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Shoutout to the guy at the union hall who showed me how to wrap a thermocouple right
I've been a boilermaker for about 8 years now, and I always just did the basic twist on thermocouple wires. Last month at the hall in Gary, an old timer named Mike watched me do one and laughed. He pulled me aside and spent 5 minutes showing me this reverse wrap trick that keeps the connection tight even when the burner shakes. I tried it on a job the next day and my readings stayed dead on for the whole shift. Has anyone else picked up a simple trick like that from someone older on the job?
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patricianguyen4mo ago
That old timer Mike sounds like the kind of guy who's seen it all. You saying he laughed made me think of this ironworker I knew named Stu who taught me to never let the heat get to you when a weld goes bad. He said if you cuss or throw a fit, it's like the steel knows and fights back. I've seen guys lose their cool and mess up a whole beam because of it. His trick was just to walk away for a minute, take a long drink of water, and come back at it calm. Stupid simple, but it's saved my tail more than I'd like to admit. You ever get advice that had nothing to do with the actual work but still made you better at it?
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