commercial pictures ?

[on31ll]

show us pictures of your installs or what you work on etc ??:santa_cheesy:

 

[chris watkins]

There is an unvented cylinder in there as well.... the place is at least 25°C... maybe more :lol:

So typical working conditions for a boiler engineer then !!Hot as ...:devil:

 

[Scott_D]

A bit more welding to finish these two Strebel SCB 150's off

 

[IDCHAPPY]

Not a huge Fan of Strebels TBH, can't be commissioned by just turning them on :lol:.
Needed on of their service team with a laptop to set up the 2 we fitted into master and slave.

 

[Scott_D]

Not a huge Fan of Strebels TBH, can't be commissioned by just turning them on :lol:.
Needed on of their service team with a laptop to set up the 2 we fitted into master and slave.

Yeah they always send someone to commission them.

 

[Ermintrude]

Yeah they always send someone to commission them.

Who knows less than u about the system but can literally adjust appliances !

 

[bennygas]

Tidy job Scott

 

[josh]

Thanks miss plumb for posting,
always like geeking out on good pictures!


Missplumb, what's going on in pic 5 with the red rectangular box?


Also, went to PHEX at Alexandra palace on Wednesday, was well worth going, seemed to be more commercial boilers on display than domestic, anyway the alpha rep was showing us their 'ARES Tec' boiler, must admit he gave a good sale and I was quite impressed to be honest.
Anyone had any experience with them yet and are they any good and the way things will go?

 

[Ermintrude]

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A bit more welding to finish these two Strebel SCB 150's off

Bit of a throttle down there. 6" to 2" in 9"? Nice weld tho, no slag and no splatter? You dad do it? Wish mine were always that tidy. Jesus some look line the lid of bait cabin microwave !

 

[Scott_D]

Bit of a throttle down there. 6" to 2" in 9"? Nice weld tho, no slag and no splatter? You dad do it? Wish mine were always that tidy. Jesus some look line the lid of bait cabin microwave !

Its 3" to 2" (2" connection on the gas meter)
Its my own handy work, when you get the amps just right the slag peels it self off and you can pat yourself on the back.

 

[josh]

Where I've been this week they had to put a steel across a high ceiling garage to take garage door and motor for it so the builder welded plates to either end of it to fix it to wall with a tiny little machine that looked like he'd got it from the car boot, was hitting the slag of with a lump of metal and looked like his welds were done by a 5 year old, you would have screwed if you'd seen it Scott.

The lump of steel is now hanging 9' of the floor with the garage door on it, I'm back there tomorrow so see if it's still holding up!

 

[Scott_D]

Get a pic :smiley2:

 

[Ermintrude]

More the rods than the current surely? I usually use 2.5 3.25mm rods 6010 and 6013? Minimal spatter just that looked nice.

 

[Scott_D]

Cheap rods will spatter more. I like murex.
2.5 for tacking, routes and small stuff
3.25 for capping and filling / bridging gaps
4.0 for flanges

Have you been welding long?

 

[Ermintrude]

Started when I was 14 , on Gas and mig, playing in workshop / foundry . Only recently started on arc as got some projects to develop. It's horrific !

 

[Scott_D]

I only ever got to test standard on arc. Just takes a lot of practice, patience and a steady hand while you are getting burnt.
Once you have the right amperage for the rod size and angle you are working at it becomes easier.
With a positional pipe weld you have to keep adjusting as you work your way around the circumference.

 

[Ermintrude]

Any tips for welding up bosses onto bigger sections? Bit like fabbing up a headder?

 

[Scott_D]

Are you welding on sockets, flanges, stubs of pipe with a thread?

 

[Ermintrude]

Stubs with thread. Also few 90s

 

[Scott_D]

Lots of prep work. The smaller the gap between the two bits of metal the easier it will be.
You can drill out / blow out a hole for the branch then profile the stub to sit nicely on the pipe
Drill out / blow out a slightly bigger hole so the stub will go inside the header
Get a weld on shoe - its a pre formed fitting you weld onto the header then weld the stub onto it. eg 2" on 6" shoe

You need to apply heat to the opposite side to the branch is welded or the pipe will go like a banana when it cools
You can heat it with oxy-acetlyene or add ribs the the inside or outside
(I will post another pic to explain better)

 

[missplumb]

Yeah get someone else to do it lol!!!

 

[Scott_D]

 

[Ermintrude]

Heat opposite of headder?

 

[Scott_D]

Opposite side of the pipe to the welded branch.
You can see the ribs in the pipe on that pic. Make sense?

 

[Ermintrude]

Ah I see . So run ribs in first?

 

[Scott_D]

Yeah if you do them inside the pipe.
Work through the hole you have cut.