Whilst, I'm not always a happy welder, 😂 the one thing that I am and that's NOT the best BUT am proud to be in the mist¡! thanks for the video, your weld's are advanced👍 In Quality The entire Job L👀ked professional For these reasons when the Shield drops the 🐂💩STOP KEEP IT🔥 LIT🔥 MY FRIEND👍🏼
I love how you explain posture and how it can work for you! People will never know how many tips you give that can help them! Keep going professor! Its not all about wire feed or static projects.
Wally I am closing in on 40 years of welding I spent my time welding pipe not my favorite line of work but it was a great learning experience the one thing that was taught to me way back when was that to make a good weld you needed to be comfortable and as you know you cannot always be in a comfortable position sometimes your surroundings make it impossible keep up the good work looking forward to seeing more
People watch this video and think this is easy I'm a 40 year welding veteran retired I know exactly how hard it is. Welding on prototype oil Derricks, silicone reactors and even got my feet wet in nuclear pressure vessels. The welders of this nation built this country literally. It's good to see there's some things you just can't teach a robot. This type of work is no different than any other you have to love it to do it well and find joy in a job well done. It was definitely a love-hate relationship more hate Than Love LOL but your video reminded me of how much I don't miss the struggles but would do it again for the fellowship of my coworkers and their stories of Triumph over the Quest for Fire.
Nice job, enjoyed the video. Keep making more, I've been welding 43 years now and always enjoy seeing you young guys just kicking ass and putting down nice welds.
Man looks dam good to me and you hear very many welders talk like that I like your honesty most of them are best there is and never made a mistake. You rock man
Guys like you are good for welding. As a CWI; I appreciate you putting this out there with such class and humility. So true about that slag coming off and getting you. Hearing/feeling 7018 slag burn thru ear wax is such a fun time. Haha
Man, Wally, that was one of my favorite video from you! Something people rarely get to see if they aren't in the pipeline industry! That was really interesting! Keep her going bud! You've got something great here!
I'm with you on this one. For as much as one would like to stack a perfect bead next to the other every time, seems like FATIGUE is the number one culprit working against us,, Luckily we got (Pride) on our side that keeps Quality Control in chek, Good Job Man,, Regards!
Bad looking welding is a bad weld.you did a great job,the supporters attests to yer commitment to quality.well done.most welders don't care about whether a flange stays square down the road.they're welding it up and move on.
I do like the new style of voiceover video that you have going on. Take in the days work and reflect upon what you are doing and how to execute! Awesome stuff and thanks for the SoCo reccomendation, you and Stacking Iron are definitely up there in my list. 🇺🇸👊🏼
I have done many of these taps and one thing we did most of the time was to UT the weld area to have active flow through the line while welding. Good job here on this 👍
This channel is progressing so nicely. It’s gotten a lot more instructional since you started voicing over, when you are focusing on the puddle it’s hard to talk so it’s great that you go back and voice it over
Nice welds I do aluminum pipe welding with using mig I'm always burning tips so every few minutes I gotta either clean them or change them that's the only pain about that other then that it's very rewarding
It's hard work with a lot of skill involved but just like in many other professions some welders are underpaid while others are very well paid. It all depends on which part of the country you live in, there are different demands and costs of living that dictate the pay.
So many industries served and , most money for me is in custom aluminum and stainless sheet metal fabrication. First job was ironworking and it paid me well. Nothing pays better than selling your own work though.
As a old retired guy that welded for a few years as a pipe fitter back in the late 1960’s. Most of my experience was with steam piping. We used a lot of E6011 low pressure. I did a lot of tank farm work getting them ready for new kind of gas. These were Shell farms and pumping stations. All I knew was that it was called Shell of the Future on the drawings. Most were in evacuated lines. We had to weld uphill on everything a lot of flanges as many valves had to be upgraded. Then vapor recovery came right after the “gas of the future”. Funny all the pipe line guys welded down hill we couldn’t hire them. I’m looking at a scar on my ankle from a hunk of that ugly 7018 slag that somehow went down my boot (no spats) 70 years old and that still gives me the chills today as I think about. Didn’t hurt long but it did hurt like heck for a bit. I was a kid and the Forman my helper were laughing like hell as I started jumping around. Just had to pull that hunk of slag out it was deep because my boot pushed it into my inside left ankle 50 years later still have that scar. Anyway great video. Never used a split tee very nice item. Start cutting a tee in on a hot day those lines would get hot in the sun and grow so much the tee wouldn’t fit your cut out. Hose the line down with a fire hose so you could fit it up. Sorry so long I’m old.
