I’ve been a Shipfitter for 6 years and love it. Definitely has its ups and downs, but I’ve been doing it since I was 20, now 26. Definitely a hard, but rewarding job. I always come back to this video cause it’s always nice to have a little refresher. 👨🏻🏭
this is great!!! I am have applied to the Portland Comunity College ShipFittingWelding courses. This helps me feel like I am already learning very important points.
I am in the industry, and am in the process of becoming a competent Ship fitter. I have been employed as a certified welder and steel fabricator for many years in a variety of industries. All the the points you made are relevant, and I am happy to see this video up. I am always asking questions of my superiors as to why something is done a certain way. Thanks for your time. I appreciate this topic.
thanks for the video!!! i start tomorrow as a fitter which i have never done yet!! ive done pipe fitting and electrician work as shipyards in that past.. so i kinda know whats going on! but the tips really help!! around here its nice that the shipyards will hire ppl with no expeireince and give them a chance to learn on the job
I have been called by a few companies but I moved to a ranch in NW Arkansas, but the issue is the owners/management not wanting to listen or pay. I plan to do workshop videos soon, have a big shop on my ranch getting it set up.
Appreciate you taking the time to make this video. I am not a fabricator/shipbuilder by trade but I understand the points you were making, many thanks.
Another way is to weld between each radius and weld the radius's last, that way you don't need to refit any of it. Have the welder run the root between each radius first, then run a few passes, then do the radiuses. Then weld it out. This works well, even on old rusted barges. I was a first class shipfitter for 24 years.
Easy Money hi, my name is Matthew, and I am in college to become a welder and I am planning on becoming a ship fitter, how long did it take to become a ship fitter? How much is the average starting pay?
D1.1 Structural fitter and level 2 NDT. This stuff seems like it should be common sense to anyone who has done it for more than 1 month. Im wanting to get into a shipyard. Never done it but hoping my 13 years doing of d1.1 will help. Awesome stuff wish there was more
Trust me they don't screen ppl... I typically work in the shipyard as an electrician. Today my recruiter called me and asked me if I wanted to be a shipfitter so I took it since pay was decent. The only fitting I ever did was building water towers or stainless tanks for breweries.. luckily I'll be a helper for a few months at first.
I love the trade quite a bit. I work on the Arleigh Burke destroyers up in Maine. Im still pretty new trying to pick up some tricks of the trade. I definitely learned something.
sounds like u seen some VERRRRRYYYYY crappy workers in your years! im new to this only been doing it a few months with no former education or training, im thankful there are alota old timers at my job who teach the correct way to do things!.. ive never seen the crazy things you talk about seeing installing a square crops, tacking L brackets to the bulkhead ect and i did firewatch my first month so i watched alot of ppl work!
It creates at hard spot and will crack. You can actually put in a square crop IF you are installing at old seams and make a relief cut into the seam at least 6". Sometimes you may see a crop with 2 radius corners and one square.
A squared edge focuses all stress to a single point while a curved edge distributes the stress along the entire curve. Same reason bridges and other structures are built using archs instead of square angles. Also why airplanes don't have squared windows.
I can dig the video, but when you say things like "don't cap with a single pass, need multiple passes." And then simply say "You can't do that.." and continue on without at all saying why I don't actually learn anything. It's just a guy saying don't do something. Educate me I'm here to learn.
Been a long time since I did this video. The reason for multiple passes vs single is strength, multiple passes never start and stop at the same spot so you have a layering effect making it stronger and more flexible at the same time (Think Carbon fiber) it's the layering effect that gives it strength. Most welds break due to bad root passes but more so due to bad cover passes, leaving small cracks that allow the elements to come in and in the world of Shipyard welding SALT Water. The killer of all things.
I’ve been a Shipfitter for 6 years and love it. Definitely has its ups and downs, but I’ve been doing it since I was 20, now 26. Definitely a hard, but rewarding job. I always come back to this video cause it’s always nice to have a little refresher. 👨🏻🏭
this is great!!!
I am have applied to the Portland Comunity College ShipFittingWelding courses. This helps me feel like I am already learning very important points.
Spot on!!! Shipfitting is a dying breed
I am in the industry, and am in the process of becoming a competent Ship fitter. I have been employed as a certified welder and steel fabricator for many years in a variety of industries. All the the points you made are relevant, and I am happy to see this video up. I am always asking questions of my superiors as to why something is done a certain way. Thanks for your time. I appreciate this topic.
