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@wayneginn3579

2 ай бұрын

What Saftey glasses are u wearing

@user-qp8vr2lp7i

Ай бұрын

+1

@g3rb922

Ай бұрын

@@wayneginn3579 it is the NATTY Workwear KENNETH SAFETY GLASSES

as a teacher, this man is eloquent, well spoken. does not use those stupid filler words like: 'right?', 'you know', 'OK?' and, of course, 'like'

Worked with him on a 2 year job in the Virgin Islands. Great welder and an even better guy! Proud to see you doing so well, Kegan! 🤘🏼

@KentuckyWeldingInstitute

2 ай бұрын

Thx bro!!

@choosenoneeee6258

Ай бұрын

Is that Virgin Islands job still hiring

@levihisaw4722

Ай бұрын

@@choosenoneeee6258 oh no. That was 3-4 years ago

@ernestgary6812

Ай бұрын

Thats awesome

This guy is one of the best, Humble & genuine person

Even if you can use your left or right- you most definitely can find yourself in a bind. Never underestimate the opportunity for a foreman to place you on a weld that is damn near impossible.

@weldtube

3 ай бұрын

Yup, true story!

@boricuaarecibo9259

3 ай бұрын

Here in NYC we call it hvac yoga😅

@trey622

3 ай бұрын

Absolutely correct. sometimes you can only do so much with your left hand before you have to switch back to your right that’s why it’s important to do dry runs

@ejpatrick1950

2 ай бұрын

@@boricuaarecibo9259bouta join a hvac group 😂🧘‍♂️

@boricuaarecibo9259

2 ай бұрын

@@ejpatrick1950 good luck my brother we need some youth in this trade and welding comes in very handy. I use it to weld stuff to rig off of. I'll weld some back to back Channel iron to make a beam to rig off chiller heads. It's the best trade you go from place to place everyday. Especially here in Manhattan where I am most of the time. I'll work in Brooklyn and Queen sometimes but not the Bronx too much the Bronx is the final frontier 😄

This was great. Straight to the point and learned quite a bit. Keep him coming back.

@weldtube

3 ай бұрын

Glad you liked it💪🔥

Great job brother thanks for sharing

hes pretty badass learned alot from this video alone. Good shit weldtube and kwi

WeldTube, This made me laugh so much! Thanks for sharing!

@weldtube

3 ай бұрын

🤙🤙

Very good freehand tig welding. I have learnt a lot.

WeldTube, I loved this video so much, I had to hit the like button!

@weldtube

3 ай бұрын

Awesome!

Kegan you the man

This guy loves what he does!

Great work sir you are awesome ❤️ 😊

Nice weld very informative

Pretty good vid that stick is gonna help me out a lot

Been so long thank u guys for uploading

@weldtube

3 ай бұрын

Appreciate you!

Love it .. nice .

You got Talent!

I like your style to weld brother.your so fast.watching from the Philippines.

That was so fast, I’m taking these test this week at work along with some MiG and flux, can’t wait to get it over with and move up to top pay! That’s exactly how I tig my monsters out works everytime

That’s how I do all my test qcs will be blown away how fast you put that root in

This dude is sharp ole son! 👏🏻

Verdiğiniz bilgiler için çok teşekkür ederim yeni öğrenen Kaynakçılar için çok güzel olmuş. 👍👏👏👏

Very nice👌👍

excellent job sar

i wish i had this guy as my welding teacher

Weld 🧙 wizard right here!

Very good ❤❤

Beast 🔥💯

Shallower bevels help speed up the process too, as long as you're staying within the included angle requirements of the WPS (typically calling for an included groove angle of 60-75 degrees)

Wow that's great advice I just started welding I'm going to get a tig torch for my welder.

@calebalt1557

3 ай бұрын

get a flex head 26 series bite the bullet right away I got a miller

@boricuaarecibo9259

2 ай бұрын

@@calebalt1557 I bought miller part number 301337 I'm going to get a AR 80 from airgas on Monday There's the possibility I got the flex head but not likely Thanks brother

This guy is just badass

Well done, Kegan! I weld in industrial boilers and I use the same methods. Not breaking arc when Tig welding saves you a ton of time! Just wanted to let you know i enjoyed the video. This is very helpful real-life welding instruction that will make anyone who does it a much better tradesman.

@KentuckyWeldingInstitute

2 ай бұрын

Thx!!!!

@lukeshep3719

20 күн бұрын

Do you still pass x ray when doing that method?

@jamespelkey9609

17 күн бұрын

​@lukeshep3719 you can absolutely pass xray doing this method.