Thats the cleanest area ive ever seen for a split tee. All the ones ive been apart of are usually in a dilapidated coke mill or chemical plant. Nice weld brother keep it up.
I welded for 18 yrs Until 2012 when my dads Brother passed away from brain cancer then I started Farming full time . I always kicked myself in the ass for not going into the Pipe game ... Your a hell of a welder man .
Very nice work..... Have supervised that kind of activitie many times in live lines only difference is that on the circunferential joint you do not want to go uphill cause It induces too mutch localized heat youd rather train your welder to do It downhill
When I was a structural welder we would weld shoes on some larger pipe and it’s similar to that except they were just shoes on spool pieces but awesome video now I’m a rig welder and just from your video I believe I can do it I hadn’t ever seen that before I’ve seen the fitting and heard of hot taps awesome
Things have changed so much. When I was welding in the early 90’s , I capped with 1/8 using a horizontal figure 8! Leaving a flat cap with 1/16 over the pipe.
Not a welder here - So if you need a backing strip to be safe about blowing thru the pipe to join the two halves, how can you go after the ends so aggressively and not have problems? Great looking work btw. You sure can see the pitting in the pipe on some of those close ups. Thx!
what is your weave spec on pipeline? When I worked at EB in Groton CT on subs MIl-SPEC 0n HY-80 with 1/8th rod was NO-MORE than 1 1/2 times the diameter of the rod on overhead and vertical. inspector catch you weaving over was a bust out, re-cut and you were stepped down from X-ray slots. Inspectors were crawling all over the boat sections. That was in the early 80s.
At the minute 4:30 how u weld the 3 pass then the 4 pass isn't the Grove tied or the 3 pass ? ? ? I mean there is no enough room for the 3 pass . Did you grinde it a little bit. ? ? ? That u can get the rod in to the Grove. ? ?
I am confident not cocky. Sometimes I get a dope weld. Sometime I am not happy with it and grind it off to re do it. I am only human. I try to always do the best I can in all positions in all conditions.
That's so cool you can mix electrodes and not stick to one type of electrode. I was told you had to stick to the WPS...but I like your style Bro...I do my best but I'm not the Best. Your awesome Bro God bless you bro and great video
First of all GOD BLESSS YOU. Thank you for that. I do my best but I'm not the best. I am not given a wps. I am simply just given the work and I deam what I'd best for me. I like to weld in a certain formation. If I can handle the heat and determine the speed then I get after it.
EEERRHH! WRONG. IT'S JUST WELDING. Some people weave it some people stack it. Some people run it out. As long as it passes and suits it's purpose. Not every good weld looks good. The puddle tells it's tail. As long as you are killin it!! No pinholes no perocity no b.s.
So Ive a little time in, I don't pipeline. I all three mig, tig and stick... why can't I burn out the slag when I start? I see yours guys strike and drag in to your restarts, but when I do that I always trap slag. What can I do differently? Thanks man keep on teaching us
It’s what they add when the line is live. A valve will go on and then the drill. Drill hole pull up drill close valve build line going to valve to other run.
Man your skills are extraordinary, enjoying to watch your videos, can you tel me about restart do you light electrode inch in front and go back to attach with last bead ,Couse if I start on the and of previous bead I get some porosity,tnx
You always want to start about at least a inch and drag it down so that way you can drop the trash off and burn it out on your way back up. That's how you avoid porosity on your start. Never fire up where you want to begin. Fire up ahead and then drag down to the tie in
Lol, I didn't know what you were talking about when you said 'good side - bad side' until 5:10 then I was like holyshit…. The only thing harder than welding that side would be fixing a feckup on that side :-)Thanks for the videos Wally.
