Oxygen Line TIG Welding Root Procedure !

TIG welding on stainless steel pipe for oxygen enrichment line with maximum "2 mm" root procedure! The most demanding TIG welding root technique!
TIG (Tungsten Inert Gas) welding process offers numerous advantages: Compact, full penetration, and a clean process.
An important point of this procedure is that the weld seam is very high in quality, for two reasons: the purity of the weld as well as the surface finish.
This becomes critical when a specific welding project demands such results for applications in industries such as oxygen enrichment lines in refineries.
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[@jamesthompson4970]

You’re probably the only person that goes into such detail on what to do. Great video brother.

[@X3MTIG]

Thanks brother 👊

[@dman2380]

He’s like the only person that films real life it seems like

[@konradrogowski360]

Hi I'm a retired welder I did work for doosan Babcock pipe welding and it's a pleasure watching you as most of the so called welders I have seen on here should not be allowed I couldn't trust them at all you explain everything so well good luck yours konrad.

[@X3MTIG]

Thank you very much my friend 👍

[@unclegeth7899]

started my apprenticeship last year in nuclear pipe welding with the now Altrad Babcock have to say some of the testers that come in to re code are unbelievable

[@khalidabouhassan5836]

Such a nice nteresting and educational video brother🤗👍🏽!!! No one has these type of “ field welding videos” that are so helpful to us welders who work out in the field! Your knowledge and skills are impressive! 💪🏽☺️

[@X3MTIG]

Hey brother, I am very thankful for your kind words . You , and people like you, are my biggest motivation. God bless bro 🙏

[@mohammadabuhamed3513]

I agree 💯!!!

[@chrisalva8907]

All your videos are helpful. Started to tig weld 1 month ago and already passed my first combo test month thanks for the all the tips.

[@X3MTIG]

Happy to hear that brother 🍺👊

[@briansmith4724]

Thank You Sir. Excellent Explanation. 😊

[@JoseSalas-sx9nu]

Gracias por el vídeo y tomarte el tiempo para explicarlo detalladamente...desde Argentina un seguidor más...excelente Gracias

[@X3MTIG]

Thank you brother, greetings to 🇦🇷 🍻

[@bobwferguson]

Thank you everyone I watch helps me build up confidence

[@cab8188]

Beautiful welds ,like a machine !! always enjoy seeing a craftsman at work .

[@UApipefitter619]

I’ve been looking for good stainless root tutorial. Guess I found it!

[@X3MTIG]

I'm glad you did 👍

[@robinmartin4352]

Great job

[@travismanuel3739]

That’s a pretty cool trick. Gotta try that one. Actually gonna try it in about 30 minutes right after lunch.

[@calboifresh]

best videos out there!

[@blairshiver9672]

Great video! Very impressive! Enjoyed the video!

[@spancj1]

beautiful work. thanks for the great content.

[@X3MTIG]

Thanks bud 👍

[@miguelmariscal8577]

Hi are you in Alberta? You have a very steady hands while doing tig. Also I have been copying your technique in doing root pass. Thank you so much for doing this videos.

[@micmike]

That is a strict site project. Very interesting discussion. Thanks for sharing

[@X3MTIG]

You are welcome 👍

[@dejankuzunovic4967]

Svaka cast,jesi majstor,alal vera. A dobra ti fora to sa okretanjem pistolja😁

[@TulanePass]

Another BAD ASS video!!

[@X3MTIG]

Thanks brother 🍻

[@tomk2471]

Great video thanks for the tips

[@kemishtalamantes6068]

Thanks for the technique great work 👍🏻

[@X3MTIG]

Thanks buddy 👍

[@carlosgtz5145]

Very helpful 👌 thanks

[@bobwferguson]

Thanks for the tig explanation great work

[@boodyelmwafy8848]

God bless your hands and it's work And keep you and your family safe bro 💖

[@cogoperformancedevelopment1634]

Love your videos buddy, they’re helping me quite a bit. I hope to see you back in the field soon. Was this Kitimat?

[@X3MTIG]

Hey buddy, happy to hear that! See you soon in the field brother 👊

[@brianbeaubien7371]

So great brother! Beautiful work! Thank you!

[@X3MTIG]

Much appreciated!

[@brianbeaubien7371]

Thank you ❤

[@ninjaboy7616]

Love this one mate👍

[@mddenis1]

Thank you so much! Your every video gets better and better. Great and clear arc shots and narration. By the way, how stressful is to weld such a pipe where every mistake is a cut out? For example if there's a tiny cold wire you would just go over that place with increased amperage or this is not allowed? Are you constantly being watched by QS guys while welding?

