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danielr99
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1h ago
Pro tip: a 3/8 hose on my torch gauge cracked at 40 ft in the air and I had to think fast
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charles720
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6h ago
Wrote off soapy water bubble tests until a 2 psi drop on a Tuesday hydro told me otherwise
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murray.robert
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1d ago
Why does nobody talk about staying in your own heating zone on a re-tube job
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bailey.jennifer
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3d ago
Appreciation post: the week the rigging crew and I got a 3 day job done in 5 hours
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jenny_lee
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4d ago
Can we talk about how I ran 7018 uphill for 2 years before someone pointed out my arc length?
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jake_patel
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4d ago
TIL a 30 minute job on a boiler feedwater line turned into 11 hours because of one stuck stud
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max_cooper21
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5d ago
Showerthought: I was torquing my boiler flange bolts in a star pattern for years, then a retired guy set me straight
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hannahcraig
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6d ago
My $180 tube roller paid for itself on one tank job in Gary, but the $60 one before it cost me two days
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xena582
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7d ago
Dropped $180 on a magnetic drill press level for boiler tube sheets and it was trash on the first job
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the_alex
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7d ago
Why does nobody admit a 3/8 inch tube roll costs you the whole job
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william_price
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8d ago
Tube rolling versus hand rolling a 2 inch boiler tube, which one actually holds up?
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wren230
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9d ago
Journeyman told me to stop marking my fittings, said it's a crutch. I think he's wrong.
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derek_lee
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9d ago
Am I the only one who marks tube sheets with a soapstone before rolling, not after?
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craig.viola
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12d ago
Showerthought: switching to a 3 pass root bead on thin tube saved my last job in Gary
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gavin_kim
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12d ago
TIL the old boiler room at the Kaiser plant in Fontana has hand-cut tube sheets from 1952, and the spacing is tighter than anything I run today
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