Key To a Better PIPE CAP WELD - Pipe Welding Techniques

[@dsmreloader7552]

Just like golf clubs and almost anything else, you can spend thousands but it is the guy holding the club that makes the difference.

[@stevenp2718]

I liked your content in this video and have told many of my apprentices that, “It’s not a race!” It took years for me to slow down and enjoy it. I retired after welding for a utility company for 28 years, it was the best job in the company.

[@itsallfabrication]

Thanks for the videos Austin. I've been welding everything, with everything for the best part of 40 years, but I'm still inspired by a new way of think or an approach to a technique I would normally take for granted. I've used a few of your techniques, and it's put a smile on my face and fire in my belly. So, you really can teach an old dog new tricks. Thanks for all your efforts, much appreciated.

[@FG-qh7qx]

I'm pushing 20 years welding and I've seen alot. I've seen so many miller's break down on the job or just stop welding for no apparent reason. To each there own and welders can agree to disagree. But I think Lincolns are a true work horse in the industry.

[@joonashannila8751]

Good ol' finnish Kemppi is the brand to go for over here.

[@jamespuckett829]

"How do you get to Carnegie Hall?.... practice!" Excellent video sir. I do mostly MiG welding in a pipe fabrication shop. I've had people ask me , how do you do that? I say 33 years of practice. Keep up the great videos sir.

[@glennunderwood4690]

Nothing can replace hands on practice...it may take a little time to get it, but once you do, the satisfaction of your efforts will last a lifetime. All the best to everyone on this channel...

[@Mechanicalcircus]

You know that starch is fresh when the dry cleaning tag is still on 😂 love your content bud

[@robertgalaviz1159]

A lot of Truth to what you have said, I started with an SA200, through help of our "seasoned brothers" I learned how to, you said it, manipulate, both machine and puddle, tough Continental motors, love the sound, leaking oil, spun bearing knocking never quit on me, bought Miller 300 for generator/ camping, hated it, until I learned how to let the machine do the work for me, loved the simplicity and at the pump$, quieter lighter and AC power, my oldest son still using it, I have 3 other Miller's including Big 40 with Continental, Yes, shoulder to holder, no matter what is at other end of cables, you have to learn to manipulate both machine and puddle, 30 yrs experience, I agree 100% well said, I tip my cap I never have forgotten to those who helped me along the way, I teach welding now at a Colligate school

[@ELITEWELDER1]

LINCOLN WILL ALWAYS BE THE MILLER KILLER! 👨🏼‍🏭 just my opinion. I have a blue and white on my work truck it runs. GOD BLESS ALL YOU WELDERS TRYING TO MAKE ENDS MEET. We all should be taking notes from this young man and start a YT channel. Good luck men! Be safe and smart!

[@aaronwilson3952]

Great advice on the cover pass. To hot and fast tend to create undercut, not letting it fill at the toes, something I worked for a while. Still slowing down running cooler amps. Easier to control as a fairly newbie.

[@normweishaar8626]

Thanks for being honest and straight up with us you're not only a good welder you're a good person

[@oldlincolnpipewelder]

I believe the word you were looking for when describing the Miller’s was that they’re inverter style engine drives. Inverters can allow you to set the arc characteristics to whatever you want, however I don’t care for leaving my livelihood outside while it has electronic components that are more prone to failure rather than having a traditional rheostat or Rheostat/ Potentiometer on the SAE.

[@sailr4life20]

My miller big blue 400 has been in blizzards, massive monsoon storms, and over 110 degree heat, never once had anything problem getting weather into the machine.

[@carloscampuzano9425]

Excelente amigo muy humilde de tu parte transmitir esos conocimientos tan valiosos. Hace poco me gradué de un curso de soldadura mixto ( GTAW y SMAW ) en tubería y estoy abierto a seguir luchando, que consejo me podrías dar ahora que estoy empezando?. Saludos desde valledupar - Colombia. Bendiciones.

