I Think I need TOOLS

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Hello everyone so I recently got my Pipe Certification to AWS,ASME section IX, 6G Pipe GTAW & SMAW and also my AWS d1.1 3G and I recently started welding a year ago and I need tools. I just started working at a Chemical plant in Curtis Bay in Baltimore,MD tig welding stainless steel pipe and structural things but mostly pipe. I really have no tools I think I way behind and really need to catch up. I need some help and someone give me a list of things I would need appreciate it.
Reply:Don't you see what you and the others use every day?You should know what you need better than anyone.
Reply:I'm really the only welder other then the owner I just need a list to get started
Reply:It might be easier to tell us  what your employer will furnish and then go from there.
Reply:They furnish the basic but I want tools for my own because I will be putting a rig together soon
Reply:so, you wanna be a rig welder ??  Mobil weldin service ?  Anyway, clamps, grinders, pipe stands, some framing squares, portaband saw, chain vise tripod is one of my favorites , a few hammers, cords, and a halogen light. I like one of those 6' market umbrellas that fit in a pipe stand for those sunny days. Just about the same tools you would need in a shop.
Reply:Cool thanks
Reply:I'm using a Lincoln power 350 mig to pulse light gauge stainless can't dial in
Reply:These should be a good start. Attached ImagesDon’t pay any attention to meI’m just a hobbyist!CarlDynasty 300V350-Pro w/pulseSG Spool gun1937 IdealArc-300PowerArc 200ST3 SA-200sVantage 400
Reply:Thanks
Reply:Sorry rahtwo don't know to much about mig machines
Reply:And don't forget some curv-o-mark  stuff.
Reply:I've been buying tools since I was 12 yrs old, and like many on here, I don't think I'll ever own all the tools I need. How many boxes of paper have you got to print out the list?250 amp Miller DialArc AC/DC StickF-225 amp Forney AC Stick230 amp Sears AC StickLincoln 180C MIGVictor Medalist 350 O/ACut 50 PlasmaLes
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Reply:Most of the tools you need will be dictated by the precise kind of work you do. Got into heavy structural stuff? Maybe a mag drill is in order! Doing much stainless sanitary welding? Dual regulators and purge gear could come handy! Pipe? Then pipe clamps. And so on... As soon as you go into power tools you will need a few as well. Die grinder, angle grinder (several probably), hand drill (corded or cordless it is up to you), tube sander, etc.
Reply:Don't go down that road.Tool addiction is a real disease!!!!I am here to testify that no amount of tools is enough if you get hooked.Pretty soon you will have to build more shop space, then more, and more space for more and more tools.AAAAGH!!!!!!!! Sorry, my demons got loose there for a minute.Last edited by Tool Junkie; 10-22-2014 at 07:05 PM.
Reply:pretty sure ive worked in the same chemical plant in curtis bay a year or so ago.AHP alphatig 200xclarke 130en MIG (first welder i ever bought)NT Plasma 375craftsman 240/180 ac/dc ARCcustom 60x30x30 powder coating ovenhttps://www.facebook.com/pages/Rossi...18853401526643
Reply:Originally Posted by Tool JunkieDon't go down that road.Tool addiction is a real disease!!!!I am here to testify that no amount of tools is enough if you get hooked.Pretty soon you will have to build more shop space, then more, and more space for more and more tools.AAAAGH!!!!!!!! Sorry my demons got loose there for a minute.
Reply:Originally Posted by Willie BI'm not yet in the terminal stages of the disease. I have a second generation, I have two sons, in a sense I am immortal. You can't have too many tools. I'm up to six large buildings, thinking of more. Is that bad?
Reply:I only want good tools. Can you really help? More, more, more!!!!
Reply:Originally Posted by limegreentjpretty sure ive worked in the same chemical plant in curtis bay a year or so ago.
Reply:"I only want good tools. Can you really help? More, more, more!!!!"Yep. You have it bad, there is probably little hope for you.You will be condemned to a life of making and fixing stuff, just so you can justify that new tool to yourself, and your significant other(Here's a hint. You can get that tool fix easier, if you say you need it for some project of her's).
Reply:I suppose it's like other addictions. I hate it and would quit if I didn't enjoy it so much.
Reply:Originally Posted by CW410Grace ?
Reply:Nicely said CEP!Buy all the clamps that you find, & only buy good ones!Buy American, or don't whine when you end up on the bread line.Yep, and real vice grips... the ones that actually say "Vice Grip" on the side... preferably every size and style ever built.250 amp Miller DialArc AC/DC StickF-225 amp Forney AC Stick230 amp Sears AC StickLincoln 180C MIGVictor Medalist 350 O/ACut 50 PlasmaLes