.......Paul in Orlando Florida
20ft of welding leed piece of cake. Many moons ago I used to work on hoper barges on the Columbia River system and we had to string out 100ft of lead. Then we would overdrive our amperage settings by 30% or more to compensate for the long leads. A lot of walking🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪.
Blackened inside of a copper cable ain't no catastrophe. It's actually quite usual for older rubber insulated cables to darken. The rubber insulation filler over time transfers to the copper wire and makes it black. For as long as the ends of the cable are properly crimped or soldered it's no real issue. The copper is just as good as before, just ugly. More or less it's just pain in the butt for the electrician to clean the ends for new connection because that copper needs to be clean before you crimp or solder it again.
I enjoyed this one!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Hi buds great video. Really injoy yr videos. I have learned a lot. However.......you need to learn other (whistling tunes ) buds, lol in tune😂 great job peace be with you and your families.
Возьми меня к себе в помощники 😁 отличная работа👍
gauge number like #1 #2 10gauge 8 gauge, the smaller number the bigger the wire. When using aught numbers the bigger the number the bigger the wire. So it goes from smaller to larger #2 #1 1 aught 2 aught
Thank you!
Ross I Love your video brother keep up your video.🤘🤘 9_ 30 _ 2023
Your talk on leads is dead on. I got my Miller big 40 from a bridge welder and he gave me his old leads. Over time the quick connects would get so hot they were smoking. Any damaged spots had corrosion and would do the same. I repaired some of it but a good portion became scrap. You also hit on duty cycle here and I've always wondered about that on large pipe projects. It looks to me like the Lincoln's would be strained in this area ?
I like how your not scared to show a blow out!
How come youre not pipelining anymore?? I loved those videos, loved the work.
We decided to change our focus. At first Pipeline work was slow, but then we made the decision to focus more on our own business here at home instead of working for pipeline companies. But I do plan on pipelining again at some point.
@@arossweldinglove to hear it!
What welder is on your rig? Sorry if you mentioned it on another video. I am new to the channel.
Ive got an 2012 sae 300 Lincoln
Hey Austin, I have two questions for you. You are based out of Texas correct? Also, how much do you charge per hour for welding? Thanks
We are based in Oklahoma. $110/hr
Thank you
You ever use a copper wire belted ground? Maybe that’s a stainless thing
No I have not but I like the sound of it.
Austin Ross I suggest when you get really really tired like you are now turn off the camera go get something to eat and get some rest yes you are rambling and this is all after editing lol💪🙏
Why run a stinger as a ground ? Does it hold on the grasshopper better ?
That's what his grasshopper was designed for he says. I'm sure you could use it with a ground clamp.
Ya it’s just what a lot of pipeline welders use because they clamp onto grasshoppers a little sleeker if you will.
Austin, why you don't use 7018 rod's ?
I do use them. Just depends on what I’m welding on
I like your helmet hood band, where can I find one like that for my miller helmet???
shop.pipelinerscloud.com/collections/welder-made-headband/products/weldermadeheadband
I read title as learnt in Austin's voice lol
How is the sizing of the Knox fr shirts I know wrangler pearl snaps I have to get a 3 xl because the shrink in the arms . I wear a 2xl normally.
They are pretty true.
I've been a welder for 46 years in the uk, I've never worn white or beige.
Austin, I'm in the uk. Where can I get a shirt like yours ? Regards Andy.
You said you purposely put your seams out of view. So why did you put your button on the front side of your horizontal weld? Which is the opposite side of the pipe as your vertical weld.
Ya, it would have been neater to put the button on the other side. I definitely agree. 🫤
@arosswelding Thanks for the response. I wasn't trying to be a Richard. I was scratching my head thinking I missed something. I've been welding various forms of pipe for 15 years, and I just got into the downhill stuff. I enjoy watching your videos.
I totally understand. One of my personal issues I struggle with is getting in a hurry and not thinking ahead so I tend to do silly things like this from time to time on account of my old habits. But it’s gradually progressing thankfully to my want to grow as an individual. This TH-cam channel and all of the viewers including yourself has helped me a lot in challenging myself to do better work. So thank you! I try not to take things personally, I try yo use them as growing opportunities.
I want that hat, where you get that at?
pipelinelegit.com/crispy-black-white-patch.html
Looks like a clans member 😂
It’s well din here in loosiana 😎
Will i ever tire of watching welds? Signs point to no 😄
looks like a jet rod woulda been sufficent for that long weld
Bon Boulo 😅😅👍👍
lors de mon apprentissage non formateur disait que nous soudeur nous étions des savants manuel il y a bien longtemp j'ai 70 ans😆😆
shit i cant whistle does that mean I'm too soft for the trades hahaha
Built up back pressure.
As always good video!Why would you use a 3/32 on such a heavy structure to secure the base? Keep up the Q1Q2PA!!!!!!
I just used what I had. If I knew I had way more to do than I would get bigger rod.
hey is my pancake supposed to fog up?
All them do it man pipeliner white hoods face helmet whatever they all fog
Yea it will sometimes fog up. I always just take it off and wave it around
Why would you stovepipe this?....why didn't you build the fab piece and just make 2 welds....
Helper ???
Welding
What is this a patio deck and roof for your neighbor thermo nuclear weapon?
For 150A you use to small diameter welding leads I think 🤔 Good electrical connection - that's a rule of thumb 👍
Nicw🎉
I would say 5/32 welding rods for more deposition and... I'm going to start counting how many times you mention pipeline welding. Lordy, we get it... you loved it but move on in the career!
Would not agree with you concerning having your stop / starts in alignment because you are effectively putting all of the potential stress rasing points in the.same plane It may look pretty but has hidden faults ( just like that fine young lady at the bar😂😂).
Next time leave your weephole in the weld to the column...