Nice video.

good job alot of tests ive done was time limited 4 hrs monster coupon root to cap and on some jobs restricted with no grinders just a file and wire brush

that dales kid is the best of the best 😮‍💨

@aaarrr5514

3 ай бұрын

Is that your boyfriend? 👨🏻‍🏭

It's a pity I don't live in the United States, I would have had the opportunity to work with such good welders as Kegan. Great job, it's clear that the guy has a job in his hands.

Good job sir you're a beast! Explained the process perfectly 👌 👍🏼

Would you recommend that ESAB ES180i pro behind you to learn how to tig weld?

You remind me of a guy that I worked with years ago! He was 2 to 1.He did 2 joints to everyone elses 1.It was more about his efficiency,and you could walk through at the end of the day,and know every joint he did,they looked like robot welds! Thank you

@mddenis1

Ай бұрын

So what was the secret of that welder to be faster 2 times than other welders?

@petersmart1999

Ай бұрын

​@@mddenis1Not real sure,some said he cranked up the machine and welded faster. Some say he prayed the welds together. ( every lunch brake he read the bible) I asked him how long he had been welding pipe and he said ,oh probly 7 or 8 years now!

@mddenis1

Ай бұрын

@@petersmart1999i am welding 8 years now, I am a slow welder, but not because I have slow travel speed but because I check my welds too much with flashlight, try to find comfortable position too long etc

Nice video what is still lay wire like that if you were using -2 wire

When plates are the same size I would just tack the ends, from keep from shifting from side to another. It helps a lot also.

Kaynak maskeniz çok iyi görüntü 10 numara ❤

Good lord , that root is heavy as fuck! Lol

@Lynsey-wh2jl

Ай бұрын

I was always told no more than 1/32. And same for suckback. But damn the welds I seen on here always look huge.

How many red bulls old mate had? getting anxious watching. He hustling good.

What's the over under on how many redbulls Kegan drank before the shoot? 😂

Thank you, for the first time ever i went to take a stick test and they gave me a monster coupon, but i had to stick it the whole way. Every place i been its 6" sch 80

Why did you use 1/8 filler wire instead of 3/32 wire? On the 3/32 lay-wire technique just curious dose it push more filler wire into the root so the root isn’t flush?

What size tungsten are you using?

As few passes as possible.. I say 1 weave cap pass is good 😂 great video man

@Lynsey-wh2jl

Ай бұрын

Your not weaving a gap that wide...

120 for 3/32 seems pretty frickin hot.you obviously handle it awsome

World class muscle memory.

Good

Just remember, passing a test is only a license to perform your 1st weld for an employer and all bets are off for passing or satisfying the specification/Coder for every weld after 1st!!

Amateur hobbyist here. Whats the difference between TIG welding root vs using 6010?

Great vid Kegan, Carlos here bud, this man is quick in the field. Glad you’re doing well brother, don’t forget Rocky and bull winkle in Tulsa, Oklahoma last year t/a!!! God bless🫡 🤘🏼👏🏼 🔥

@KentuckyWeldingInstitute

3 ай бұрын

Oh yes had a blast there!

This dude legit

تحياتي لك من مصر

Bro this guy makes me the best I can be

Question....does it matter when you weld pipe how much weld convexity you have inside the pipe? Ive heard too much sometimes may disturb gas flow and or create turbulence in the pipes pressure, any of this true?

@Reinsorc8

2 ай бұрын

Depends on the class of pipe and generally the OD size of the pipe. Pipe from 25 to 73mm ( 1” to 2 1/2”) will allow only 2mm ( just over 1/16) and pipe greater than 73mm can have up to 3mm or 1/8 internal protrusion into the bore. The idea is to have least amount of restriction as possible, especially on the smaller bore pipe.

Looks great, solid, and real efficient. Only thing I wonder about is would the qc guy not say anything about all the start stops lined up? Forgive my ignorance but I legitimately want to know. I’ve always been told to stagger them and have seen people busted out for that but only by a specific cwi at trade school during AWS cert tests. I’m always looking to learn something new.

@unclegeth7899

Ай бұрын

If your using scratch start tig probably is best to stagger your starts and stops a little bit as you might have tiny tungsten inclusions in your starts and wormholes in stops if you don’t grind them out correctly. But if you are using 4 touch or 2 touch tig no need to stagger your starts and if your have enough slope out you shouldn’t even need to stagger your stops either.

What about interpass temperature on the coupon. Also can we see the.graphs 😄

Whats the tolerance if you weld a spool and due to weld shrinkage your overall length is shorter than it should be for the fit up

@dominicr2733

2 ай бұрын

usually u got +-1/8 of tolerance. anything past that id cut it out

It’s useful video. I’m a welder. I always use my right hand. But I would to use left hand. Could you give me a few techniques?

@slmts6705

2 ай бұрын

Practice till u get steady and comfortable, try couple's dry run always. Gl

Bon Boulo😆😆👍👍

What Saftey glasses are those

When it’s a X-ray you don’t have to clip the wire or wire brush it right?

