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My old foreman told me to always double-check the fit on a 90 before the final weld
He said it back in '08 on a job in Toledo, and I thought it was just extra work. Last month, I rushed a big elbow on a steam line and had to cut it out after the whole assembly was off by a quarter inch. That mistake cost us a full day and a lot of scrap plate. Anyone else have a simple rule they learned the hard way?
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noahw5312d ago
Hear that loud and clear. My first week on a job a guy told me to always tack weld your brackets before running the full bead, and I thought he was just being slow. A few months later I skipped that step on a big handrail job and everything twisted out of square when the heat hit it. Had to grind out eight hours of work just to start over. Now I tack everything twice and check with a level between every pass. Little steps save big headaches.
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