My dad used to do this is the day. Then after years and years tested for welding on subs. He was in the air force. All I remember was him telling me how hard it was to test. There’s hundreds of thousands who can weld but there’s only thousands who have the golden touch I guess
Nice job. I would like to see how they cut out the T so that it connects. Do they shut down the line first or do they have a cutter that does it while the line is live.? Forgive me if the question is foolish, but you know how the oil field is and they have all the money in the world to make every possible tool. In this sort of job, how do they x-ray the weld? Or is optical inspection sufficient?
We used to let the backing strips stick out a litle longer, and weld over it so you build op on the strips and keep the round weld kleen, after the complete welding we grind them ends off.
I welded for 41 years and that's exactly how we did it. Glad your teaching future welders. God bless and stay safe.
Whilst, I'm not always a happy welder, 😂 the one thing that I am and that's NOT the best BUT am proud to be in the mist¡! thanks for the video, your weld's are advanced👍
In Quality
The entire Job L👀ked professional
For these reasons when the Shield drops the 🐂💩STOP
KEEP IT🔥 LIT🔥 MY FRIEND👍🏼
arent u suppose to stop welding after 12 years for ur eyes?
I'm Filipino welder ftr, I asking only where did u buy the welding mask like that.thnks
@@randygomez1726 on wish
LOL
@@randygomez1726 that is called pan cake welding hood buddy.ebay has it.
I love how you explain posture and how it can work for you! People will never know how many tips you give that can help them! Keep going professor! Its not all about wire feed or static projects.
Wally I am closing in on 40 years of welding I spent my time welding pipe not my favorite line of work but it was a great learning experience the one thing that was taught to me way back when was that to make a good weld you needed to be comfortable and as you know you cannot always be in a comfortable position sometimes your surroundings make it impossible keep up the good work looking forward to seeing more
People watch this video and think this is easy I'm a 40 year welding veteran retired I know exactly how hard it is. Welding on prototype oil Derricks, silicone reactors and even got my feet wet in nuclear pressure vessels. The welders of this nation built this country literally. It's good to see there's some things you just can't teach a robot. This type of work is no different than any other you have to love it to do it well and find joy in a job well done. It was definitely a love-hate relationship more hate Than Love LOL but your video reminded me of how much I don't miss the struggles but would do it again for the fellowship of my coworkers and their stories of Triumph over the Quest for Fire.
Nice job, enjoyed the video. Keep making more, I've been welding 43 years now and always enjoy seeing you young guys just kicking ass and putting down nice welds.
You make it look easy. I admire your modesty. Your definitely an inspiration to keep striving to be the best you can be at welding
I appreciate that thank you
Very nice technical video on welding a split tee on a live line. Welded for 38 years on natural gas lines. You make it look easy! 👍👍🫡🫡💯💯
Thank you God bless
That was a really good video. I just finished welding a few 36 inch split tees on live lines for the first time. Stay safe brother...
No one is the best brother, those welds were solid. Nobodys a robot.
That’s why you are the weld professor.honesty the best policy
Man looks dam good to me and you hear very many welders talk like that I like your honesty most of them are best there is and never made a mistake. You rock man
Guys like you are good for welding. As a CWI; I appreciate you putting this out there with such class and humility. So true about that slag coming off and getting you. Hearing/feeling 7018 slag burn thru ear wax is such a fun time. Haha
Ear hole burn piles dont make for a good time
Man, Wally, that was one of my favorite video from you! Something people rarely get to see if they aren't in the pipeline industry! That was really interesting! Keep her going bud! You've got something great here!
I'm with you on this one.
For as much as one would like to stack a perfect bead next to the other every time, seems like FATIGUE is the number one culprit
working against us,, Luckily we got (Pride) on our side that keeps Quality Control in chek, Good Job Man,, Regards!
Bad looking welding is a bad weld.you did a great job,the supporters attests to yer commitment to quality.well done.most welders don't care about whether a flange stays square down the road.they're welding it up and move on.
Awesome, I’ve done a few of these on a 24 “ line and your right it’s a lot of welding and you get pretty exhausted. Nice work brother
Got a split tee to weld monday on a steam line. This is some good work right here.
Thanks for a glimpse into what you have to do.
I love 7018.. Great vid.. definitely the 1st time ive ever seen a split Tee..
