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zaraharris•1d ago

Walked past the old shipyard in Sturgeon Bay and saw the rivet gangs' work, made me rethink my torch setup

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oscarmurray•3d ago

That old boilermaker who showed me how to read a drum head

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the_jana•4d ago

Worst week in 11 years, all because of one inspection in Gary

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troymorgan•5d ago

That $700 pressure test kit I bought never got used once

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nelson.michael•5d ago

Got burned by a $600 moisture meter, wish I skipped it

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matthewgonzalez•6d ago

PSA: my 4.5 inch grinder kicked back and wrecked a weld seam in Lincoln

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jesse_craig22•8d ago

Hit 25 years in the trade and finally stopped chasing the fancy certs

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alice_hall•9d ago

Old foreman's tip about preheating thick flanges saved my Friday

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hayes.oliver•13d ago

My chalk line routine got a lot better after a trip to Pueblo

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emmajackson•14d ago

Two days of hell in a 120 degree tank taught me more than 6 years on the job

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charliew99•17d ago

Overheard a PM say inspection deadlines are 'flexible' on our new tank job

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fisher.taylor•22d ago

Old timer in Gary showed me a better way to line up tube sheets

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stella_roberts•23d ago

Hit 500 boilers repaired in 9 years, is that a decent pace or just slow?

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xena_murphy•24d ago

The day my pressure washer quit halfway up a boiler at the refinery

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jesse_craig22•1mo ago

Boiler tube bundles in Omaha, new vs. reconditioned, worth it?

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