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baker.simon
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1h ago
Shoutout to the old hand at the Gary shop who made me re-roll a tube sheet weld 3 times
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elliot_king
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6h ago
Wrote off tube rolling on water walls for years, then a 2 inch sag on a hogged fuel boiler in Gary set me straight
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the_kai
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22h ago
Swore I'd never use a torque multiplier on a boiler manway until the stud snapped at the Alvin plant
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matthewgonzalez
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2d ago
Thought 40 tube sheets was a big job until my counter hit 118 on the Galveston turnaround
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kai97
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2d ago
Blew $90 on a ratcheting tube roller before my foreman asked why I was fighting it
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the_brian
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4d ago
The old hand on my first turnaround said torque in three passes or don't bother
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jenny_carr52
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4d ago
Update: 6 inch crack in the mud drum weld turned out to be my own gauge, not the boiler
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uma_mitchell83
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9d ago
Unpopular opinion: a torch tip cleaner beats a wire brush for cleaning out slag every time
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joelfoster
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9d ago
Said you can't weld tube sheet stubs without a rotator, proved me wrong at the shop in Tulsa
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finleyfox
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10d ago
A 30 year hand at the Local 92 hall in LA told me certs beat speed, and I'm still chewing on it
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perez.thea
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11d ago
Tried purging a boiler with the vent cracked too far, water hammer scared me half to death
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williamd70
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11d ago
Update: dropped $85 on a tube roller tool that couldn't handle 14 gauge, learned my lesson
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anthonyh85
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11d ago
Hit my 100th tube sheet on a boiler in Gary last week and just stood there for a minute
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parker_patel84
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11d ago
Unpopular opinion: the toolbox talk from the old hand in Beaumont stuck with me more than any certification class
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fiona130
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12d ago
Why does nobody mention the tube sheet leak hiding behind the insulation
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