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.
That Vice Clamp on the 90 is pretty smart. Don't care how long u been doing something u can always learn new and better ways to do it. Thanks I've just picked up a new way to make my job easier. Now I can show it to someone else!
enjoyed this video. My dad was a "steamfitter and Pipefitter in Indianapolis, Local 440. He's been dead for 44 years now, but I have his 2 foot square, which I didn't know what it really was until I watched this video, thanks! Much more involved in PF than I imagined. As you can tell I didn't follow in my dad's footsteps!
I'm a Spaniard welding teaching 27 years ago. That's a good video for beginners pipe welders . I like how you were placing the pipes and bends. Perfect exposition for rookie students. Thanks
I am a longtime girlfriend of a pipe fitter and this video helped me understand a lot of what he does in a day! Thank you! It’s really interesting to watch
Been on my first pipe fitting job now for the last year. Been alot of learning. The guys who Been doing it for years and years Been a major help. Been doing 7 12s. Looking for the next job here soon. NCCER certified. Seeing where this journey takes me.
@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
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!
thanks for this. ive been out of school for a while now and i finally got myself a job fitting pipe. the new job jitters are real and you helped a ton.
I am going into an apprenticeship and you have taught me so much in this one video. Thank you! I know it takes years but the knowledge was there for me to get an idea and explained well.
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
Great video, spot on correct. I'm 65yrs old and a retired union welder/fabricator with 38yrs on my tools here in south Louisiana. Loved my job, just got fiscally a little to old. Keep up the great work.
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...
When I first got into welding, I must have watched every "how to weld" video on the internet. Now 2 1/2 years later I certified for asme and my bosses started putting me on more pipe like I wanted. I thought it would be soo easy and simple, while in some aspects it is, the more I do it the more difficult it's becoming which makes me want to do more. Went with my boss to measure for over 50' of 28" pipe with 45's, 90's, 60° cuts and rolling offsets and now learning to fit and weld. Holy shit.
@@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
Very interesting video, it has been two years that I entered the quality area and I am working directly in the field in the manufacture of storage tanks according to API-650 and for piping according to N-115 (Petrobras Standard), and I confess that I still have a certain difficulty regarding the rotation of the flange when it is different from 90º. A big hug, and I am always following you from Brazil.
Great video, all I can say as a 12 year pipefitter is the same as I say to every new guy. "This is going to look very easy but I can tell you its not, nothing but time will make this as easy as it looks" keep on keepin on my dude.
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
I'm a fire safety Engineer and we do a lot of pipe work - welding, threading, and crimp fitting I've learnt so much and I've used the lessons to guide and instruct our welders on site as though I've a formal weldind-training. Thank you so very much
Great video man. Being a steamfitter/sprinkler fitter. I enjoy fitting and doing the best job I can for the welder. Cause if I do a good job then he/she can do a good job and then we can keep making money and building that reputation as a badass team that gets shit done.
A good fit up makes a good weld. Pipe Fitters and Pipe Welders that work together are very productive. That's what it's all about. Let your work do the talking.
Good tutorial. Only thing I will say is if you have a end that isn't square, use a file rather than a grinder. Much more accurate. Also on small shed pipe you can get a good bevel with just a flapping disc
Check 15 times, weld once. Steel is so much less forgiving than wood. I haven't welded an inch of pipe ever, but I know a quality fabricator when I see one.
at the 12:00 mark my jaw dropped at the self awareness of the filler rod and the torch to not touch the two together and essentially root pass from the inside of the pipe. that was wicked
Great job man , love the chanel but could of prepped everything with a cone rock use flapper wheels and Tiger disc for exotic alloys only because in the field sometimes they don’t have enough Consumables
@@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.
Love the channel and all the welders and pipe fittters are so talented well done,keep it up guys. Could i please ask if you can do a video of a fit up using a drawing,and explaining the pipe drawing also please
Nice video. For fitters welders do not like when you put root tacks so bridge tacks are the way to go. Those are nice fitting clamps but no shop I have worked for has so I use an angle iron on the bottom of pipe held on by chain Vicegrip to hold elbow and flange up.