[@X3MTIG]

Hey DM thanks for your comment brother. It is stressful, but that’s the part of our profession. If there is any cold wire in the root, you can just feather out that section and go over with higher or the same amperage, as long as you don’t open your root with grinder should be good. Yes it is closure weld procedure and QC has to be present until root and hot pass is done.

[@nathanielclause2588]

@@X3MTIGhow do you get rid of cold wire on stainless? From my understanding it doesn’t burn out like carbon, but that’s just what I’ve been told, I haven’t worked with enough stainless to know

[@aswishersweets]

@@X3MTIG what would be your best tip for welding schedule 10 ss

[@aswishersweets]

For the root

[@dronez9047]

Truly awesome mate

[@X3MTIG]

Thanks brother 👍

[@sergcyxa]

Nice and real field weld!

[@CGCWELDS]

Cool project and you explain things so well! I'd like to try and adapt your positioning technique as I'm the guy who is "breaking his back" on the bottom of the pipe 😂

[@X3MTIG]

Thanks bud 👍

[@travismanuel3739]

Dude that’s awesome. Gotta try that. Thinking outside the box. 👍🙏

[@philipmorris1260]

Excellent work, very skillful.

[@X3MTIG]

Thanks man! 😊

[@محمدالمالكي-ض9ر]

Very nice, how about Heat input? Should be measured!!

[@X3MTIG]

Inter pass temperature is checked with temp stick

[@stevensteffany170]

🔥🔥 Flawless as always. 🤙

[@da_crude_menacer9013]

Thank you sir

[@jaktucker777]

Man, talk about a high pressure job on that day!

[@tonisiqueira9543]

Sim mestre mais uma bela apresentação de soldagem show 🇧🇷🙏

[@josuepererarocha1768]

Além de ser um excelente soldador, é mestre em ensinar, good job, keep It up.

[@X3MTIG]

I appreciate that brother 👊🍻

[@Weldinginlove]

Great job , great skill . . That's amazing Brother 👍🤩

[@user-mq5df7on1q]

Здравствуйте. Вы хорошо варите трубы. Опыт у меня тоже очень большой, хотел бы работать в США как вы.

[@X3MTIG]

I am in Canada, not in the US, and I would also like to work there😂

[@user-mq5df7on1q]

@@X3MTIG спасибо что ответили

[@blaynecook7094]

Good work...do you have a instructional video on the last tie in on the root for stainless

[@mikewelder7014]

Amazing one🤩😎

[@X3MTIG]

Thanks 👍

[@absteelmaster3939]

Awesome welding

[@absteelmaster3939]

Thank you sir

[@iMeemsPSN]

Awesome video as always. Is this job site in Canada? Also are you UA? If so, what local are you out of?

[@X3MTIG]

Yes and yes

[@mircofasolo9439]

Fantastic. For me was awesome to see you in action. I’m not a welder and this is helping a lot to understand. I had e question. At the beginning you highlighted the maximum root on the inside. Is this value defined? Any suggestion on the surface finishing for oxygen? Any suggestion in this direction is welcome. Thank you

[@X3MTIG]

It’s special welding procedure specifically designed for oxygen line as max root protrusion is 1/8 for this pipe diameter…

[@ravikoralagamage307]

Good job sir ❤

[@X3MTIG]

Thanks bud 👍

[@ravikoralagamage307]

how to power pipes 4 "6" 8 "2"

[@willie329esparza2]

Wowzers #Kold_with_it #Pressure #Saludos_des_de_HoustonTX

[@TulanePass]

CAn you do a more in depth video on your technique?

[@X3MTIG]

When I get chance I might try 👍

[@morganweller1491]

Beginner here in pipe stainless Tig more tube gas and water line than anything else why would you low the gas perge at 9 to 12 like what would it change ???

[@rehmanashrafctn1596]

V nice video

[@dillonlundie5883]

You inspire me bro 💯🤙

[@X3MTIG]

Thank you man! It means a lot to me! 😎

[@geroygene7440]

❤

[@zodiac8824]

can you make a stainless sch 10 3/16 gap video

[@6pekXX]

Very interesting video! Slick job sir! I was always wandering what's going on in these tents, but now i know. I'm also working in the industry, but not as a welder, though i kind of a want to. It's more like a hobby and passion to me. I want to ask you 2 questions: 1st is, as you are in a kind of a confined space and working with inert gasses, do you use external breathing air line for your helmet or any kind of a life support system? 2nd is, Are you working in the Netherlands? Thanks again for the great video, very educational! God bless you!

