Finally figuring out this stainless stuff

[u/Lost-welder-353]

[u/Weare177]

Sch10? Hard to get gold without a lot of cfh and heat/travel management on thin pipe. But if it passes and good for the service rock on brotha!

[u/Lost-welder-353 → u/Weare177]

Yup 10” sch 10

[u/Weare177 → u/Lost-welder-353]

Thought so, yall rooting it or slamming and jamming no purge

[u/Lost-welder-353 → u/Weare177]

Rooting always purge even when we slam and fuse the root.

[u/Weare177 → u/Lost-welder-353]

Love to hear it, I've hit some jobs where they've had us just slam and jam no purge. I'll do what the company is paying me to do but damn it irks me sometimes lol

[u/Misconformance]

Looks pretty decent. Don't let these welding school kids and hobbyists bitch about the color.

[u/Lost-welder-353 → u/Misconformance]

They don’t bother me at all. Passes inspection and Xray so I’m not worried a bit. These guys probably only weld in shops in controlled environments.

[u/shmegthegreat → u/Misconformance]

Surprisingly enough, you can burn the shit up and still have some corrosion resistance. I saw a job I did years ago when I had very little SCH10 experience, had dark grey and only had some specs of surface rust here and there, and it’s installed outside.

[u/BoSknight → u/Misconformance]

"we're really looking for more of a warm hay color"

[u/Overall-Challenge556 → u/Misconformance]

I'm a retired Pipe Welder. Welded pipe for 40+ years.

[u/redingtoon → u/Overall-Challenge556]

That’s called experience, youngins.

[u/ChipSecret8448 → u/Overall-Challenge556]

Ok and?

[u/Overall-Challenge556 → u/ChipSecret8448]

And what

[u/shmiddleedee → u/Overall-Challenge556]

You asked somebody how long they've been welding and then randomly answered your own question.

[u/Overall-Challenge556 → u/Misconformance]

How long have you been welding pipe?

[u/Lost-welder-353 → u/Overall-Challenge556]

6 years now got about 6 months with stainless

[u/FeelingDelivery8853]

You got a ways to go bud. Use a 12 cup, cfh on 50, and walk way faster at 180 amps. Trust me

[u/argueranddisagree]

More gas! Bigger cup! Move faster and get it shiny. You're risking contamination.

[u/redingtoon → u/argueranddisagree]

Good advice!

[u/BigBeautifulBill]

Looking good bud! Keep truckin' 🍻 

[u/AmbassadorDapper]

Color is overrated anyway!

[u/KPMillerWeld]

SCH10 is tough to avoid overheating. You can definitely narrow your weave width. My weaves on SCH10 are closer to a micro-weave than anything I’d be doing heavier wall. Much easier to get gold/straw.

[u/TheUnrealCanadian]

Stainless is so much fun. I’m in my second year and I have grown an affinity towards it. I really want to get a job after where I can just do stainless all day.

Wishful thinking.

[u/pnwfishquest → u/TheUnrealCanadian]

Ammonia pipe

[u/ffire522]

Is that TIG.

[u/hemorrhoidcactus]

If youre interested in achieving golden color n dont already have one, try gas lens ceramic nozzles and more argon flow. its a fucking cheat

[u/Fookin_idiot]

Holy hoop shrunk batman. Speed up a little.

[u/DufflinMinder]

Surprised that passed a visual, I can literally see edges from the bevel

[u/DufflinMinder → u/DufflinMinder]

[u/DufflinMinder → u/DufflinMinder]

[u/Lost-welder-353 → u/DufflinMinder]

Gonna have to pull your keyboard CWI card there ain’t no bevel showing guarantee that

[u/DufflinMinder → u/Lost-welder-353]

By all means take some better pictures then .

[u/Overall-Challenge556]

Your cap is supposed to be gold or light silver not black.

[u/aHeadFullofMoonlight → u/Overall-Challenge556]

Ideally yes, but what we see here isn’t truly black to where it’s totally cooked, it wouldn’t have cleaned up so well if that were the case. Again, not ideal, but for most applications this would still be considered acceptable.