At my last job, the company was too cheap to buy clamps like in the video, so we had to fit the 90 sideways and put a level on top, it was either that or sometimes we had to weld a stock bar to the 90 and use a jackstand to raise or lower the stock bar so our 90 would be squared....improvise, adapt, overcome
Nice video and don't be shy to use a straight edge and tape measure to check your final fitment of your 90 degrees, measure to the top pipe to bottom of straight edge, it will give to most accurate measurement, because levels once dropped to many times can go out of level.
I might be looking to get into pipe fitting soon. Might be a bit of manual labor but doesn't look too hard to understand. Heck I can move heavy things no problem and I am not dumb too boot so maybe I can do this...lol.
Nice video will watch again many times. I would like to see more about beveling pipe to the 37.5 and I also like the trick with the clamp on the pipe stand while fitting the 90. Never seen that before.
So I’ve been welding on and off since I was 19, I’m 31 now, and I’ve always done basic welding. Aluminum and steel Mig and tig. I’ve always welded hot rolled steel and did some beam structural welding. My question is would it be a good idea to go back to school to learn how to weld stick and go do pipe welding
An error when assembling that bridle, it is first measured with a square and a winch, then it is shored up. And at the end it is checked that everything is leveled and to be able to proceed with the welding. If they carry out the process of first setting the level, then shoring up and finally measuring with a square, the assembly will fail in a manufacturing plant, precision is needed. But still very good contribution for beginners. Good luck and continue with the videos
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As a welder you never no how much you appreciate a good fitter until you work with a few bad ones great video
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!
That Vice Clamp on the 90 is pretty smart. Don't care how long u been doing something u can always learn new and better ways to do it. Thanks I've just picked up a new way to make my job easier. Now I can show it to someone else!
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
enjoyed this video. My dad was a "steamfitter and Pipefitter in Indianapolis, Local 440. He's been dead for 44 years now, but I have his 2 foot square, which I didn't know what it really was until I watched this video, thanks! Much more involved in PF than I imagined. As you can tell I didn't follow in my dad's footsteps!
Hi
That was a fantastic display! I'm retired and miss those days. Good job...😎👍
I'm a Spaniard welding teaching 27 years ago. That's a good video for beginners pipe welders .
I like how you were placing the pipes and bends. Perfect exposition for rookie students.
Thanks
I am a longtime girlfriend of a pipe fitter and this video helped me understand a lot of what he does in a day! Thank you! It’s really interesting to watch
David is a solid dude and comes from a great family! Been friends of the family for many year out here in So. New Mexico! Keep killing it David!
Been on my first pipe fitting job now for the last year. Been alot of learning. The guys who Been doing it for years and years Been a major help. Been doing 7 12s. Looking for the next job here soon. NCCER certified. Seeing where this journey takes me.
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
Good representation of a true welder fabricator
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!
Bless AWESOME 👏 He clearly shows the rewards of being patient so that the job can be done right. TREMENDOUS from all aspects. Thanks 😊
thanks for this.
ive been out of school for a while now and i finally got myself a job fitting pipe.
the new job jitters are real and you helped a ton.
I am going into an apprenticeship and you have taught me so much in this one video. Thank you! I know it takes years but the knowledge was there for me to get an idea and explained well.
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.
Great video, spot on correct. I'm 65yrs old and a retired union welder/fabricator with 38yrs on my tools here in south Louisiana. Loved my job, just got fiscally a little to old. Keep up the great work.
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...
This is a far better video than the last one I watched. Thank you
When I first got into welding, I must have watched every "how to weld" video on the internet. Now 2 1/2 years later I certified for asme and my bosses started putting me on more pipe like I wanted. I thought it would be soo easy and simple, while in some aspects it is, the more I do it the more difficult it's becoming which makes me want to do more. Went with my boss to measure for over 50' of 28" pipe with 45's, 90's, 60° cuts and rolling offsets and now learning to fit and weld. Holy shit.
