Day in day out for a few years using a Rigid pipe threader ,amazing how quickly you can grasp the working of it and get some real speed up .Used to go home filthy sometimes from oil , and stinking of boss white and hemp .Was a great learning curve and I got real good at it. Tightening up those 2" joints at the top of a flimsy scaffold in a factory wasn't fun though and made your arms ache .
1st step apprentice here. I was shown how to work one of these in my first month on my first job. Its nice to see that my journeymen mostly stayed to the book with how to operate this. A personal note, it wouldnt hurt to wear some hearing protection with this, especially when threading.
@@fitter5423 Trust me, when you stop being able to hear the sound of silence over the sound of the constant EEEE, you’re going to wish you didn’t act so tough when you were young.
@@fitter5423 so you want him to “man up” and “tough it out” yea no this mentality has gotten so much men killed, injured and left with long term permanent damage to their bodies in this career field. No one wants to retire from this trade with permanent damage and health problems from all those years in the field being stubborn. #SafetySecond 😂
I wish they would include a better safety manual. When my foreskin got clamped into the powerdrive, it took 3 different technicians and the WHOLE bottle of lubricant to get me out.
When you have the pipe end resting on the chain vise, DON'T put the chain over the pipe, cause it the chain catches the pipe while the pipe is turning, it will flip the chain vise. I've seen it happen.
Day in day out for a few years using a Rigid pipe threader ,amazing how quickly you can grasp the working of it and get some real speed up .Used to go home filthy sometimes from oil , and stinking of boss white and hemp .Was a great learning curve and I got real good at it. Tightening up those 2" joints at the top of a flimsy scaffold in a factory wasn't fun though and made your arms ache .
worked with one of these for about 15 years.....very powerful machine, ran mostly 1"to 2" pipe doing fire sprinklers commercially
Wow
You got out of the trade I take it huh.
1st step apprentice here. I was shown how to work one of these in my first month on my first job. Its nice to see that my journeymen mostly stayed to the book with how to operate this. A personal note, it wouldnt hurt to wear some hearing protection with this, especially when threading.
If this machine bothers your ears buddy you might a problem when you start running the impact gun tightening couplings on pipe
@@fitter5423 dude you ever sit beside one of these all day? They'll damage your hearing.
@@fitter5423 Trust me, when you stop being able to hear the sound of silence over the sound of the constant EEEE, you’re going to wish you didn’t act so tough when you were young.
@@fitter5423 What are you a pussy scared of hearing well?
@@fitter5423 so you want him to “man up” and “tough it out” yea no this mentality has gotten so much men killed, injured and left with long term permanent damage to their bodies in this career field. No one wants to retire from this trade with permanent damage and health problems from all those years in the field being stubborn. #SafetySecond 😂
Great video, just got hired on as a pipe fitter apprentice, I was told I'd be doing this for the first month or so. I start on Monday
how has it been using it?
How has it been? Hopefully, you're still at it. I start as an apprentice in a week or two
can you show a ridgid speed chuck 300 pipe threader replacement?? thanks
Can you use these to thread solid round bar?
Are there any competitors that can compare to a rigid pipe threader? I only use rigid but was wondering since I don't ever see any other brands
Great video can you tell me what type grease I can use on it can't find information anywhere
Its just Ridgid cutting oil for threading
nice
Dont forget to hold pressure on the die until 3 or 4 threads have cut, and the carriage feeds itself.
Good video
just a tip to the cameraman zoom in when he is placing the dies in and more of what he his hands are doing.
I wish they would include a better safety manual. When my foreskin got clamped into the powerdrive, it took 3 different technicians and the WHOLE bottle of lubricant to get me out.
Is it possible to change its speed? If so, how? :)
No they run at one speed.
No! Why would you????
Can you re-use the oil? I’m cheap so have some mercy.
You keep using the oil in the oiler pot until it gets so low it wont pump. Then you just add. Better hang with a pro for a while.
helpful.
Closed captioning in the way
When you have the pipe end resting on the chain vise, DON'T put the chain over the pipe, cause it the chain catches the pipe while the pipe is turning, it will flip the chain vise. I've seen it happen.
Never heard a bad word about them
How short can it cut and thread before you have no choice but to buy pre-threaded nipples?
You can fab 3 1/2” nipples without chucking the threads. When you thread 3” nipples you have to chuck parts of the threads.
No need to unplug when inserting pipe.
If only they stayed that nice looking lol
Anybody even have the transporter?
Setting the dies at 2" doesn't mean they're are properly set for 2" pipe.... 3.5 turns hand tight is proper thread depth
I always wear gloves for this, how many teflon tape you put?
Somebody know how much it’s the rent
Huh? English?
Terrible camera man sheesh didn’t show anything