[@thomasmcnicholas8656]

I run a Miller 350 pipe pro…… love the machine. one big difference I’ve noticed from a Lincoln is metal deposition, with a Lincoln you can “pile” so to say more metal than a Miller and that’s the straight DC characteristics compared to the inverter machines… but the Miller is a smoother machine and those electronics are what make it….. but like you said it still comes back to the guy holding the stinger at the end of the day👍

[@broberts146]

The hot start on those pipe pros is great on smaller pipe like 2". I do know what your talking about when it comes to the metal deposition, definitely likes to run a flatter cap

[@survivalguyfyi5718]

I’ve always heard an old school, grey, true DC machine pipe welds the best. I would love to try one to experience that. I run a Miller Trailblazer. I’ve been told I would get laughed off an oil field with that. But, I don’t do pipeline work. I do mobile fabrication and repair welding. Everything from fences, to equipment repair, to onsite fabrication. I’ve built heavy duty steel ramps, repaired mower decks, trailers and BBQ grills. Welded on dozers. So the thing my Trailblazer has that most of these DC machines don’t is generator power. I need generator power as much as I need welding power because I run a plasma cutter off my welder as well. These SA200s and stuff usually have a single 110 outlet. I have lots of stuff plugged in mine at once. Usually a chop saw, a few different angle grinders and a plasma cutter. I also ran a plug-in air compressor for years but just upgraded to an engine powered air compressor. Nice thing is I have an inverter 110 double plug so my engine runs at idle when I use those. So every time I need to grind or wire wheel something, I’m not raising my engine rpm up at all. That’s quieter and saves me money on gas. And with all the stuff I have in my truck, that smaller, lighter footprint really helps. So every once in a while I’ll bump into a pipe-liner at a gas station and they’ll make a comment about my inferior machine. I’ll have to educate them that it all depends on what kind of welding work you do. If all you do is one weld, over and over, all day long, sure, get big grey machine. But if you need versatility and you need to run a lot of tools off of your welder, there’s better options. All that said, I ruled out the Bobcat which I see more on big mechanic trucks. I hear they are primarily a generator that can weld. I like that they can run AC current but if your welding while someone is running a power tool off you machine, like most welders, it will effect your arc. With the trailblazer, there’s actually two separate generators. One for the welder and one for the power gen and your arc won’t be effected. So another thing to think about if you sometimes have a helper that doesn’t weld but helps out running grinders and stuff. Though I have had someone weld off the machine the same time I am. I just keep a cheap plug in 230 volt stick welder on my truck that I just plug in to my Trailblazer when needed. Still doesn’t effect my arc or the arc on the plug-in.

[@j.p.harvey9883]

Your doing a good job Austin teach them youngsters and green hands

[@dmc4936]

Thank you for sharing your knowledge. I am an absolute novice and have been picking up some great tips from you.

[@olddawgdreaming5715]

Thanks for sharing with us Austin, great looking weld low n slow worked. Stay safe, Fred.

[@glenngosline3303]

Old welders use to say you have to train that 200 to weld how you want it to weld. I have a Miller Pipepro 400 now. I was skeptical when I bought it. I like it but still learning with it. Had a 200D before that 8000 hours on it and several 200s over the years.

[@cwg1998]

I was the other way around my first machine was a Miller 300 pro i got to where i could slick a cap out with the best of them but being young all the guys i welded with gave me so much crap for having the Miller so like an idiot i traded it for a 300d the day before i had a test didn’t even try a practice pipe and let’s just say that test looked like i had no idea what i was doing about all i could do with that 300 the first couple weeks was put a bead in capping was way different then the Miller

[@williamcolunga7765]

Where do you set your machine for bead? just bought a Lincoln sae 300 and I'm trying to figure it out just curious where you set your machine mainly for bead and do you move your course current or do you leave it alone? Thanks in advance brother!

[@Theragecheaterlolz]

Arc control My Lincoln 305g has arc control soft and crisp on it. Depends what your welding with and how your welding. It’s neat to learn to use. You can do a LOT with arc control

[@otisspunkmeyer2010]

what are your settings on the sa 200

[@javierpedraza3378]

What size rod you capping with ?

[@johnmoriarty6158]

I have never welded with a DC generator machine. Only rectified millers. How different is the puddle on pipeline rods with the DC generator machine?

[@petermccuskey1832]

Own an older Hobart 500 amp diesel , also own gas driven Miller, and a gas driven Hobart, all 20 plus years old and each one is different in puddle configuration. The 500 is the baby that never flutters in the puddle. After almost 50 years of welding is the only way I can describe it.

[@kirstenspencer3630]

Take good care of those jems.

[@jamescosta1174]

Great job Austin!

[@carlosc1559]

I just got a used miller big 40 and im learning to weld. That thing makes me look like i been doin it for years

[@adamabarquez8257]

Around 3 o clock my arc will cut out, if I long arc it i can keep it alive. But it throws off my ripples. Any suggestions?

[@kirstenspencer3630]

Lincoln; make sure the brushes are on perfect condition and the springs are good also. Check the armature is clean and has no burn marks. All your weld current goes through the brushes. Carbon arc use is rough on the brushes.

