Pipe Boot Camp!

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hey all,For the next 10 days I shall be doing a pipe welding course starting tomorrow (24th) in Pembrokeshire, UK.Just set this thread up to post many pictures of my progress and maybe some of the pipe welders here can give me some hints and tips.Hopefully I can get my ASME IX out of it, it might be a bit ambitious to go from a plate welder to a pipe welder in 10 days, but it is 6 hours a day, plus I'm putting 100% of myself into this!Any and all comments welcome
Reply:Do these classes typically require previous experience, or could a novice welder jump in for example?
Reply:im told that no previous experience is required, they have taught people with no experience before with a good pass rate. but obviously the more welding experience you have the better. it is also an ongoing course, so you can start when you want/when they got a spare bay
Reply:I did my pipe boot camp at my own shop. A buddy of mine came over for the weekend and taught me. I did pre work before and got to where I could do a rolling 6" pup first, with 6010 root, hot, and cap. It was a tiring weekend, but very successful. I was able to do 6010 root, hot, fill and cap in any position, as well as 7018 cap in any position. Good luck on your boot camp, sound like fun.
Reply:Originally Posted by walkerI did my pipe boot camp at my own shop. A buddy of mine came over for the weekend and taught me. I did pre work before and got to where I could do a rolling 6" pup first, with 6010 root, hot, and cap. It was a tiring weekend, but very successful. I was able to do 6010 root, hot, fill and cap in any position, as well as 7018 cap in any position. Good luck on your boot camp, sound like fun.
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Reply:Originally Posted by weldermikeBeat of luck man, give it 1000% and whatever you got left over!
Reply:Day 1well i would post pictures but my phone wont show up on my laptop for some reason!today was more of get to know the machine etc day. working with a nice Miller Maxstar 300, very nice arc on the machine.started on a 5G position, got the root nice now, just need to neaten up the fill and cap. Gonna spend some more time in 5G tomorrow and get started on vertical position, then onto the 6G!!!I will add pics on a later date is i can fix this computer issueThe machine:My home for 9 daysroot gaprootfill (1st,2nd and 3rd attempt)capnot the best, but it is my first go at pipe. will try and get inside root pics tomorrowLast edited by spray01; 06-24-2013 at 02:37 PM.
Reply:5g is the vertical position. 2g is the horizontal, 1g is rolling pipe, and 6g is 45 degrees..i wish you luck, give it hell.  learning to stick and tig pipe in 10 days isnt going to be easy to produce constant sound welds in all the positions. not saying it cant be done, but it will be hard..
Reply:yea it will be hard, but i am quite driven. tis all practice i guess. cant get any worse
Reply:Day 2got my root and fill looking nice, just wish the cap was as good!
Reply:for some reason the pics aint showing! any help welcome!
Reply:You using an image site to host the pics? How you trying to load them here?
Reply:well im keeping them on my dropbox account, and i use the insert image from a url option