Those were some bad ass welds I'm in school now working on pipe 1 welding and I love it and that's what I want to do be a pipe welder
Thank you
I've never seen a split join before.. wow that looks fun gotta love stick welding..❤️💪
I do like the new style of voiceover video that you have going on. Take in the days work and reflect upon what you are doing and how to execute! Awesome stuff and thanks for the SoCo reccomendation, you and Stacking Iron are definitely up there in my list. 🇺🇸👊🏼
“Man I need to tighten up” I tell myself this all the time lol. Great video keep them coming..
My Dad used to be a boiler maker and I started welding in my teens. However I have learned a lot from just 2 videos?!?
I have done many of these taps and one thing we did most of the time was to UT the weld area to have active flow through the line while welding.
Good job here on this 👍
Great job been welding for 19 years just got done with some 42" cooling water stuff bravo my friend
You lucky ducky. I want to weld bigger pipes but I settle for close location and decent money
This channel is progressing so nicely. It’s gotten a lot more instructional since you started voicing over, when you are focusing on the puddle it’s hard to talk so it’s great that you go back and voice it over
Thank you
That looks like a fun weld, little bit of everything, horizontal, up, down, around. Good welds sir
Nice welds I do aluminum pipe welding with using mig I'm always burning tips so every few minutes I gotta either clean them or change them that's the only pain about that other then that it's very rewarding
Very nice job of pushing your puddle, most welders don’t understand that that helps control arc blow. Great job!!!
WELD MASTER 🙏🏽💯 If only people knew how hard Welding Really is we all WAY UNDER PAID 😤😤
It's hard work with a lot of skill involved but just like in many other professions some welders are underpaid while others are very well paid. It all depends on which part of the country you live in, there are different demands and costs of living that dictate the pay.
So many industries served and , most money for me is in custom aluminum and stainless sheet metal fabrication. First job was ironworking and it paid me well. Nothing pays better than selling your own work though.
I have a feeling they Know but don’t care
Phill Huddleston Do you know which states pay the best.
Over here those welders that weld on live lines are known as Death Row welders 😎 keep up the good work bro
Looks like quality work. Thanks for sharing these videos. It’s a lot different in the field than it is in the shop. Stay safe.
WOOOOW!!! WHAT A JOB! DAMN, THAT WAS ONE HELL OF A GREAT JOB WELL DONE! MAN... YOU GUYS ARE GOOD.
Wow great work, I am just learning to weld all I do is burglar bars and gates one day I hope to be that good
Practice practice practice. That was the best advice I got.
As a old retired guy that welded for a few years as a pipe fitter back in the late 1960’s. Most of my experience was with steam piping. We used a lot of E6011 low pressure. I did a lot of tank farm work getting them ready for new kind of gas. These were Shell farms and pumping stations. All I knew was that it was called Shell of the Future on the drawings. Most were in evacuated lines. We had to weld uphill on everything a lot of flanges as many valves had to be upgraded. Then vapor recovery came right after the “gas of the future”. Funny all the pipe line guys welded down hill we couldn’t hire them. I’m looking at a scar on my ankle from a hunk of that ugly 7018 slag that somehow went down my boot (no spats) 70 years old and that still gives me the chills today as I think about. Didn’t hurt long but it did hurt like heck for a bit. I was a kid and the Forman my helper were laughing like hell as I started jumping around. Just had to pull that hunk of slag out it was deep because my boot pushed it into my inside left ankle 50 years later still have that scar. Anyway great video. Never used a split tee very nice item. Start cutting a tee in on a hot day those lines would get hot in the sun and grow so much the tee wouldn’t fit your cut out. Hose the line down with a fire hose so you could fit it up. Sorry so long I’m old.
I really loved your video. The way your strategies the whole thing and amazing finishing
Thank you
Those welds look amazing, the passes to fill the bevel up are perfectly laid over each other as well
I feel like like I could do better but thank you
Thats the cleanest area ive ever seen for a split tee. All the ones ive been apart of are usually in a dilapidated coke mill or chemical plant. Nice weld brother keep it up.
Thank you. Stay cool brotha
Thanks for sharing this. This is the kind of content we need..
Cheers Wally!!
