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Forgot to check my bevel angles before a big weld in Baton Rouge
Was working on a pressure vessel job last month outside Baton Rouge and laid out a full pass without checking my bevel angles first. The fit-up was off by nearly 3 degrees and I had to grind back almost 2 inches of weld to fix it. Lost half a day and the foreman chewed me out in front of the whole crew. Has anyone else had a fit-up go sideways because they skipped the pre-weld check?
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adams.faith29d ago
Yeah, "grind back almost 2 inches of weld" really hits home. I've been there, except mine was a structural beam for a mezzanine and I had to cut out a whole 3 foot section. That grinding dust gets everywhere, and you can't even hear the foreman yelling over the wheel. I've learned to triple check everything now, but man, that wasted time still stings.
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