Pipeline Welding - A Day On The Hot Pass 

Homer Yates 👍

What happened to your eye?

Hats off to a craftsman sorry to hear of your injury nice watching welder's at it first cert. in 84 19 yrs. old asthma slowed do custom work at my own pace nice to burn rod or wire once in awhile at 55...

“Got everything I need” ~touches rod to metal~ “woooh, gotta put those goggles on”

You are a hero in my book. I offer a salute.

How did you get in? I've been trying to make my way, but getting responses to my calls and even getting sponsors is crazy tough, an even harder grind than the job itself lol

what level of math do i need for pipeline welder???

none...

Really????

Really the only math you'll need is to read the amperage setting and the little numbers on the welding rod, 1/8, 5/32, 7/32 and that's about it.

David Spin are you a welder??? Thanks for the tip

+Joshua Hobbs cool man, what a skill

how long did it take you to finish welding school? Im considering it right now.

k_froggy It's just a year program. Not too long or expensive.

Mind if i ask how much it was?

k_froggy Without a scholarship of anykind, I think it was around 1.3k each semester. Plus equipment cost. whole thing shouldn't run you more than 5k max. At least, from where I went.

Half way through my first year and I couldn’t agree more!!

Now both of you are over 2 years in! Hell yeah.

@@benbreshears5138 I got into engineering hahaha

@@nwontario828how’s the money in welding

At least it’s not living in a semi

I’m in welding school now any tips

@@jaymoney8602 don't weld towards yourself and tuck in your shirt, it will lessen your chances of accidentally setting yourself on fire. If you have trouble welding joints, don't be afraid of going back to padding beads a time or two. Sometimes that helps.

James Mcbeth check your shade.

I lasted 2 days on a pipeline. Couldn't cut it.

interesting, doing what?

Supercomputer stuff for the Air Force. Going on twenty something years now.

@@MichaelBLevi wow!

same bro

It is addictive.

same here!

I'm love welding

How the fuck is welding odd to people? Where are you getting that information?

Ricky Gonzalez.O He means that his fascination with welding seems odd to him. That's all. Most people are not fascinated by their work, but welding is an art as well as a trade, I think.

Hard to control the arc when you're shivering.

Nowhere lol

Mark Muller can i apply that im a welder and i graduate smaw in philipines

My question is how healthy are the eyes after 20 years? 150000 seems not much when the eye is burned out.

boxerfan2 welding has no long term effects on the eyes when using the proper eye protection

I been welding steady 45 years and 22 of that was pipelining all over northern michigan ....yes your eyes take a beating no matter how hard you try to protect them. Arc flash 20 feet away hurts you in tiny amounts and the effects stack up. Also there is the 40 years of debris and flying grinder dust. Trust me 45 years of welding and grinding take it's toll.

So you know maybe saying this in regular clear understandable English for the children would help

Rod M dude you mean Canada right?

plz give me a job ij welding in.abroad candada

shit im canadian and i am the other way around lol just work hard and youll be nice and warm even in -40 C

There's plenty of welding jobs that your able to see your family every night this is a job they choose they may be supporting the family as well

Pipe goes in after. Pipes are x-rayed to check for holes before going into ground. Guy grinding is generally the helper and he is cleaning up the slag or cleaning the pipe before weld

Yes, pipe is buried minimum 4 feet below the top of the pipe and deeper depending on the areas where the pipeline passes through......The welding codes for pressure vessels buried in the ground allow for all weld passes to be performed in the downhand welding position using 6010 or 7010 welding rods depending on the metallurgy properties of the pipe being welded .....Depending on pipe size the ends of the pipes are butted together and held in position by way of an internal line up clamping mechanism that accurately spaces the 2 pipes apart creating the narrow gap required for the root pass while metal wedges are also used to adjust the gap to the preference of the root pass welders who will quickly look at the gap and approve the gap and then the internal line up clamp is activated and the gap is locked in, so to speak.....for the smaller diameter pipes the clamping and alignment of the 2 pipe ends is performed with a hand operated external line up clamp while steel wedges are used to create the preferred gap between the 2 pipe ends to the preference and approval of the root pass welders...........The Guy grinding from time to time is the welders helper and he is required to clean up the weld passes with a wire brush on one grinder and a grinding disc on another grinder and prepare the weld for the next weld pass....He knows what needs to be done and done to the preferences of his welder and or standard welding procedures in regards to prepping the pipe and prepping the weld prior to the next weld pass ......Cheers

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I apologize if this is unwanted, but I feel the need to pass on a few words of wisdom. The schooling only teaches you how to pass a test. The REAL challenge begins when you're out in the field dealing with all the challenges that pile up. You're going to be discriminated against because of your age, you're going to be messed with as the new guy on the block to test you and see if you can do the work. Keep a goal in mind, and you're gonna do fine. Keep asking questions and never lose that childish curiosity that we all at first had, and you'll become one of the best. And last of all, if you took classes for everything you would learn in the field you'd be in debt to the tune of a few hundred thousand bucks. If you did it, and you feel confident you could do it again, you've learned it, and don't let anyone else tell you otherwise.