Stay tuned I got a bunch more. I am just getting started
That was awesome. Hope to see more video like this. Great job bub keep up the good work and keep'em coming
Thanks for mentioning what rods you are using each time it is really important and helpful.
We do them on live natural gas lines all the time. That weld looked slick
I welded for 18 yrs Until 2012 when my dads Brother passed away from brain cancer then I started Farming full time . I always kicked myself in the ass for not going into the Pipe game ... Your a hell of a welder man .
Sorry for your loss, was your uncle a welder by trade?
@@bennordson386 No he farmed all his life
That's good smooth welding right there buddy. Awesome job! 👍
Really enjoying your tutorials . Keep it coming sir
Many many more to come thank you 🙏
awesome videos, your honest with yourself as a welder and that's what I appreciate about your videos.
Way beyond my ability. That is a lot of work. I am glad that you have the patients and skill to do it. I would probably burn a hole and spring a leak.
Hats off man well done. I do alot of out of position with 7018 and FCAW As well as pipe.
fire channel man I really like how you show real work situations
Very nice work..... Have supervised that kind of activitie many times in live lines only difference is that on the circunferential joint you do not want to go uphill cause It induces too mutch localized heat youd rather train your welder to do It downhill
I did this job successfully..it was a great experience in my weld carreer.....!
Why did they used backing strip
I love watching these videos. I have a lot to learn but I'm practicing hard with my everlast welder.
West Texas Pipe welder here, Nice Video! Great Tips!
Awesome video.I know what split tee is now thanks for making that video .👍👍
Your welcome anytime. Hope you have a great day
When I was a structural welder we would weld shoes on some larger pipe and it’s similar to that except they were just shoes on spool pieces but awesome video now I’m a rig welder and just from your video I believe I can do it I hadn’t ever seen that before I’ve seen the fitting and heard of hot taps awesome
Things have changed so much. When I was welding in the early 90’s , I capped with 1/8 using a horizontal figure 8! Leaving a flat cap with 1/16 over the pipe.
So cool
Not a welder here - So if you need a backing strip to be safe about blowing thru the pipe to join the two halves, how can you go after the ends so aggressively and not have problems? Great looking work btw. You sure can see the pitting in the pipe on some of those close ups. Thx!
You said nothing wrong. The same for us all on being perfect. However your technique. Is stellar!
Thank you very much for your videos, love them all
Anytime
Im kind of new at welding, and i love this channel and your work.
I work for Team industrial. I’ve been on a couple of those hot tapping jobs. Fun as hell but dangerous!!
Nice weld,good finishing.
We weld what is called a PCF (pressure control fitting) on live lines all the time. Nice job!!
U guys normally make your own helmets like that?
what is your weave spec on pipeline? When I worked at EB in Groton CT on subs MIl-SPEC 0n HY-80 with 1/8th rod was NO-MORE than 1 1/2 times the diameter of the rod on overhead and vertical. inspector catch you weaving over was a bust out, re-cut and you were stepped down from X-ray slots. Inspectors were crawling all over the boat sections. That was in the early 80s.
was reviewing API 1104 annex b for my CWI exam and was puzzled of how this is done. very educative
You're awesome for making these videos man. Much respect.
Those welds are pretty damn good that's pretty much what I'm running on my pipes been doing it a minute
Thanks for the video .my question is that I didn't see any safety precaution since its a live line.
Amazing... Welders are the coolest!
I agree I love welding
@@TheWeldProfessor me too!
Dude ur a badass, thanks for inspiring so many of us just trying to get there 🙌🏻
At the minute 4:30 how u weld the 3 pass then the 4 pass isn't the Grove tied or the 3 pass ? ? ?
I mean there is no enough room for the 3 pass .
Did you grinde it a little bit. ? ? ?
That u can get the rod in to the Grove. ? ?
Great job friends!! That was a technique I've already applied that! Thank for the video!! God bless stay safe!!
It's nice to watch a guy who is down to earth and realizes that not every weld is weld porn
I am confident not cocky. Sometimes I get a dope weld. Sometime I am not happy with it and grind it off to re do it. I am only human. I try to always do the best I can in all positions in all conditions.
