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YES...My uncle was caught stick welding downhill in his garage by a passing policeman and is now serving a 50 year sentence with no chance of parole. (Also avoid horizontal, it's a gateway weld...)

All those “welders” who say you can’t weld downhill clearly never worked with sheet metal or thin gauge material. Some things you can’t weld up or you will blow threw. It really comes down to what the job calls for.

I'm an AWS CWI since December 2013. Whether you weld 'uphill', 'downhilll', your electrode size and selection, all the fitment, root gap criteria, welding gas selection, etc are prescribed in the WPS (Welding Procedure Specification) by the company's / client's welding engineers and metallurgists, after weeks, months, years of weld tests done in labs long before the project ever begins. The only time 'we' decide how we want to make the weld is in our garages at home.

Thats engineering at its finest. Been a welder for over 20 yrs! I didn’t think i could learn so much in a single video. Nice job 👍🏼

This guy is a great teacher. Keep up the good work. Thanks for the content.

As an old fart who doesn't care for change,I really agree that's it's best to try to master both up and down. Once comfortable with that,try using other hand and maybe standing on your hard side just to challenge yourself a bit more. Keep up the good vids.

Great job and very well explained. Keep the videos coming AB.

Great video Weldtube brothers! Abraham makin it look easy 💯 🤜🏽🤛🏽👍🏽

I spy SAM! 😸 Another great video from South Coast. I like this video and and channel because it's purely educational! Sometimes they bring Spanish speakers, women, and specialists not to only show how diverse the trade is, but also reach out to the whole world. Welding truly is a passion, and I'm grateful to having this kind of content on KZfaq. Not everyone has the financial resources to go to big schools like Tulsa, but I feel we still get that great quality instruction from teachers like Mr. Medrano! Lastly, I dig the beat at the end. It makes what I'm looking at not feel all Southern and country lol

Nice work i appreciate the videos . I welded in a power plant but i had a friend who had welded pipe line before he came to power plant and he bailed us out a few times on some things . He was good to me and i appreciated all he showed me how to do . Thanks again

Hi mate,thanx for your awesome video.im a boilermaker from old school..even when I use to MIG weld I would do down hand and vertical ups.As I seen with your style you nailed it as it's all about the preparation.Root gaps and amps and techniques.I weld what I'm comfortable with and have past every destructive and non destructive test.

One of the BEST VIDEO'S I've seen.I live up here in Seattle, Wa (use to live in Dallas, Texas and went to a trade school, AMERICAN TRADE INSTITUTE and took up Welding,1980)Moved back to Seattle, Wa and back to more pipe welding,tig,stick,ASME SEC 9,API 1104,AWS D10.9,AWS D1.1,BUT IT'S ALWAYS BEEN A BIG THING UP HERE IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST IN THE SHIPYARDS THAT PIPE CAN ONLY BE WELDED IN THE"UPHILL" METHOD.IVE SEEN PIPEFITTERS IN THE SHIPYARDS WELD A-53 PIPE DOWNHILL WITH 6010&7010 ROD MANY OF TIMES ALSO MIG (.035 WIRE ON SCH.80 PIPE) FROM ROOT PASS ALL THE WAY OUT TO CAP., X-RAYED AND PASSED WITH NO PROBLEM.SO,YES PIPE CAN BE WELDED UPHILL ASWELL AS DOWNHILL ASWELL AS ROLLED WHILE WELDING.

i'm retired 3 years but can't stay away from the welding. salute to a very talented young guy sharing his knowledge. btw, that's you,keep it up and stay strong and safe!

AB, that was a great vid! Thank you sir

you are a great welder, with impressive technique.

Great content and and great tutorial, I appreciate the explanation as you weld. Thanks

Thank you for making movies that help many people go to work and achieve their goals

Lot to know !!!! GREAT video.Very impressed with your knowledge and skill.Sadly,I am not allowed to weld anymore due to heart device...really miss getting to build stuff !!!!!!

Really well explained Abraham!

I really enjoyed this video. Your process would make the prefect weld test because it covers both up and down with a variation of rods. Pass this test and you can pipe weld anywhere.

Great job pal iv worked on the 36inch gas main in the UK 2 welders 2assistans one down hill one up hill same time and the assistants cleaning up the welds and temp as we go then water and X-ray tests

Did an outstanding job. I'm Retired now but wish I had a machine like that when I was an apprentice.

Hi bud I'm a retired pipe welder in England and it's nice to see up close what goes on when welding,and I have watched some proper crap on here but it's a pleasure to watch a fellow welder who can weld cheers yours konrad

Best welding channel on the Tubes, by far.

Excellent video and explanation of the case.

