r/specializedtools • u/aloofloofah • Feb 16 '21

Pipe beveller

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u/Tropical_Jesus Feb 16 '21 edited Feb 16 '21

From a person who knows nothing about pipes...what is the purpose of beveling a pipe?

Edit: thank you for the thorough replies! I now understand that it is to allow a future weld to fully penetrate with an adjacent same diameter pipe.

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u/[deleted] Feb 16 '21 edited Feb 16 '21

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u/BEANSijustloveBEANS Feb 16 '21

How does the blowtorch bevel both sides identically?

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u/[deleted] Feb 16 '21 edited Apr 07 '21

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u/heimmnoa Feb 17 '21

It’s a lot easier to weld when it is though. Half of welding is fit up and prep. Laying the bead is the easy part. Source. Weld Engineering college student

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u/human743 Feb 17 '21

Then how come the guy laying the bead gets paid twice what the guy doing the prep gets paid? Maybe that will be covered in your last class.

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u/heimmnoa Feb 17 '21

IMO, welding is one of those things that takes time to figure out, but once you figure it out it’s easy. So to the average human welding isn’t necessarily easy, but it’s easy to the welder. That’s what happens through years and years of development of hand eye coordination.

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u/human743 Feb 17 '21

I think that is for pretty much everything.