Sweet. I learn a lot by watching your videos. Keep up the great work!
impeccable friend !! 👌
great your work 👊
greetings from Chile 🔥
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That's so cool you can mix electrodes and not stick to one type of electrode. I was told you had to stick to the WPS...but I like your style Bro...I do my best but I'm not the Best. Your awesome Bro God bless you bro and great video
First of all GOD BLESSS YOU. Thank you for that. I do my best but I'm not the best. I am not given a wps. I am simply just given the work and I deam what I'd best for me. I like to weld in a certain formation. If I can handle the heat and determine the speed then I get after it.
I love stick welding.. Imo you canr beat the sound or smell of stick welding
A pretty weld isnt always good and a good weld isnt always pretty
Well that's kinda wrong, a good weld never looks like shit and a shit weld never looks good?
EEERRHH! WRONG. IT'S JUST WELDING. Some people weave it some people stack it. Some people run it out. As long as it passes and suits it's purpose. Not every good weld looks good. The puddle tells it's tail. As long as you are killin it!! No pinholes no perocity no b.s.
your getting a grinder for christmas1
@@snakeyes7711
There's a lot more to being a welder, then just welding 😂
@@xRoderxx porosity
You make it look so easy bro…damn fine job!
Perfeito irmão muito lindo a soldagem!
Amo soldar tambem!
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nice work!
i would love to be a welder but i took the welder fabricator education instead of welder, didnt know welder was a education back then
Welder fabricator is more steady money and less burning eyes .
I know how you feel same thing happened to me
Yah I figured. But Right now I'm not welding at all. Just standing by the plasma cutter sadly
Got into the metal working to weld haha
Looks good from my house!! Lol I think it looks fine man you did a jam up job that looks like it took a while. Great video
So Ive a little time in, I don't pipeline. I all three mig, tig and stick... why can't I burn out the slag when I start? I see yours guys strike and drag in to your restarts, but when I do that I always trap slag. What can I do differently? Thanks man keep on teaching us
Hello. Love the vid. It's very simple and direct.
Tell me about your arc holder.
In thar video, if you use 7018, what kind of polarity did u use? DCRP or DCSP or AC? Your work looks prety good dude.
Nice tidy work I teach myself good clear pictures
I know you aint running no 7018 down hill, Man when I was pipe welding it was all up hill, has it changed that much?
In that bevel with the backing on your fills are you just running stringers or are you putting some movement in there?? Thanks
Pretty much
In case of gas pipeline, is it mandatory to have minimum gas flow through the pipeline to achieve the split tee weld and the hot taping ??
It’s what they add when the line is live. A valve will go on and then the drill. Drill hole pull up drill close valve build line going to valve to other run.
Man your skills are extraordinary, enjoying to watch your videos, can you tel me about restart do you light electrode inch in front and go back to attach with last bead ,Couse if I start on the and of previous bead I get some porosity,tnx
You always want to start about at least a inch and drag it down so that way you can drop the trash off and burn it out on your way back up. That's how you avoid porosity on your start. Never fire up where you want to begin. Fire up ahead and then drag down to the tie in
Tnx man ,all best to you and yours!!!
Great content keep up the good work
Lol, I didn't know what you were talking about when you said 'good side - bad side' until 5:10 then I was like holyshit…. The only thing harder than welding that side would be fixing a feckup on that side :-)Thanks for the videos Wally.
Great vid!! Keep burnin them rods brother!!!
My dad used to do this is the day. Then after years and years tested for welding on subs. He was in the air force.
All I remember was him telling me how hard it was to test.
There’s hundreds of thousands who can weld but there’s only thousands who have the golden touch I guess
Nice job. I would like to see how they cut out the T so that it connects. Do they shut down the line first or do they have a cutter that does it while the line is live.? Forgive me if the question is foolish, but you know how the oil field is and they have all the money in the world to make every possible tool. In this sort of job, how do they x-ray the weld? Or is optical inspection sufficient?
Naw it stays live usually
Where did you get those hoods?
We used to let the backing strips stick out a litle longer, and weld over it so you build op on the strips and keep the round weld kleen, after the complete welding we grind them ends off.
I do that sometimes
dude i love vids like these keep it up my man