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joel_young
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4d ago
Found out I was tightening flange bolts in a star pattern wrong for 3 years
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dylan_thompson
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5d ago
TIL that re-tubing a boiler feedwater heater cut our fuel gas use by 9% at the plant in Gary
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jesse290
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5d ago
Saw a rigger drop a 12 inch spool piece at the Piney Point job, and I quit walking under loads that day
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elizabetha92
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6d ago
Hit 500 tubes rolled in a single turnaround at the Whiting refinery and I'm not sure if that's something to brag about
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hugo_hayes
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6d ago
My journeyman said to skip the stress relief on small header stubs, and one shift in Gary taught me he was dead wrong
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wesley_fox92
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6d ago
I finally tried my old foreman's trick of preheating before tack welds, and I owe him an apology
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logan632
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6d ago
Tried torquing my buddy's boiler studs by feel instead of spec, cost him $180
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finley_wells66
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8d ago
Hot take: switching from stick to flux core on my little 110v welder changed my whole trailer repair game
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jenny_sullivan97
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9d ago
Spent $680 on a hydraulic torque wrench that sits in my gang box collecting rust
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finleyl55
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9d ago
I used to skip the post weld heat treat on small nozzle welds, then my CWI showed me the hardness numbers
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kelly968
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10d ago
Shop wants me to weld with a mirror in a tight spot, I say tear out the panel instead
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joel_young
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11d ago
Dropped $180 on a 'certified' ultrasonic thickness gauge from a guy in Baton Rouge and it was a paperweight
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haydenj90
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11d ago
Showerthought: the 3/4 inch plate on that pressure vessel in Gary taught me to double check the WPS before I strike an arc
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riverm48
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12d ago
I called a mud drum handhole gasket "good enough" for 9 years, a guy in Baton Rouge set me straight
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morgan.charlie
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12d ago
Am I the only one who still rolls a tube the way a 30 year man in Gary showed me?
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