@unclegeth7899

Ай бұрын

Not wire brushing Inbetween passes will just make the weld pool a bit dirty and not clipping the wire will just make the first inch a bit of a dirty weld pool if that makes sense. Wont cause any defects if it was to be x rayed.

بتوفيق أن شاء الله

Telling all the secrets 😂 might as well tech the flick the booger on the root 💯

@KentuckyWeldingInstitute

2 ай бұрын

Keeping secrets are for the worms

Brand of Saftey glasses he is wearing ???

Also alittle landing with that 1/8” gap will help as well. Especially on the bottom half.

@weldtube

3 ай бұрын

🤙🤙

@JUAVA01

3 ай бұрын

no landing

@georgeescobar9096

3 ай бұрын

I agree no landing

@darrenricks8372

3 ай бұрын

Weld one with a landing then tell me.

@JUAVA01

3 ай бұрын

unless you prep your pipe cause you know how you like . bt I always have fitter so no landing at all

I'm not a welder, i have over heard in the past about having to let things cool to keep the inner temperature below a certain level. At what point do you have to worry about that before letting it cool for the next pass?

@KentuckyWeldingInstitute

3 ай бұрын

Just turn the welder down some

@unclegeth7899

Ай бұрын

If there is a interpass temperature stated on the WPS and you would be given a tempilstik or heat gun to check the temperature of the pipe as your welding.

Hey weld tube I have a song where i mention them

Lot of places will not let you weave at all with 7018 they want stringers only

👍

30:00 tig out with laywire technique

Would you guys ever take a look at filler metals? Looking at different codes and what’s required for certain filler metals like T-8 welding wires vs T-4? Why it’s used in seismic zones, etc? Also going in depth with engine driven welders on a suitcase, which is a profound thing for welders on structural jobs, a lot of new guys simply don’t have a clue because in school they teach you off a miller XMT with 10’ of brand new cable, you don’t have to account for much voltage drop off, but in the field you might have 150’ of corroded cable on your machine so when you set it at 22V, your really only getting 18.5V. Videos not for people in school, but people who are breaking out and have never seen this kind of stuff in school. Also, you know how you guys do mock up plant work? You also should do a mock up pile splice for both pipe and H piles, except you have the students rigging, using hand signals they learned from the course to get their pipe or H piles on location, then welding it and doing a mag particle test. It would be a process that would really prepare new welders for what’s to come, especially rigging and crane hand signals.

Odlican s obe ruke radi poz iz Hrvatske

I have 15 years experience in weldeing job

How often do you have to do a weld test? I thought you take the test then you are certified.?

@johnbramel8874

Ай бұрын

Nooo, really it depends on the company and the standards they follow. Some pipeline welders have to recert every 6 months. The company I’m currently working at recerts every year

@unclegeth7899

Ай бұрын

Depends what code your working to Americans work at ASME which I’m not hundred percent on but in the UK and the rest of Europe we work to ISO 9606 which states your qual goes void if you haven’t done that weld in 6 months once but if you have been consistently doing it you will have to re qual after 2 years.

Senior welding comp at the end wouldn't it make more sense for youth? Idk maybe my thinking is dumb but just a thought

I agree that good welders are amberdexrious

29:27 recap on how to

I use to be a Boilermaker. After coal went to s***, I withdrew from the trade. Is there a demand for tube welders anymore?

@unclegeth7899

Ай бұрын

Don’t know about America but in the UK there are boiler tubes that need repairing or just welding on more or less every power station.

@Keef_Chief86

Ай бұрын

@@unclegeth7899 Coal plants have been closing at a fast rate since 2010 (290 plants closed from 2010 to May 2019; this was 40% of the US's coal generating capacity) due to competition from other generating sources, primarily cheaper and cleaner natural gas. I was in the trade for over 15 years and I withdrew because jobs were getting less and shorter.

@unclegeth7899

Ай бұрын

@@Keef_Chief86 we only have a few power stations now in the UK off the top of my head Drax, torness and VPI that are coal or biomas powered so there isn’t much boiler tubes that need welding anymore as from what I’ve seen on hinkley point c there won’t be any or many on there and sizewell c and wylfa b will most likely be the same. Like I said I have a coding in boiler tubes but I’ve only ever been called to do them once on drax so it’s not exactly my field of expertise.

Is back purging unnecessary in this application?

@tristanlightfoot1633

3 ай бұрын

not necessarily on carbon to carbon

@ericlakemaker9910

3 ай бұрын

@@tristanlightfoot1633 got it, wasn’t sure if that was only relevant with stainless or not. Thanks man

I never use a landing. Razor edge and feed that wire in 100% After that take care with your second pass then slam it in 😅

Took ya 9 minutes to do that root pass 😉 😜

I think your gas flow is a little bit above the range

애기였던 때가 한 6년전이었는데 많이 컷네 ㅎㅎ 보내준 용접면 좀 쓰고 나오지

For a test don’t you wanna spread the heat out and let it cool in between. Like I get trying to do it fast. But couldn’t fast keep too much heat in the part and run a risk of over cooking the steel and making it brittle?

