dude I almost just wanna buy a truck and tools and just learn from your hands on video instructions vs. the community college I'm attending. lol. .... naw but seriously thanks for these... it allows me to practice it's dope stuff.... trying to get it right with pipe fittings and welding in general... arc welding tigs.. over heads .. stainless steel structural steel.. whatever... it's all new to this kid anyways I served in the Marines corps for 21 years now it's all about the trade life for me next best thing to blowing stuff up.. is building stuff up... GET SOME!

Just want to say thanks for your videos they are a big help. I just turned 35 and am going to school to in a worker retraining program for welding. Watching your videos have helped me out tremendously with my 7018 positions and with the information on getting your foot in the door with welding job prospects. Keep up the great work and videos . Brandon from Washington state.

Just found your channel. Giving you a sub. Never welded pipe before but after watching you I'm sure I like welding in a warm shop as opposed to outside like you. My hats off to you and all the pipe welders out there.

All of my welding so far has been in the summer. Your video tips will come in very handy this winter when I do some welding with my everlast.

I love your videos, I'm in school and you give me an idea what to expect. Thank you

Sawyer wedges work for me pretty well. I've always been told the springs make the best. Stay safe brother.

great vid bro. looking to take my 3G test in a couple weeks. did my first open v groove in 1G today. it was cool. used a 6011 at around 85 amps for root and hot. 7018 3/32 at around 90 amp for intermediate and cover.

Im glad im not the only one that hates 2”

I just found your channel also and sub'd.....I am retired live in Michigan and teaching myself to weld but what caught my eye on your channel at first was we share the same last name same spelling and all.....great video looking forward to watching more!

I rather work in snow than heat. This dang Texan weather is annoying, I’m ready for snow.

"The more you weld the warmer it'll get"

We do it a little different offshore smaller tacks an we never drive a wedge in it just use a spacer. I guess when you learn it different it looks wrong when you see done a different way . I don't like 2" sch40 or 80 pipe . Offshore pipeline welder 32 years . It's great your sharing your skills with other welders God bless you .

My favorite wedge is a old crescent wrench cut ground down but don't get it hot and they are rock solid

I love it when people do their job the right way (like you do), not the bare minimum they have to do.

I like your videos guys, keep up the good work 👍

I've never tried welding with my powerarc in really cold weather. Good to know.

Ronnie Mac style welding videos, I like it.

Good job scholfield 👍👍

Say it's good to see you up there at the empyre South I come across that dude he was rebuilding an SAE 300 he still ain't got the damn thing done I was going to buy a 271 Detroit and a 1978 SAE 400 but I found this deutz diesel- SAE 350 and just had to have it so I got out of building one from scratch however I got to do the jugs on this I can't win for losing

I like this guy. Wish I had the chance to work for him. I'd learn everything I could. Trying to get the truck together now. Probably be ready in s few weeks

Your welding helmet is something else man lol.

What brand is your auto dark? Singles? Reason I ask is because my singles shade 10 gets dark when I grind. Does yours do the same?

temp stick use them all the time in digesters and high low clamps to draw in screens using 309 l 16.

Love watching the videos man, hoping/planning to break out soon just as a single hand soon in the plants. But most definitely wanna work in the oil/gas industry on the line I herd you mentioned anadarko my first job as a helper in platteville Co. I miss that job badly my welder was very influential and still calls to check on me I believe I messed up lol I currently work for Fagen thinking I would learn more about pipe fitting in a plant but that was a joke. Keep the videos coming man hoping to see ya out there one day I’d be a pleasure shooting the bull and learn a thing or two from ya

First of your videos i have seen, liked subbed, bell'd. What brand are those blue magnetic levels you are using?

Hey Jacob, what lens are you using in that pancake?

You probably have, but try running the bead in with 3/32. I know that was a game changer for me with 2"

This week at work I’ve seen my foreman get a wedge and heat it up to cherry red( only half of the wedge ) untill a magnet don’t stick to it, then dip it in oil.

I maybe wrong but the water in the pipe can only come from condensation. Pipe left out during a warm day attracts condensation as it cools during the night and subject to the time of year and terrain dew can also collect in pipe laid outside. Here in the UK it just rains for 300days a year so water is problem we have to live with.

Why do you prefer that type of welding helmet over a regular one? My day used to weld for a living in the 70's and 80's and I remember he had a hood like the one you are using in this video. He passed away in 2005 so I can't ask him about it.

What rod you using for that process

It helps to warm up the weld joint with your tongue.

is that tool that you mount your flanges up to (think yall call it a roll out wheel? might be wrong) your personal tool? if so, how much was that?

Nice rollout wheel

Always use your Squares over your levels if you can always.

Hey man, stumbled on your channel. Couple questions. Why isn’t your helper fitting you up? And why not tack all your spools up first, toss em aside until you’ve got 30-40”, theeeen toss em on your wheel, heat them up and weld em. This way you can keep the heat in your piece and your fitter/helper can leave you alone for a couple hours and smash out the math and cut pups. Not sure if that would help you out. I know everyone has their own way of doing things. I’m a pipefitter/welder and I learn something new from every guy I work with still.