[@X3MTIG]

Hey bud thanks for your comment. Yes, any work in closed area,, and working with inert gases is considered as confined space. There is special procedure set in place for that, constant air monitoring performed by man watch, and I don’t use any air supply apparatus. The Only inert gas that is present in that tent is one coming out of my tig torch, so nothing to be worried about. To answer your last question, no, I’ve never worked in Netherland.

[@6pekXX]

@@X3MTIG Thanks for your answer! I thought inert gas is coming from the back purge as well and it was a big pipe.

[@X3MTIG]

@@6pekXX correct, the spool is filled with inert gas, but on one end is where you purge, and on the other end is your vent holes, and you weld in the middle, so not much in the tent where you perform your work or just minimum .

[@unionmoney5601]

🔥

[@aaronfavoroth694]

Man I wish I can weld With u for bout a week. U are gd. I’m Welder. I’m Breaking out in pipe this year. Lil more practice and it’s game on

[@X3MTIG]

Thanks buddy. That’s a process to be a good welder, you gotta burn to learn, there is no other way around. Thanks for your support, and I hope my videos will help you on your way to be a great welder one day. Good luck 👍

[@aaronfavoroth694]

Thanks bro. Can I asks wea u from.

[@X3MTIG]

@@aaronfavoroth694 I'm from Croatia!

[@joons3374]

I welded this... gad a lot of lack of fusion between passes and restarts

[@X3MTIG]

You were probably running too cold I guess!

[@joons3374]

@@X3MTIG shit I finally figured it out, the cold laps were the restarts.... never terminate your puddle quickly and remove the rod before you do, always move a bit behind of the solidified puddle when you restart, give that puddle some time before you move, always move ahead of the fusion when you fuse the welds... It explains basically why my roots came out perfect- with the root connecting them and restarting them is very visually obvious thing- metal is melting, time to add the rod.

[@Altruistic-Viking]

Regarding the color on the purged side, how much color is allowed?? Welding food grade pipes not even a slight yellow is allowed, I’d imagine any oxygen pipe to have higher demands…

[@X3MTIG]

Hey bud thanks for your comment. There is no specific instructions on the root colour, I like it nice, clean and shiny. Any discolouration that might occur is from the heat input on your filler passes and cap. The main thing with oxygen line no any debris or grease inside the pipe, thats the biggest issue and max allowance for root protrusion, which was in my case 2 millimeters. Root colour makes more sense for food grade piping like you said , as it’s a food processing.

[@marcosnz19ify]

Would you recommend using 1/8” rod on a 5/32” gap?

[@X3MTIG]

On that gap I would.

[@niteshkumer1079]

ss botam video bnaoo sir

[@gunmentals.]

I’ve been welding for 2 years now and I have 0 clue how you are able to roll your wrist so many times without stopping your motion it genuinely doesn’t make sense to me

[@gunmentals.]

But it is definitely something to learn also beautiful cap

[@rehmanashrafctn1596]

And what amps you use for this joint?

[@cab8188]

What is the yellow meter I see in your front pocket???

[@X3MTIG]

Hey bud that’s gas detector and monitor for personal safety.

[@cab8188]

@@X3MTIG Thank you

[@mohammadabuhamed3513]

Omg!! It seems like mission impossible to me, I can hardly even tig weld, and making 2mm root seems like a science fiction to me🤷🏽‍♂️. So, no grinding at all??? And all these tests?? 🤦🏽‍♂️

[@X3MTIG]

That’s rite 😉

[@chrisv.6951]

How much they paying on that job?

[@X3MTIG]

That one was well paid, over $100 p/h.

[@chrisv.6951]

@@X3MTIG over 100 us dollar / hr?

[@X3MTIG]

@@chrisv.6951 CAD $

[@joz2681]

bruhhhhhh... your sick!!!

[@frothinbros]

Learned something new today!

[@theweldinghub711]

where from you bro

[@X3MTIG]

Croatia.

[@kadariusvaughn4818]

How do you get set up with these jobs

[@X3MTIG]

They call me most of the time!

[@kolton8834]

ᎮᏒᎧᎷᎧᏕᎷ 🙄

[@brianbeaubien7371]

❤