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olivia554•1d ago

Called BS on tube rolling for 2 inch boiler tubes, then a guy in Gary showed me his setup

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paul_stone29•5d ago

Tube roller died mid job on a 48 inch shell in Gary, Indiana

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noahtaylor•5d ago

Every new guy on the boiler job wants to torque the manway studs dry, and they are wrong every time

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spencer_thomas4•6d ago

Watched a rookie's weld go from rejected to passing in 3 days

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oscarh16•6d ago

Changed my mind on hammering tubes dry after a shutdown in Gary

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veramartin•6d ago

A 30 year hand in Gary showed me how he checks tube sheet holes with a flashlight, and I've been doing it wrong for 12 years

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linda335•7d ago

Why does nobody talk about how a tube sheet leak on a 30 year old boiler can teach you more than any textbook

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jamie_price•7d ago

Appreciation post: found out a 2 inch pig stops about 40% of the crud in a 6 inch line and it saved my Tuesday

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mary_schmidt•8d ago

Saw a guy in Bellingham check a 60 foot stack with just a mirror on a stick

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blake842•8d ago

Sight glass on the #2 boiler cracked during warmup and dumped water everywhere

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lindareed•9d ago

Switched from eyeballing my fit-up to a $12 magnetic square after the Gary shop foreman called my gap 'a river'

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river_rivera45•10d ago

Watched a kid fail a 6G test 4 times in 2 weeks, then a 30 year hand from Gary showed him one grip change

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mason.keith•11d ago

Warning: saw a certified welder at the Baton Rouge shipyard grind down a boiler tube weld with zero shielding, and it cracked within 48 hours

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jordans18•11d ago

Chose a 3 roller plate bender over a hydraulic press brake for a small tank job

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emmam32•13d ago

My tubes went from taking 14 passes to 4 after I changed one thing on my welder

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