[@nelsonglass3497]

Great knowledge… shoulder to holder…. Practice makes better

[@johndoe43]

I have a Miller big 40 and a 1945 general electric. I have used the sa200. The 200 welded great up to its duty cycle but then would get hot and the arc would loose its punch and waver a lot. Shut it off let it cool and it would be fine for a.while. I don't see how pipelines put up with that. With the big 40 you can go all day 100 percent below 300 amps.

[@DannyB-cs9vx]

in every trade it is not the tool. It is the skill. That being said, the skilled will usually invest in the best tool, but they got their skills by starting with the most basic tool.

[@arosswelding]

Pure wisdom 👌😎 I couldn’t agree more

[@bartbley1269]

When I started out it was 6010 bead a 7010hyp there after . With Hyp I learned the art of capping with as little manipulation as possible . Going down the side one would long arc it a little more than normal and tip the rod back and use arc blow to keep the puddle up . The longer arc would widen the puddle out and seemed more controllable . As one went down the pipe just catching the bevel over a flush fill one would watch the slag above and on the sides where the metal was being deposited . . On the sides would form distinct balls of darker slag on each side . This meant the cap was all most going on like low hydrogen down hand ,very smooth ripples . Today that does not happen with the 8010 g like that. The weld metal seems to solidify quicker and having those balls of slag like that means the weld metal has not quite flowed to the edge, hence you have to manipulate the rod more to get a better cap . The tops and bottoms are put on with a kind whipping motion and of coarse with a longer arc on the bottom . With the whipping motion one just catches the bevels as well . practiced it will look like a stack of dimes and uniform . The more you go past the bevel the greater the chance of getting pin holes . My welding Machine was a Lincoln 200 . I have used other machines but getting service for them was a problem . Even the Lincoln servicing could be a problem because you could count on one hand the people that were good at it in western Canada . Today up here if I was to start out in the business I would get a lincoln 305g . Reason cheap, light and they would weld similar things as a 200 would . Anyways good vid Austin

[@arosswelding]

Bart, thank you for showing up and sharing every week. You make me miss pipeline welding more and more. I connect so much with the descriptions you give about Welding. And it reminds me of things I’ve heard old timers talk about. About how welding rods have changed over the years. I absolutely love hearing your stories. Thanks again for sharing.

[@cattleprods911]

Thanks for sharing

[@bartbley1269]

@@arosswelding Thanks again Austin I miss the trade big time . I would have been still in it if the health would have let me .My one uncle was at it till he was 76 years old . There is nothing more satisfying than doing a project well from start to finish . I also enjoyed doing the 70 page booklet tie in tricks and stolen Ideas in the 8+ years of retirement

[@Royalewitchee]

@@arosswelding i miss those pipeline vlogs so much

[@jsmith8459]

@@bartbley1269 do you know the exact name of that booklet I couldn't find it through Google, I've been welding 4 yrs in distribution 3/4 to 4 inch and could use some tricks on tie ins and getting the angles right thanks

[@appley_worldof_channel9399]

I’m a welder 👨🏻‍🏭 from Dallas and that’s the truth. Like I tell the guys a work. It the person not the welding Machine.

[@StreamSideAdventure]

Do you do little circle like steps on the sides? I’m trying to get slicker at capping so I can finally breakout on some smaller inch mainline but want to figure out how to lay down a sexier down hand cap, I use a 300D any tips are appreciated, thanks Austin your videos rock btw been watching you since I first got into welding 6-7 years ago

[@StreamSideAdventure]

BOOYAH ! I got the hang it ! 😉👍🏼

[@j.p.harvey9883]

J p Harvey I been on the pipeline and fabing and oil field tie ins we and myself have used Lincoln and Miller's but myself I prefer a Lincoln with a small stinger to work it the, puddle and your hand and arm doesnt get as tired try to fit with your gap up instead of downward it comes down to practicing as you said make that cap pretty like stacked dimes

[@frankcalvillo6087]

Can you do a video on the a from your huave to lift your machine

[@wadeuww9wmsksznzkknuttall422]

What temp do you run 8010 three sixteenth on a cap hear all different temps

[@mrillis9259]

Practice on an older machine, get set for tests on a slick Miller if you have it , yet practice on the lesser machine then get set for your test coupon on your most advanced machine.

