Top 3 Must-Know Pipe Fitting Offset Methods (Includes Rolling Offset)

[@sendit7777]

Pipefitter here. This video is gonna help alot of people do a better and quality job. Your right. So many JOB SCARED people out there hide this from others. It's a shame.

[@Useruserusername790]

Boot-lickers!!!

[@travelreview5962]

Hey bro for about 3 years I asked all the super fitters how to do rolling offsets because it was really the only math I didn't know that we use on a regular or semi regular basis. Finally I had to do one on my own and 30 minutes later when I figured it out....I realized the reason it never made any sense to me is because they had no damn idea what they were talking about! They were all just putting on a front! They had me convinced I was the dumbass! Lol. But in that moment I learned something that helped me become a true Journeyman. I don't need to be told how to do things, I need to have confidence in myself and my knowledge and tbh that has taken me a long way!

[@jenniferpasten8847]

You just taught in 12 min what took me 5 years of watching ppl pipe fit to learn. great video, thanks for sharing and making it better for us who want to learn !

[@Useruserusername790]

It's all Fraction math. I hate Fraction math, I can do all this same stuff but I need to do it by using decimals. It's angles,,,angles are degrees which is measured using decimals.

[@WolfeGR]

Absolutely blew my mind, I have read article after article, watched video after video not one of them had this level of clarity and information, thank you so much you definitely deserve more than 15k subs

[@FivePoint0]

That rolling offset, I use to have a different way of doing this. Now I know the mathematical way of getting this right every time. Excellent Vid Thanks.

[@grandmarshal7539]

18 years as a UA 597 Welder/fitter before changing careers...Brings back great memories!

[@alexpolicht9332]

What made you switch?

[@grandmarshal7539]

My love of flying. I recently retired from a 27 year career as a domestic and international corporate pilot for several fortune 500 companies. I still do welding on the side and still have those skills I learned as a UA member....Best of both worlds!

[@TheBlank1Ne]

I wish I could get on a job with you, you actually teach! All these other guys are scared like I'm going to steal their damn job if they show me something!

[@randymarsh1729]

auto liked after you took a shot at the sparkys

[@davidblain2714]

Amazingly common sense video on angular deciphering buddy, This applies to everything from pipe to car exhaust to car headers. People need to appreciate the clarity........

[@SaltyOpossum]

I’ve been doing pipe fitting for 18 years and this sir is hands down the best tutorial I’ve ever seen. Was looking for a video to show a helper and found this. I suck at teaching what I know but you did awesome man

[@colbybloom6524]

So many people are gonna get raises because of this video

[@damionsneed2815]

Bro knows his stuff.. glad to see it

[@davidmagana7097]

How funny my first day fitting at work and you post this. Thank you so much brotha!

[@joshuadennis8744]

Great video, 11 years experience and this is probably the slicker shit I’ve ever seen !!!!

[@AlejandroGarcia-yj7fg]

You sure know how to make yourself clear. Gracias man!!

[@sixinthe_morning]

I’m a UA pipefitter/welder. I gotta say some of the apprentices could really benefit from your style of teaching. Good stuff man. I dig your videos. Much love from UA Local 364

[@pull-do6498]

Went through my app. from 67' to 72', hard to believe your apprentices don't have this down unless they haven't been through it. The blue book he showed is a good book, that old man, W. V. Graves lived around the corner from me, I went over to his house and we set down and designed mister Graves next book, the Pipe Fabricator's book,,,, nothing but layout stuff of all schedules of pipe, if anybody is interested.

[@gregorymccart8127]

Man I appreciate this , very helpful . I would like to see more of actual pulling measurements in piping situations / pipe racks etc. like how would you pull your measurements for rolling offsets so on so fourth .

