How to PIPE-FITTING Basics 

Exactly Bro!

Being a welder also I know exactly what you mean! It’s never fun

Very true, other way around is true as well

I started in the trade as a fitter then a welder yhan back to a fitter. I know all to well on both sides. Local 777 plumbers and pipefitters union. Respect.

Pfffft As a fitter, you welders think that you know it all!

100% using that trick in the very near future!

Whats the point of the vice grip?

@@_ramirocardenas to help hold the weight and level the 90

Hi

How’s the pay starting man if you don’t mind me asking? I’m currently in the process of completing NCCER

@andressanchez9283 I think I got in a way alot of people do by knowing people. Kinda How alot of this works to a certain degree so I did a few turn around and worked and a a fab shop b4 my first job so when I went ti the job it was a top help and I kinda do certain things myself. But this job is 35 an hour plus 120 per diem. Which after a 60 hour week is about 2750 a week

Glad you're happy in your retirement, the Spanish word for retirement is Jubilación, in english allied i suppose to the word 'Jubilation', glad you made it to now you can chill, i'm also Retired i was a Mechanical Fitter here in Ireland , worked on large Construction jobs as a Millwright, also as a Pipe Fitter, and later as a Maintenance Fitter in Big Pharma on Shift, worked with so many great welders a real Brotherhood, remember one lad out in the Desert in South Australia on a Oil Tank Farm, he was so short sighted and other lads fronted up and did his Welding Test for him, so that he could get the Pass Cert to go onto the Construction Site, they really carried him , giving him the Root bead, then others would grind it and dress it up follow up with a 'Hot Pass' high Amps and the next lad would the do 'the Cap', the Welding Inspector [ 'Cut Out' John] knew there was something suspect with those X Rays of the Welds, but couldn't prove it... as they still Passed they reckoned because of being so badly near sighted he was, the reckoned,"The Welder that could Weld by Braille"...Best wishes...

Good luck! I hope its going well for you!

All the best man, wish u went to a trade school first. Apprenticeship gives u experience but they aint gonna focus on u that much + ull start as a helper so not much welding. In trade school, ure welding every day and the guys will dedicate time to teach u a lot

Yeah I like the way this guy explains the process step by step

@@johnwig285 totally agree, I am on the wait list for the union and there I will get exactly that from what I hear.

Welder fitter more less which is awesome!!! But welder fabricator is much different than a welder fitter most of each other can’t understand each other’s Prints… just two different ballparks m!

Doesn’t look easy at all. Looks extremely difficult.

We need it

It’s all about getting pipes squared to each other

Get yourself a job in a shipyard then because that’s what it’s called in that place

The easier it is, the less you know. 34yrs in

@@snowblind796 I know, my shop foreman was telling me that the downside of it is most people who finally know enough to be worth anything, are to old to do anything

@@justinhill376 I’m still moving but a little slower 🤣. 7 yrs to go 😁

@@snowblind796 you don't stop because you get old, you get old because you stop!!

Knowledge is power. Never stop learning. Keep it up.

Very few brands actually make them true anymore

Its gonna be 90 of you square it to the pipe

A lot of fitters assume that new fittings are perfect. I’ve had to grind out the ID or the OD as well as the angle to get everything just right for welding

@@danielcollins5194 The welding industry would do just fine with less douchie-ness :)

My uncle would say the opposite about wood vs steel As he was welding a piece back to its original length. This is why we aren't carpenters.

I like to say, if we had all the tools we needed, anyone could do the job, lol

Glad it helped you out 👍

Why don’t you miss it?

@@manny2742 Because it was a brutal business I worked in the field in the Oil and Gas Industry in some very scary and dangerous places I am very lucky to still be alive I survived 19 surgeries and a couple of explosions that should have killed me i don't care to ever have to relive them again being retired in Thailand now works just fine for me.

Hell yeah! 915!

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Pay attention, start early and stay late, if you can! You won't regret it

@@seanmanwill2002 i plan on going tomorrow to practice welding just cause why not, i fifure it will be a month or 2 before i get my first job

@John Devaney, I am so happy for you! You will not regret your decision. Welding, and pipelining in particular, was the best thing that ever happened to me! I missed a lot, but that which I received as a result of my /our trade, was well worth it! Stay with it, and let me know if I can help you.

@John Devaney, I'm hoping that first day went well for you?

@@seanmanwill2002 yeah it went alright we just had orientation, we dont know when well get to work cause there's not much around the house right now but hopefully its soon

Glad it helped you out