I like your videos I'm semi retired, working two, maybe three days a week. Everyone agrees, it's a case of practice, practice, practice; that being said, I had bin out of the game for some time, and just like in athletics, you tend to loose that "edge" if you aren't doin' it every day. Recently, I ended up doing some work for a client that I had done a lot of work for in the 80's back then, I was welding(outdoors, stick) ten hours a day, six days a week I was amazed at how much better ALL my welds were back then, better than I do today! Vert up; down, etc. all perfect, no flux inclusions It was because I was doin' it all day, everyday.

you Sir know what you are doing and i can tell you have the experience, a good eye and a steady hand as well

'Tooo-easy' - nice presentation/tutorial vid...well done... awesome...from an ASME 9.. boilie/welder.. Aotearoa..Kia ora 👍

Respect that confidence son ! 💪🏻

you are a really good teacher. and you guys make great videos

We run multiple test up hill and especially down hill and we don't need another hand to control the remote, we set the temp and run the the test and pass it.

30 years at Columbia Gas Trans. we also had to pass a heavy wall for Compressor Storage Stations and Hot Tap for Stopple/Mueller taps on live lines.

Awesome video it answered alot of questions

Great job Ab! Learned a few things here. Always thought if you lived above the equator you weld up, living below equator you weld down...lol...sort of like the way a toilet swirls differently above or below the equator....lol...

🔥👑🔥 Well That answers that. Much Appreciated !

Ab that hood is flames bro that matte looks killer🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥💪

Each company should have a welding procedure and it will tell you up hill or down hill and which rods to use and the diameter of the rod. It may be 1/8” for the bead and 5/32 for hot pass and what size to use for fill and cap. Usually it depends on pipe size and diameter which rod you use. The procedure will state the gap and lands and voltage and travel speed.

I was taught either way can work. Going down hill depends on if you can "outrun" your pool so thockness and rod determines what you can do.

from a from a coded welder of 45 years to another ( my specialty is TIG) beautiful welding mate

dats money duuuuuude! awesome job Abraham!

thank you master!! excellent vid

Did a good job Enjoy the video I enjoy watching others do different things and learn things from others

Excelente trabajo. Saludos desde Chile.🇨🇱 👋🏼👋🏼

Proffesional and VERY good quality Honor to whom it deserves . You are Great, hopefully You stay healthy and weld for long time to come. Our country need people like You. Build and make it last. Clean Consciousness to the end. whatever the requirements are. Thank You very much for uploading Your video

in the netherlands ,we used to have these remotes with a knob in our own hand, I'm old now ,if i can do it now, good explaining, very useful to correct crimp

As long as you have a WPS to support downhill welding, and can pass the welder qual downhill, you qualify to "legally" weld downhill. Some codes allow you to qualify welders in uphill or downhill even if the procedure was taken uphill...

🔥🔥Nice work WT

EXCELLENT VIDEO! GREAT WELDER!

This is the video right here officer

You are bad ass. Thank you, I learn a lot from you. Great teacher.

very nice. having been cert. in asme ix did not know the down hill was allowed. but as you said it is all about which code you use. thanx for the great video. 😁👍

I’m very impressed good job Man

Astonished to see an American using a grinder with the guard on! One of the smarter guys. Years ago, I witnessed an Spanish welder at work who was a pipeline veteran all over the world welding up a 10" T pipe joint. He had a stick welder in each hand welding 2 joints uphill simultaneously. Never seen anyone do that before or since, I was truly amazed. The weld quality was excellent as well.

The whole squad is a beast like a Voltron Weld Messiah.

Fine job ! Your a great welder!

Abraham una pregunta . El pase de Raíz hacia abajo . El electrodo lo colocas en el negativo O positivo . Con electrodo. 6010 - 1/8”

3rd time watching this. Never gets old dog! Thank you!

That big blue 8010 arc looked very crispy 😍😍😍

I'm new to a lot of the technology with welders and welding in general. What is the stiffness on the machine? I have an idea but would appreciate some clarification. Thanks 🙏

I wish I had that remote when I was pipe welding. That makes it so much easier. I could never remember my weld settings

Enjoyed watching.Your very talented

My father was a welder but he could also do everything else, shear, layout, braking, weld and polish. He learned the trade at East New York Vocational High School. He started working in the late 1940s. In the beginning he welded the custom electrical panels they used in New York Buildings. When I was a teen he was working in custom kitchen equipment. Later he got certification to weld the piping in nuclear power plants. hen we first moved to Florida he was relining the insides of cement trucks. That was probably the nastiest job he ever had. I worked with him as a helper before I was drafted. We'd go out and weld new ends on dish tables when a dish washing machine was being replaced. That meant Sunday night in the big hotels because that was the only time the kitchens were closed. He had a very good reputation and he was always getting calls from people wanting to hire him. He could design a kitchen and handle everything necessary. He even did synagogues with all the kosher requirements. It's too bad he never saw videos lie this one. That was one fancy welding machine. All he had to work with was a 90 Amp Lincoln welding machine. His rod work looked liked he'd used a Heliarc machine. I never had to beat something straight after he finished. There was another welder who was known or his speed. He'd weld two pieces into a 90 degree dish table with clamps everywhere on it. When he was done I'd take all the clamps off and the table was warped from the high heat used. Then I'd beat it to straighten it out. This instructor is a very good welder. That was a very pretty weld he did on the pipe. It made me think of my father.