[@chrisholifield8571]

I used a Lincoln cross-country recently. I hated it for stick welding, tig welding was fine. I'll stick with the 300D classic if I have a choice

[@Texaspipeliner210]

I love my 200D but recently iv been looking at a Miller that ac/dc really is a nice feature

[@wafflexcopter93]

love my miller 400 no problems since i bought it new 2018

[@a-yates]

I use a miller 350 lp that machine is amazing super slick welds

[@michaeltelschow8528]

Great video I have some pipeline questions to ask

[@carloscampuzano9425]

Podrías subir un video tutoríal aplicando 7018 en tubería, muchas gracias .😊

[@timmywarren2349]

Very good video 👍 👍

[@brianlukus9494]

Hey Austin, can you talk about flash back arresters on your oxy acetylene set up if you use them. Torch side, regulator, or both?

[@KawiManSam]

from what i’ve seen it’s always usually regulator side

[@mikec.9177]

I think most of the torches made since around the year 2000 have flash back arresters built in the torch handles some gas company’s require arrestor on both ends of hose

[@randy1812]

What lens are you rocking in your pancake?

[@arosswelding]

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[@randy1812]

@@arosswelding is it common for pipeliners to use fixed lens’ in there pancakes

[@donaldspencer7016]

I have a miller 200 D it's great. Thays gone be some people go in debt after this.. 🤣 😂 😒

[@arosswelding]

🤣 I hope not lol but you may be right lol

[@briangallagher6236]

Ben driven a Lincoln for 47 years tried a few millers they just don’t compare turn the heat and see what happens 4th gear and running with the devil by by rainbows and unicorns

[@michaelshortridge6379]

Use a 61 Lincoln Red Face with Blue highlights. Very good machine. Diesel engine.

[@steventwiddy3402]

I’m a firm believer in not using things to cover up your short comings as a welder or whatever your doing but work harder at learning the basics and perfecting them and then maybe buy something that will make your job easier on a daily basis

[@ThatCasualZach]

I was gonna make fun of your accent ....then I saw the 405 phone number and realized I have the same area code and accent 😂

[@russelljackson7034]

Right on

[@xHaWHYaNx]

Same with tattooing it’s not the machine it’s the artist, that said better quality tools can help but in the end it’s the artist.

[@arielgonzalez5297]

Lincoln for ever sa200 the best..

[@rclawfit32]

GOLDEN arm boss what it is bottom line,

[@steann1]

There are some cheap machines that can’t hold a smooth arc and it splays out everywhere..I have no idea why.. wavelengths.. frequencies..and smooth current and voltage I suppose .. sounds good anyway..🧐 .. oh sine waves… no idea either, but I remember watching oscilloscopes at school last century..ha.. Welders are Hot..🤩

[@weldingbilgin]

Kolay gelsin 🇹🇷🤝

[@ssampson572]

8 minutes isn't enough.. you just teased me

[@estevanhinojosa9732]

Its not the welder its the WELDER

[@jefflish317]

Miller 😂

[@timfountas7986]

Is it me lol but every time I weld with a blue welder you it seems like you're not running hot enough lol

[@PacoGP17]

Weld a 12” branch

[@cattleprods911]

Brush it, let us see it :)

[@oldlincolnpipewelder]

I took a screenshot of the screenshot of it from the cover photo before the video played;)

[@cattleprods911]

@@oldlincolnpipewelder ha ha ha

[@辛诚-w1j]

我的专业

[@ryancrowley7707]

I build metal buildings miller is way better than Lincoln i never liked welding with a Lincoln i don't know what makes them different but I definitely make better welds with a miller im sad to see you give up on building shops your in Oklahoma get a 30×40 or a small job like that ill school you up on banging um out. i think you would be good at weld ups i wanna send you some peices of perlin and plates i wanna see your thin metal to thick metal welds i know im good at wat i do by my welds compared to all the guys I've worked with 😂 bro you can't stop for nothing i blow holes wen it's windy sometimes but not often 😂😂

[@marksweldingmech.srvcs.9881]

Yup hood time and I always say this, Learn to weld Shit Garbage. Hen you can master rusty holed junk bullshit and master that then all that nice new steel will be a breazzzzzzzzzzzz.

[@harbertmoore2663]

How is your wife doing? We don't see her anymore! 🤷🏿‍♂️

[@arosswelding]

She is good! Thank you for asking!

[@welderethes]

Joss

[@kirillbondarenko7029]

Hello. I work in the fields - I weld pipes using the downhill method (with 6010 electrodes). My partner welds faster than me. This makes me very nervous. His facing seam is narrow, dense and quite high in 3 passes of the weld. To make a beautiful seam, I make 4 or 5 passes. Tell me what am I doing wrong? Miller Big Blue 500x. pipes 20 inches, wall thickness 3/16 inches. Thanks.