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

4 жыл бұрын

If this machine bothers your ears buddy you might a problem when you start running the impact gun tightening couplings on pipe

@gpgt1

3 жыл бұрын

@@fitter5423 dude you ever sit beside one of these all day? They'll damage your hearing.

@Boomchacle

Жыл бұрын

@@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.

@Industrialitis

9 ай бұрын

@@fitter5423 What are you a pussy scared of hearing well?

@igorlacerda8763

6 ай бұрын

@@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

@denvercharlebois699

3 ай бұрын

how has it been using it?

worked with one of these for about 15 years.....very powerful machine, ran mostly 1"to 2" pipe doing fire sprinklers commercially

@worldwide555

5 жыл бұрын

Wow

@fitter5423

4 жыл бұрын

You got out of the trade I take it huh.

helpful.

Good video

Dont forget to hold pressure on the die until 3 or 4 threads have cut, and the carriage feeds itself.

Great video can you tell me what type grease I can use on it can't find information anywhere

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

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.

Never heard a bad word about them

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.

Can you re-use the oil? I’m cheap so have some mercy.

@bradleyrussell1973

3 жыл бұрын

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.

Is it possible to change its speed? If so, how? :)

@gpgt1

3 жыл бұрын

No they run at one speed.

@bradleyrussell1973

3 жыл бұрын

No! Why would you????

If only they stayed that nice looking lol

Closed captioning in the way

No need to unplug when inserting pipe.

I always wear gloves for this, how many teflon tape you put?

Anybody even have the transporter?

How short can it cut and thread before you have no choice but to buy pre-threaded nipples?

@fitter5423

4 жыл бұрын

You can fab 3 1/2” nipples without chucking the threads. When you thread 3” nipples you have to chuck parts of the threads.

Somebody know how much it’s the rent

@bradleyrussell1973

3 жыл бұрын

Huh? English?