Not sure my comment is necessary but imma say it anyways, bout 5 years too late. There’s no moisture in the steal … the preheat is to prevent rapid cooling and thermal shock basically, preventing cracking in the bead or tacks. The moisture you see is from the combustion process of the preheat torch itself, fuel combined with oxygen creating water vapor… it’s condensation basically on the cold pipe. Flame impingement. Not trying to be a smart A$$ and call anyone out, just want to clarify something that’s incorrect. This and other videos are super helpful on many things and very spot on in most cases. (Welder here for 25 years myself) just trying to add informative information to fellow welders.

Make a wedge outta tool steel. Ive had good luck with that. Had a buddy that a machinist make me one.

You got that SAE 300 dude when I had figured out my reactor right that freaking 350 I've got will drag a Rod up uphill man never seen anything like it I know the stuff that you're doing is a hell of a lot more technical than what I'm doing however a good weld is a good weld rather your spinning circles run in the quarter mile I got about 25000 pounds of steel to hang in this house I'm going to take y'all to work with me one day I'd like to get an arc shot camera but they're too expensive I'm just getting started but to be able to teach people Arc blow and how to counteract that in the differences between welding machines is phenomenal I'm going to do a video of an oil burner jobsite heater very simple heat exchanger in burner got a small job to do today but I'll see if I can't get something downloaded on it tonight y'all stay safe

Do u have to post heat the pipe also during the winter

Try some truck leaf springes for wedges I have had good with them

What kind of levels do you use?

Def heat the metal. To remove water trapped on the surface, and to evaporate the water from combustion.

So the concept of preheat to temp deals with slow dissipation of heat on the item to be welded? Cooling rapidly causes the cracking? And standing water on the pipe definitely cant be welded.

What kind of level are you using

DUCTILE CAST IRON pipe and flanges need preheated with a rose bud torch every time!!! That's what I weld and nobody else likes to do it at my company!! So I stay very busy!!!

Where's your rosebud??haha... Like watching your videos. Keep it up & thxs..

Have you consider to do a carbon infusion at somewhat 1200 degrees C ? I mean that will make a difference, there is a very fine line between brittle and soft.. and the job is not that hard to do..

A buddy of mine made his from truck leaf springs.

where are you all located for this job?

Your a Badass.

Where is your pipe vice from?? I need 1

Did ya end up building your own wedges? I was gonna say watch your leaf springs guys on your rigs they might come up missing and be turned into wedges lol.

10 hours in cold or 10 hours in the hot ?

I love the cold

Outside with cold metal you should always preheat the metal to at least 300 degrees.

I started building my own wedges years ago..I only use brass but we don't get only carbon down here in corpus.. Matthew dearman makes some pretty good shitty wedges tho

What kind of weld positioner are you using?

What brand are those blue levels?

you got my like when you said and they dont care thats fucking true

I might have a solution to your wedge problem. What is a good way to contact you?

At my welding school. They told us we have to weld uphill, but in the field why downhill?

What level do you use ???? The Blue ones !!!

If you think sch 80 2in is bad i was on one job where we were welding sch 40 2 in. Now that stuff is thin

What's the purpose of using that wedge what does it do?

Get your old file break it in half and make ya 2 wedges shit works pretty good

Where can i get one of them clamps? The rotator clamp

I despise 2” I was on a job for about two months of schedule 40 the most boring thing I’ve done

Drink lotsa coffee.

williams tools wedges

at least you get a shed to work in

You should try buying wedges from MSCDirect.com. It’s where I bought my wedges and I still have some from over a year ago

but you make the big bucks!!!

I need to build me a roller

We make our own wedges outta rebar bro

Scab Fab

Could you take a moment and tell us newbies what the wedges are for please

sch 80 2" is beauty. sch 40 2" blows lol

Why are pipe liner welding helmets designed like that , what's the advantages ?

You just brought that piece of material up to, and then beyond the "dew point". Theres no moisture "in the pipe" just the atmosphere.

Yes I hate Matthew dearman wedges too they only wedge them on one side and I hate that. they need to be wedged on both sides. And their fitter square is crap.

As much as you hate welding that 2 inch I hate shootin it. And Anadarko it seems has nothing but 2 inch!

Make you some wedges out of old threading dies

Weld the wings in a butterfly

Ever think about shortening the V? I cut my handle in half. Takes the weight off, welding for 10 hrs, it makes it little better. And, yea, wedges are junk, and overpriced.

Great video. How about 2" sch. 40. So gross!!!! Just hate welding it !

those mathey wedges are the same deal. I bent the sh*t out of mine.. Hate em

That’s what she said lol

Welding all fun and money? To whom? I want this fun and money too lol

Try schedule 40

At 11:01 thats what she said

Moisture in the pipe? What?!

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It’s because you don’t know how to use them. I’ve never had any problems with those wedges

Must be H&M wedges you're talking about. I hate em.

95% of the stuff stuff you said after heating the pipe. I did not know. On the knowledge stuff. Cold I wonder. My welding school don't teach us 100% they teach us up hill down hill and all the fruity stuff

Ok what does a pipeline welder earn $$$$$$. With his own rig tools everything.

No safety glasses, hearing protection or handle on your grinder?

I dislike 4 inch schedule 40