[@d_2817]

19 years old and I got into sanitary after I graduated and these videos help me so much. Much respect for passing this knowledge down because like you said a lot of guys just want to make it complicated to keep a position

[@RonqNroll]

Just started as a pipe apprentice 3 weeks ago. I went to school for welding and took a pipe class but we never really went over this type of info. Spent 3 years in sheetmetal work, and fresh as can be to stainless steel pipe. I never walked the cup on tig in my life, much less on pipe, but i couponed out in the span of 4 days, maybe practicing for 4 hours total on 2" sch 10. My current area is super busy, ive been asking for help to understand offsets and what you covered in the video from other experienced guys and all ive been getting is "youll learn it eventually, you just need to do it, figure it out". What isnt helping me are those answers when im simply asking "how do you do it, show me the math" and i cant get an explanation and im looking terrible to the general foreman. This video just helped me immensely. Thank you!

[@luisouida1606]

Bro.. the simplicity of that last tip with the framing square is so dank 😂. I can’t want to use that one.

[@johnhodges1286]

UA Apprentice here. I can’t wait to see what else you add to this series. This is badass man! Thanks

[@traebuckley7139]

I finally had to do the dreaded rolled offset today. This video saved my life

[@barnzYT]

Even as a British pipefitter this is a great video as our pipe and fittings are measured in imperial

[@adrianzamoramora]

Thank you. Very educational. Please keep on posting more info.

[@weekendwarrior-ej6wm]

i will be watching this on repeat this is gold

[@JC-un4bg]

Your content is extremely good . I’ve dyslexia. But find your examples and explanations easy to follow

[@robbob3718]

Very informative! I found all of the info in Audel’s Millwrights & Mechanics Guide, but it was helpful to see actual examples.

[@brianb5779]

Just saying appreciate this kind of info

[@liamhumm6785]

Absolutely fantastic knowledge! Great tools for the field, especially for planning out runs efficiently

[@balazsfoldes4700]

European pipe design engineer here, I basically use CAD to make plans and measurements of all these offset distances so our fitters don't have to bother with it. I only have one question: If you use a calculator, how do you convert the base 10 result fractions into base 2, 4, 8 or 16? That seems really bothersome to me, as a metric system enjoyer.

[@jonathanchavarria17]

Love to see these videos. Pipe fitter here 🖐🏼

[@freddycabrera8558]

Wow amazing! Now that you’ve said it into detail could we get a hands on video of you building the spool piece and fitting and welding it out to understand it better for others great work tho

[@johnlangley6449]

I’m always been fascinated by piping and pipe fitting but never understood any about it but your videos make it so easy that a caveman could do it 😅

[@tavobuenrostro7048]

Badass video 👍🏽🤘🏽

[@user-kp4kv2qy2q]

Weld distortion next! I work with sanitary and stainless schedule piping as well, i have picked up a few tricks to minimize and correct distortion but interested to see what you have found that works

[@liamjenkins82]

Awesome video mate. Very edumacational. Apart from the nonsense fractional measurements! Ha ha. As an Englishman now living in Australia I haven't seen imperial measurements for a while.

[@trevorjohnson7440]

This was a great video!!! Iets see how to cut down custom fittings!!! and do you think maybe you could make a video about using the calculators to make life easy in the feild. 😅 also thanks for the time you put into these videos youre a great treacher

[@adrianesquivel8499]

I subscribed brother you're badass

[@user-dw6om5kt9x]

Post some more fitting videos! Good stuff!

[@fraserlewis5767]

I’d like to see more on distortion

[@Blueregardd1]

Badass video man. At what point does multiplying by 1.5 not work regarding take off? Obviously as you thickness increases sched 40 to 80 you id changes so it would still work. But will it still work for small schedule pipe such as 10 or sanitary fittings?

[@jnastyrodriguez1412]

You’re awesome bro thanks so much!!!

[@Foxdie503]

How did you get into welding when you first started out? Did you go through an apprenticeship? Just curious about what your career looked like before working for yourself. Awesome content, man, thanks!

[@LuisSanchez-ds7qv]

Could you do a short on how to cut your fittings in order to get an even shorter center to center? Let’s say a 90degree elbow rolled to a 45. And a 45 degree elbow. Together create a certain elevation. Now how could I cut them both down to get an shorter elevation?