@unclegeth7899

Ай бұрын

You are right with not letting the base material get to hot as it does change the grain structure of the material which in turn does lead to a more brittle material. But on a test it depends if there is a interpass temperature on the WPS. I’ve taken 2% and 9% chrome, Inconel, stainless tests and there has been no interpass stated on the wps for the test as they are only testing the weld but on site I’ve welded those materials and I’ve had to follow a Interpass temperature and other times I haven’t had to follow a Interpass temperature so it depends on what’s going through the pipe when it’s in service. So for example a pipe with high pressure steam going through it a Interpass temperature would be followed as a brittle material would be no good for that application but a pipe with say just water running through it wouldn’t matter so much if the material is brittle.

Great teaching moment. What ever happend to Stan click..

Nice ! D'un soudeur français

@weldtube

3 ай бұрын

Un grand merci 🇺🇸🤝🇫🇷

hey man, why dont you let the gas blow on the weld a bit more in the end?

Can never get penetration with the lay wire technique in my root. I always have to dip keyhole

@unclegeth7899

Ай бұрын

Anything that is purged for example stainless, 9% chrome and Inconel Ill cut and dip (keyhole technique). But for carbon and 2% chrome for example have you tried setting a 3.2mm gap put a good 1.5-2mm root face and use 2.4mm filler and do a constant feed into the weld pool weaving slightly up and down to fuse it into both edges.

@118Wilson

Ай бұрын

I never use a root face for tig. 2mm root face is alot! Always sharp edges. Only use root faces for stick roots

@unclegeth7899

Ай бұрын

@@118Wilson 1.5- 2mm root face on TIG is the same for every WPS that works to ISO 9606 standard, means you get a root that is just over flush which is what they want if you are welding high pressure steam pipe or tbh anything in general as your not restricting the flow of what’s going through that pipe. It’s also a much stronger root to explain if you weld a with a 2mm root face you have to 2mm of material actually fused to the base material where as you are welding feather edge you have 0.5mm maybe less actually fused to the base material.

@118Wilson

Ай бұрын

@unclegeth7899 just never do a root face in the workshop I'm at and we are making pressure vessels and tanks. alot of it is ASME 9. All the WPS in the workshop call got feathered edge. I'll maybe give it ago when I have free time

@unclegeth7899

Ай бұрын

@@118Wilson I mean i don’t work to the asme standard so if your wps calls for a feather edge crack on. 50% of the time I’m welding feather edge anyway because half the pipe fitters can’t be bothered to put a landing on 😂. I can say from doing both rooting TIG with a landing is a hell of a lot easier though.

He isn't making any money on this,its actually costing him money,30 an hour,minus 1/3for taxes the gas to get there the hotel,eats

I guess heat input means nothing. Hmm

I don't understand "popping off" at the end of the weld like that. I think it's because I don't understand your use of "fisheying" with this. In my mind, lack of postflow at the end of a weld on steel seems like it would be a problem.

@unclegeth7899

Ай бұрын

No it’s because Americans still use scratch start tig so to break the arc they have to pop off and yes it will cause a wormhole as there is no slope out but you can just grind it out

@bluezdr

Ай бұрын

@unclegeth7899 I'm over here in America, and in my experience lift arc is pretty uncommon. High frequency start is the norm.

@unclegeth7899

Ай бұрын

@@bluezdr oh right okay, just seen a lot of videos of Americans taking tests, welding on refineries, power stations etc etc and they are always using scratch start tig just confused me as I’ve never once been on a power station and used scratch start tig always had a HF set.

@bluezdr

Ай бұрын

@unclegeth7899 I see. That sounds like the type of work I haven't done. I do quite a bit of new fab and repair work, although nothing like that. I often find myself in positions where it might be easier to go with a more exact amperage setting and use the lift-arc. Instead, I've become more creative on how to operate the pedal when needed. I've never used a setup with controls on the torch handle. I'd like to give that a go sometime.

@unclegeth7899

Ай бұрын

@@bluezdr my bad bit of a grammatical error I was meant to say I have never used scratch start tig always 4 touch on a HF so press the button on the torch to start press the button to stop. And tbh foot pedal ain’t really necessary on TIG unless your doing aluminium. But at the end of the day it’s all preference. If I feel my weld pool is to cold or hot I just shout at my pipe fitter or fire watcher to turn me down or up 😂

To many over think it

Need to worry about quality and not speed .