2 masters certifications??? easy classes???? dude that doesnt even exist. you might be a master baiter, but a welder i assure you are not.

Then why did you comment?

My condolences

а в сша наоборот огромные деньги платят

I passed

Read books on Material Engineering can help a lot. And go for 6GR. Good luck.

Same bro

Same here 🤝

amy roberts probably because there's no xray and they are using 6010. other wise you wouldn't go down hill. it traps Slag.

amy roberts they use it because it goes quick. That's just what pipelines do. Welding downhill is useful, but only if you have a rig truck

amy roberts 6010 can go down hill

You can run fire wire uphand. Except in the patch and the public works gas mains most black pipe gets rooted and hot passed with uphand 5P. then filled and capped with LoHi uphand.. Some power pipe gets a TIG root and hot pass but that's uphand too.

amy roberts because it takes skill to weld vertical/uphand. I work in a refinery and that's all that's required. Downhand is a garbage weld. No wonder pipelines everywhere are leaking.

Ol School Welding Tips and Tricks don't get ur stick stuck!

Dun Dotta LOL!!

Ol School Welding Tips and Tricks as long as it's 5g

Welders do it with Maximum Penetration!

Most make around $140,000 or more a year and they work 70 plus hours a week.

Tec 9 are you on crack? pipeliners make around 3k a week nd if u have a rig up to 7 what kind of crack you on?

KING TROLL seriously dude you're a fucking idiot, Some pipeline welders make 250k and even more. Hell, I work in a boiler shop and I make almost 50k.

I have a welding certificates from colombia (validated by aws) for mig and tig... I am also a Canadian citizen, would I be able to work in Canada as a welder? I've seen jobs that pay $28/hr starting. Any advice before I move back to Canada would be GREATLY appreciated. Thanks!

I've cleared almost 7 grand in a week. I won't test for less than 4 grand a week. And the BBQ jerk knows nothing

Lmao what’s wrong with auto dark lens? I’m a Union Welder and I couldn’t be more happy with auto dark lens🤣🤣

it's a "they terk er jerbs" problem for sure, although with the automated welders I'm sure there are almost no defects if everything is setup right.

Lucas Cole yes, you are correct. If they set these things up well, no defects. I have talked with researchers who helped develop these systems, they are very robust.

Well, the welding code is lowered so much for auto, where 1104, b31.3 is far more" unforgiving".

Being on a spread is sure better than being retired with empty days and nights . A bar full of pipliners after hours is a party waiting to happen. Yup miss those days.....

haha 7018’s smell alright but 6010’s or 6011’s bring me back

@@zachrosa5416 I mad a lot of money running 6010 😂

This job is hardwork in this trade but good money too..

@@jacobthompson8981 I love hard work. Money has to be found in hard work.💪

Да электроды такие и ещё зазор не выставляют у них так положено

Та,рахиты они!!!

Электроды целлюлозным покрытием варятся сверху вниз

эти олени походу не умеют снизу вверх,только наши специ так херачат

@@Уася-з7й да , но не трубопроводы же варить сверху вниз?!!!

cajunski1 probably using 5p+ I believe you can cap downhill with that on certain applications. although everything ive worked on takes 7018 uphill cap 5p for route and passes

Well maybe its just general rules for certain jobs. I was always told that downhill can trap too many particles and make porocity . But I did have one friend that said he could make a good cap downhill by turning his machine way up.

It's faster. And he's only rooting with 6010. The rest is 7010 or 8010. And it's all down. Less root putrousion and less heat effected zone.

Marty Considine you don't have to worry about slag inclusions?

Fast!!

I’ve been mig welding. Now stick. So confusing for some reason. Stick is

@@sloppyjonuts9162 it's because you have to feed the rod manually

Электроды такие,видел пару раз

@@ПавелПятаков-к6р вы наверное далеки от сварки если пишете такое

@@user-fedin59 это электроды специальные?

@@user-fedin59 почему далеки то, я тоже сначала смутился, у меня 2 образования по сварке, просто у нас другой подход

@@АлександрБалу-ц4е я тоже технолог по сварке,коллега,и что,подходом можно нарушить технологию варить вертикал сверху вниз на свой же шлак?

Hi, Think it's the earth clamp, positioned in such a way to stop MAGNETIC ARC BLOW, when welding with DIRECT CURRENT welding set, arc blow plays havoc with the welding arc= bad weld= weld fail after x -ray= fired! regards.

your an idiot. you just keep worrying about that 15 dollar hood bc 15 dollars is all an hour of ur labor will ever be worth. they have reasons behind everything they wear and i assure you cost is not a very relevant factor

@@dannyrespass6195 hi there, mate. i believe he said that as a statement that real professionals don't need fancy gear. and calm down or you gonna end up looking like a fool... oh.

I believe the $15 helmet means that’s what the pros like. I saw the plain helmets and thought sometimes you can’t beat the tried and true old methods. Love your work guys