[@actionA06]

Order short radius fittings

[@travelreview5962]

So I am proficient at doing any rolling offset when using a 45° fitting. If you're trying to rise 20"s and offset 8"s I know you take 20²+8²=464. Then you find the square root of 464 which is 21.54". Now you multiply 21.54 x the standard 45° offset number which is 1.414 and your true offset is 30.46". Take off for your fittings and that's your pipe length. My question is... how do I do it when not using a 45° fitting? I'm going to work on Monday and have to use 90° fittings and I can't believe it but....I don't remember how to do it! All help is greatly appreciated but please I've been doing this long enough I don't need anything that isn't constructive lol. Thanks in advance! Nevermind i figured it out 30 seconds after i wrote this out lol.... you just skip the final stretto because it's just an offset with no roll 😅😅😅

[@diovanidalmoro6634]

One thing i never could get right was weld distortion, so i would like to see a vid about that

[@chuyaguirre341]

Need to post more drew

[@user-dw6om5kt9x]

Do you have a video of knowing where to pull measurements from like off a beam or whatever

[@user-xk1kq1fq4j]

Great video can you please include mm conversation on your video even just subtitles every time you mention numbers in inches some countries in the world doesn’t understand inches. 😢😢😢

[@gettechnicalwithmartin3648]

Amazing!

[@peterriester3860]

#1 cutting down custom fittings please and thanks sir

[@pull-do6498]

It's really easy to do,,, just need to learn "segments of a circle" , I had to do it the old fashioned way, this was in the 1960's to 1970's, we used a Smoley's book to do the segments of a circle,,, arc, radius, deg. and chord. I'm sure there's a calculator out there now that'll do it for you, but if you learn the old way I gaurantee you it'll stick with you longer because now you'll understand what is actually taking place. The next step is knowing how to put the figures on the ell to cut it down to whatever degree you're after and also give you the actual cen to end dimension that you just created.

[@PsykoseKidd]

great vid, and i loved the intro HAHA

[@nickpowell3330]

What about a rolling 90 at a 45 degree to a 45 how do u find the piece in between??

[@santosgracia3295]

Thanks

[@Dailytruth565]

What does it mean when you find your run and travel but you still need a pup after the 45 to get to your tie in....is it not a ture 45???? horizontal not vertical

[@Blueregardd1]

When does multiplying by 1.5 stop working. I guess my question is does is work for all schedule pipe? Or sanitary?

[@BlueCollarDrew]

I believe its all schedule pipe down to 1”. And yes this works for sanitary also(Short 90s)

[@atf7455]

Can u do bluprint video

[@MyGreggory]

Hi thanks for the vids but could you go a bit slower I'm a pipe fitter at sasol synfuels

[@adolfouresti7561]

quick question, why did you subtract 2 and 2, I thought the take off of a 3” 45 degree fitting was 4.5?

[@BrianOnofre]

4.5 is the offset for a 90. Remember for a 45 degree it’s 3(size pipe) x 5/8 and that equals 1 7/8 and any pipe under 3” you add 1/8 to the 45 which equals to 2”. Hope this helps

[@mickeycox757]

Wow! I'm slow😢 my head was spinning, I'm sure I'm making it more complicated than it is..... I'm going to watch over and over till I get it or die 😂😂😂😂😂

[@BlueCollarDrew]

Haha you’ve got this.. once you get the hang of it it’s cake

[@johndenverdomingo1549]

did my ears have some problem hearing hippopotamus than hypotenuse? at 9:15 time stamp

[@abdelkader5592]

hello my friend can you send me the blue book of pipefitter pdf

[@megankreider7579]

The hippopotamus 🦛😂

[@adolohenry3174]

Nice Teaching.. more practical needed, and be little bit slow

[@seanlynch122]

Man what is that slope for my 2 hole?!?!?