Man what I wouldn't have given for that remote when I worked in the shipyard. Inverters could be several hundred feet away. And could require a 5 minute walk/ crawl through multiple spaces/decks to access. But absolutely correct. It absolutely depends on what regulations you have to follow. But it's a technique that is good to know regardless. Was one of the most failed tests. Usually due to lack of fusion. And like all techniques, practice, practice, practice.. Great video👍👍

una pregunta? como se llama ese tipo de porta electrodo, gracias.

I was looking into buying welding cable I wanted to build a light stinger.I weld pipe from 20” and down so what’s the lightest welding cable I can order to make a whip? 🤔 thank u in advance

KEEP ROCKING BROTHER THIS IS HOW TO MAKE MONEY ONLY DOWN SOUTH!!! THANKS TOP GUN KEEP UP THE GRATE WORK!!!!!!!$$$$

Trimakasih bang atas penjelasan nya dan tehnik cara pengelasan nya

Excellent welding, and excellent video!

Last I knew, get certified as a high pressure pipeline welder, you had to be able to pass a stress test on an overhead 8" steel high pressure pipe hanging overhead which requires both up and down hill and pushing and pulling a weld.

That remote is awesome!! I get so flustered because there's so much to learn in this trade. I only have my 3G SMAW certificate. so far and very little experience. I've been a machinist almost my whole adult life, but I took an adult welding program at night a couple years ago because I've always been interested in welding. I wish I could go back in time and take welding as a vocation in h.s.

How does that miller act and weld in temperatures of zeros or worse with remote and electronics

I have heard vertical down called stovepipe method' 5 stars plus bonus star for having a hand shield on your grinder 🤘

You ain't going to weld tubes in a boiler downhill. Welded for over 40 years in the boilermakers union. But pipeliners weld downhill like you said.

depends what I'm using and what I'm welding, if I'm using a MIG or Flux Core I usually weld downhill, and Stick my job only uses 6011 and 7018, I found it better to weld downhill for the 6011 and uphill for the 7018, I'm no expert but on thick metals 1/4"to 1" steal the weld went completely through nicely on both sides. Im still learning, hard when a boss can't weld, hard to learn

Camera guy does a great job, shows more than some see when they weld.

If you’re a welder then you can do both when asked to do so and understand that they are a procedure that has a purpose but downhill isn't allowed on most sites in he UK

Good man excellent tuition 👍👍👍

Nice work clean welds

Is there a colorblind Ishihara eye test for welder applicants? What is the age limit for welder applicants? Thank you for the reply

You are a good welder because you follow all, the steps to weld pipe, and the correct shape of the positions for welding and as And in the way that the welding pentra when you anchor I lasted 27 years of welder, of structures, assemblies, of Of the same sometimes you must weld with both hands, when, you are in the assemblies of structures, cordial greetings atte Jesús Gómez torreón coahuila México.

Loves from the Philippines, just start welding lessons, need morr practice but the materials are scarce and the available are shared with 40 students into 4 inverters. P. S can you showcase welding paterns, technique, what to do, what not to do, that teary eyes remedies... Etc

That welder you used is crazy cool.

was that 7018 1/8 rod you were using for uphill? or 3/32?

I had a freind at work who could tell you about the metal he was going to weld, what rods he was using, and why. This kid kinda reminds me of him.

I've been Stick Welding for about 2 years average about 20 hours of practice a week & still love peeling off slag to see what lies underneath! Great video BTW leaned a few things from it

How I weld gear box body ?

I go to my first welding job this Monday wish me luck weldtube fam super nervous and excited to see where welding will take me

Do you have a link for that helmet? I need a flip lens . I can't seam to find a good one

Awesome video thank you sir

Boa noite? Qual operagem que você usou para fazer a raiz tubo.👍👍👍🇧🇷🇧🇷

When I started welding pipe it was downhill. Then they went to 7018 and pretty much dumped 6010 red rod. The gray 6010 has more nickel in it to go hand in hand with 7018.

Excellent job BTW

Sir, the rod you use it's kobelco or yawata?

anyone who says you cant weld down hill has never worked pipeline its downhill every weld

I have used welding electrode rods in the past I called Fleet rods which are used for rooting pipe .which I would have the stinger on the minus and earth on the positive which the weld freezes quicker and the hot pass fill and cap swap them back over and used low hydrogen rods for that.

I removed a section of pipe done in 1933,it looked terrible,mostly spatter,rod was ancient,welding machines were just giant old generators,I cut coupons,bent them,they lost a 1/16th from erosion,they were done downhill,well they still passed after 50 yrs.of being in use at standard oil ,the inside top gets the most erosion if pipes arnt actually pressurized,they can have an air space,wish I would have had that machine,the sa250 with remote made thousands of welds.

Could y’all do an in depth video on that pipe pro?

What brand shirt? I already got the up and down hill covered, 😆

Depends on the code. If the code says you can, do it. If not then get to it and make sure that weld passes inspection.