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.
The fact is that the descriptions were clear and brilliant that you have to keep posting videos like this again and again.
Plumber here, I'm good at it too but pipefitting is a completely different trade and hats off to you fitters. I suck at it lol
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
Very interesting video, it has been two years that I entered the quality area and I am working directly in the field in the manufacture of storage tanks according to API-650 and for piping according to N-115 (Petrobras Standard), and I confess that I still have a certain difficulty regarding the rotation of the flange when it is different from 90º. A big hug, and I am always following you from Brazil.
Great video, all I can say as a 12 year pipefitter is the same as I say to every new guy. "This is going to look very easy but I can tell you its not, nothing but time will make this as easy as it looks" keep on keepin on my dude.
Doesn’t look easy at all. Looks extremely difficult.
Always check your 90’s to ensure they are actually 90 degrees. Great video.
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
Awesome video🔥🔥 y’all should do a video on blueprints and how to read them and how to field verify measurements
We need it
Lovely and beautiful Fitting up clear teaching , thanks a bunch bro.
I'm a fire safety Engineer and we do a lot of pipe work - welding, threading, and crimp fitting I've learnt so much and I've used the lessons to guide and instruct our welders on site as though I've a formal weldind-training.
Thank you so very much
This guy is a legend .
@@danielcollins5194 The welding industry would do just fine with less douchie-ness :)
Lots of leveling and double checking, NICE Job. 😃😃😃 Thanks for your knowledge.
Great video man. Being a steamfitter/sprinkler fitter. I enjoy fitting and doing the best job I can for the welder. Cause if I do a good job then he/she can do a good job and then we can keep making money and building that reputation as a badass team that gets shit done.
The work of a pipe fitter is crucial prior to me commencing with welding. RESPECT!! TO ALL FITTERS TAKING THEIRE WORK SERIOUS
Very informative guy! He knows what he's talking about, Good video 👍🏻
A good fit up makes a good weld. Pipe Fitters and Pipe Welders that work together are very productive. That's what it's all about. Let your work do the talking.
A good job and right preparation, I had work as a welder for 45 years now retired...lovley regards from Germany 😊
Good tutorial. Only thing I will say is if you have a end that isn't square, use a file rather than a grinder. Much more accurate. Also on small shed pipe you can get a good bevel with just a flapping disc
Check 15 times, weld once. Steel is so much less forgiving than wood. I haven't welded an inch of pipe ever, but I know a quality fabricator when I see one.
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.
at the 12:00 mark my jaw dropped at the self awareness of the filler rod and the torch to not touch the two together and essentially root pass from the inside of the pipe. that was wicked
Good job on the prep, layout, and fit- up, my friend. I’ll give you A- based on my 50 yrs. Experience as a United Association Steamfitter! Good job!!!
Merci beaucoup ça m'aide vraiment dans mon domaine de tuyauterie industrielle
Great job man , love the chanel but could of prepped everything with a cone rock use flapper wheels and Tiger disc for exotic alloys only because in the field sometimes they don’t have enough Consumables
Lot of memories was a union welder and pipefitter for over 30 yrs but I got to tell u I don't miss it
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.
The smooth jazz was a nice touch.
Why not having two pieces touching? Could someone explain it please thank you. Good video.
K lindo sería laburar con ese ekipo k prolijidad felicitaciones
Love the channel and all the welders and pipe fittters are so talented well done,keep it up guys. Could i please ask if you can do a video of a fit up using a drawing,and explaining the pipe drawing also please
Just fall in love with pipefitting 😆😆. Thanks sir
Thank you David 💯
Pipe fitting is an art
Nice prep for that weld neck plus many fitters don’t even bother cleaning off the pipe lacquer on the inside for the root
Nice video. For fitters welders do not like when you put root tacks so bridge tacks are the way to go. Those are nice fitting clamps but no shop I have worked for has so I use an angle iron on the bottom of pipe held on by chain Vicegrip to hold elbow and flange up.