I'm 19 and just started at the shipfitting a couple of months ago, I found this video very helpful 👍
thanks for the video!!! i start tomorrow as a fitter which i have never done yet!! ive done pipe fitting and electrician work as shipyards in that past.. so i kinda know whats going on! but the tips really help!! around here its nice that the shipyards will hire ppl with no expeireince and give them a chance to learn on the job
Not sure where you live but the Philly shipyard would value an experienced fitter like you. And they are actively hiring.
I have been called by a few companies but I moved to a ranch in NW Arkansas, but the issue is the owners/management not wanting to listen or pay. I plan to do workshop videos soon, have a big shop on my ranch getting it set up.
Appreciate you taking the time to make this video. I am not a fabricator/shipbuilder by trade but I understand the points you were making, many thanks.
Thanks for refreshing my knowledge of welding in shipyard behind / with a good fitter! Good job!!
Another way is to weld between each radius and weld the radius's last, that way you don't need to refit any of it. Have the welder run the root between each radius first, then run a few passes, then do the radiuses. Then weld it out. This works well, even on old rusted barges. I was a first class shipfitter for 24 years.
Easy Money hi, my name is Matthew, and I am in college to become a welder and I am planning on becoming a ship fitter, how long did it take to become a ship fitter? How much is the average starting pay?
D1.1 Structural fitter and level 2 NDT. This stuff seems like it should be common sense to anyone who has done it for more than 1 month. Im wanting to get into a shipyard. Never done it but hoping my 13 years doing of d1.1 will help. Awesome stuff wish there was more
Trust me they don't screen ppl... I typically work in the shipyard as an electrician. Today my recruiter called me and asked me if I wanted to be a shipfitter so I took it since pay was decent. The only fitting I ever did was building water towers or stainless tanks for breweries.. luckily I'll be a helper for a few months at first.
I love the trade quite a bit. I work on the Arleigh Burke destroyers up in Maine. Im still pretty new trying to pick up some tricks of the trade. I definitely learned something.
I’m going to learn the trade in Kittery this spring. Pretty excited.
staggered passes 100%. especially on your reinforcement. less grinding, smoother blends.
sounds like u seen some VERRRRRYYYYY crappy workers in your years! im new to this only been doing it a few months with no former education or training, im thankful there are alota old timers at my job who teach the correct way to do things!.. ive never seen the crazy things you talk about seeing installing a square crops, tacking L brackets to the bulkhead ect and i did firewatch my first month so i watched alot of ppl work!
What rod is used for the root pass 6010? What diameter rod should be used to weld an 40 year old ship with real thin steel 3/16thin steel?
I am a shipfitter and I get to weld my own inserts
great video. what is the minimum insertion plate size as by your national standard or Class
Depending on the area above or below water line but you want it to be mid - in between stringers, but best have an engineer take a look.
Where are your float clips?
Next to the pipe knockers
I’m lost for words
what size radius?
I say big enough to fit a welding rod through for a good tie-in and it looks good. You can use the bottom of a pop can or with most welders Beer can.
I deal with aluminum boats a lot we just use a 6" cutoff wheel
Under Way ! Shift Colors!
This is no 101. Lol
Should I be more basic?
Why cant the plate have squared off edges?
It creates at hard spot and will crack. You can actually put in a square crop IF you are installing at old seams and make a relief cut into the seam at least 6". Sometimes you may see a crop with 2 radius corners and one square.
Stress relief
A squared edge focuses all stress to a single point while a curved edge distributes the stress along the entire curve. Same reason bridges and other structures are built using archs instead of square angles. Also why airplanes don't have squared windows.
I can dig the video, but when you say things like "don't cap with a single pass, need multiple passes." And then simply say "You can't do that.." and continue on without at all saying why I don't actually learn anything. It's just a guy saying don't do something. Educate me I'm here to learn.
Been a long time since I did this video. The reason for multiple passes vs single is strength, multiple passes never start and stop at the same spot so you have a layering effect making it stronger and more flexible at the same time (Think Carbon fiber) it's the layering effect that gives it strength. Most welds break due to bad root passes but more so due to bad cover passes, leaving small cracks that allow the elements to come in and in the world of Shipyard welding SALT Water. The killer of all things.
Deal with this type of SHIT everyday
You don't back gouge shit with a backing strip
lol wtf did he say that??? i didnt catch it
wtf is this
Who the F are you?
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