I drained the 1000 gal LP tank to get it ready to move to my new shop. Thought this the ideal time to add a couple of new fittings: 2" fittings on the end, 6" down from the top and 6" up from the bottom. Neighbor is a welder by trade and I asked him if he did pressure tank welding. He didn't answer my question, just asked what I wanted and said he would take a look at the tank. Yesterday morning he came over to look at the tank, along with a welder, hole saw, other tools and he already had bought the fittings. In 1-1/2 hours cut two holes in the end of the tank and welded in the fittings -- beautiful, neat, clean, two weld passes.
So, I asked him if I needed to pressure test the welds. He looked at me and said "No." Then he told me that he does welding at two local nuclear power plants plus a big coal fired power plant. I asked whether that included the piping. He said yes, with steam pressures in excess of 3000 psi. I felt a little like a dummy on the pressure test question.
As he walked out the door, he asked if I planned on hanging around awhile, as there were some sparks from the welding and grinding; said on the job someone always stays for 1/2 hour after the work just to make sure that there is no fire. I gladly hung around, and just took repeated looks at the beauty of those welds.
I will be putting in a post later this summer on the new shop, the boiler and tank move, the new set-up, and of course, a picture of those welds.
Take time today to have a laugh or two.
So, I asked him if I needed to pressure test the welds. He looked at me and said "No." Then he told me that he does welding at two local nuclear power plants plus a big coal fired power plant. I asked whether that included the piping. He said yes, with steam pressures in excess of 3000 psi. I felt a little like a dummy on the pressure test question.
As he walked out the door, he asked if I planned on hanging around awhile, as there were some sparks from the welding and grinding; said on the job someone always stays for 1/2 hour after the work just to make sure that there is no fire. I gladly hung around, and just took repeated looks at the beauty of those welds.
I will be putting in a post later this summer on the new shop, the boiler and tank move, the new set-up, and of course, a picture of those welds.
Take time today to have a laugh or two.