I like to say, if we had all the tools we needed, anyone could do the job, lol
Having jack stands that operate as they should must be nice lol
At my last job, the company was too cheap to buy clamps like in the video, so we had to fit the 90 sideways and put a level on top, it was either that or sometimes we had to weld a stock bar to the 90 and use a jackstand to raise or lower the stock bar so our 90 would be squared....improvise, adapt, overcome
I want to come and physically and practically learn pipe fitting and welding
Very smoth fit up
Very thorough, excellent work. True craftsman. Thank you.
Hi David, thanks for the video. Your video gave me lots of ideas for making a straight pipe but I'm just welding it for fence post.
Glad it helped you out 👍
Am in my basic refresher class refinery workers in the house 😊
this guy is solving the jealousy between our colleague
I have learnt a lot on this
Muy buena explicación ....Muy profesional ....gran trabajo ....Saludos desde España compañero.🇺🇸🇪🇸
So you are pretty much a helper
Super lessons
Спасибо тебе друг. Для новичков отличная информация. 👍
Very good practical demonstration and illustrations.
Kudos to you and many thanks sir
Great video.
Please do some tutorials on Inconel and Monel.
Thank you so much abbi ❤️❤️ it's very helpful for me
I started millwright after trade school about a year ago and i’m dying to become a pipe fitter so i can become a pipe welder thanks for the video! 🫶🏻
in the netherlands we use a torch with one/off button
Thank you brother
You know a lot of good work😮
Dig those 70s Muzak tunes at the 20:00 mark! 😁
Very good
Nice video and don't be shy to use a straight edge and tape measure to check your final fitment of your 90 degrees, measure to the top pipe to bottom of straight edge, it will give to most accurate measurement, because levels once dropped to many times can go out of level.
very good presentation,,......He is an exellent presenter
a good pipe fitter will always weld the flanges last
You guys legit are doing so an amazing job educating those who are hungry for the knowledge.
Nice welding techniques
I might be looking to get into pipe fitting soon. Might be a bit of manual labor but doesn't look too hard to understand. Heck I can move heavy things no problem and I am not dumb too boot so maybe I can do this...lol.
Awesome video, nicely shot, everything is clear and interesting!
Nice video will watch again many times.
I would like to see more about beveling pipe to the 37.5 and I also like the trick with the clamp on the pipe stand while fitting the 90. Never seen that before.
You guys should do some big bore fitup, I'm thinking 48" weldnecks, my favourite fitup especially on big long 60 footers :D
Nice and educative.......thanks for the video, keep it up WELDTUBE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Great job buddy,am new to pipe welding,
Nice i got much information thanku
Where’d you buy those two hole pins?
Good video, but I haven't met many welders that prefer a 5/32 gap. That's pretty big, especially for a knife-edge bevel
So I’ve been welding on and off since I was 19, I’m 31 now, and I’ve always done basic welding. Aluminum and steel Mig and tig. I’ve always welded hot rolled steel and did some beam structural welding. My question is would it be a good idea to go back to school to learn how to weld stick and go do pipe welding
We need a video about the hand tools and the most prominent tools in the welding process
UA-cam search bar my guy
One of Marathon top welders EPT
Very good my friend
Excellent! Thank you
An error when assembling that bridle, it is first measured with a square and a winch, then it is shored up. And at the end it is checked that everything is leveled and to be able to proceed with the welding. If they carry out the process of first setting the level, then shoring up and finally measuring with a square, the assembly will fail in a manufacturing plant, precision is needed. But still very good contribution for beginners. Good luck and continue with the videos
good work man i like it very clear buen maestro
Thanks
So the next step(which is what I came for :,)) is to set up your next WN flange and level the bolt pattern to the other one? Simple as that?
Perfect. I have learned a lot
Soo good
Great work love the Aussie flag in the background
Very good 👏👏👏
Y’all should start pipefittig classes
Very good fabricator
Ive learn alot on your video thanks dude
nice video 😁👍 very informative. lol keep forgetting that Tig root on pipe ... no land. 🤣