WHY PIPELINE WELDERS WEAR PANCAKE WELDING HOODS (EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW)

[Music] well I do pipe liners where these pancake could instead of these or flip hood or any other foot PUD why do we wear these pancakes well I'm gonna answer that question for y'all today but before we get started at the end of this video I'm going to share with you my list of essential tools to get started as a rig welder tools are cool but aren't all necessary right whenever you get started so stay tuned for that also don't forget to subscribe and ring the bell to get notified when I post a new video ringing the bell is the only way you for sure get notified when I post a new video I post new videos every Friday so make sure and check back then if you don't turn on your notifications all right so I've been a pipeline welder for longer than I've been any other type of welder I've used all kinds of different hoods for different applications if you will but let's get you some answers to why I use a pancake hood for pipeline so the biggest reason Pike liners use pancake hoods is because of the way this box cups your face put it on and show you all y'all don't be making fun of my bald spots here looks like a golden or no but look see it's like a it's like goggles it's like a snorkel goggles it cups around your eyes see it fits right up whenever you first get a pancake you have the opportunity to fit this to your face if you haven't seen my video of how to sand a pancake we'll link it in the description or put it in one of these corners I show you tips and tricks on how to how to fit your pancake to your face but this pancake is designed to fit right up against your face therefore you don't get the backlight the backlight is the biggest reason why we use pancakes as pipeline welders we work outside you know you get some jobs where you're doing fabrication inside and whatnot even inside if the lights are bright in the shop coming in behind your hood like you know trigger scoop it comes in right here and it hits your lens and all you see is a reflection of yourself sometimes so it's kind of a pain with pancake it does whatever thought that you can you don't get no back line back here so that is probably the number one reason that we use the pancake could but another reason I like it is because of the protection of your eyes because it's all the way up against your eyes just like snorkel goggles it keeps out sparks like while while your helpers grinding or whatever or even if you've got a grind it's better protection over your eyes now you can wear Tom waters under your pancake Tom water glasses those of you that need glasses you might be interested in some Tom water glasses I wear them from time to time you can get on Tom waters website and get you a set of Tom waters to fit underneath a pancake if you need prescriptions but it's specifically made for pipe welding that's why there's only one one side to a pancake because you're always doing this number right now if you're working in like a plant or a station or something you might find yourself needing to well left-handed or right-handed a lot of times I'll just turn my welding cap the opposite way and put it over my ear and still use my pancake if I need to weld left-handed but that's one of the disadvantages of using a pancake that's why I always carry my sugar scoop in my truck for one I like trigger scoop for structural stuff just because it's it seems to be like faster whatever I guess you know I don't really know but but what I like about it is you can well left-handed or right-handed and it's going to protect you Latta a lot of pipeline are still use these right here these sugar scoops you know just it's all personal preference but another reason is because laying pipe like on the front end when you're laying pipe all day or when you're welding all day on a good busy pipe line job you're gonna be welding all day long and your hoods gonna be on your head all day and this hood here weighs about ten and a half ounces or so it's a lot lighter right as to wear this hood here is 16 ounces or something like that it's just a little heavier right so when you're welding all day long this is a lot nicer to have on your head goes lot lighter weight now not all pancakes are lightweight but they're they're starting to come out with light weight pancakes CMR is one that just come already didn't just come out with it but I just posted a video about it and the light weight pancake if y'all are interested it's about I think it's and announce is also but anyway lightweight is another reason another reason I personally like to use a pancake hood is for during the wintertime you can wear your hood your hood with your hood if you will see it goes up in between this flat and you can take your pancake up and down but your hood stays on all the time as to where the sugar scoop y'all better not be talking about my bald spot sugar scoop right no good way to ain't no good way to keep the hood on I mean I've seen some guys put them up underneath like this so I mean that works you can do that but that's another big reason I like using a pancake hood there's not much else to it that I that I know of you know but I do know one thing after using a flip hood for several several years before I ever switched to a pancake after I used the pancake it was hard to go back to the sugar scoop now I've done it long enough where I like using both depending on what I'm working on you know if I'm working in my shop you know I might use this it it kind of not really I'll use I'll use a pancake in shop too but it don't really matter but structural and pipeline it's kind of the way I look at it but anyway anyway anyway anyway that's the main reason we use pancake hoods very commonly asked question and I'm glad you guys asked and I'm glad that we could answer your question let me know in the comments what type of welding hood is your favorite - well with all right I think that's gonna be it that list of essential tools is in the top link of the description if you need them all you have to do is leave me your name and email and I'll email it over to you along with loads of other helpful things in the coming weeks like this video if you liked it subscribe and ring the bell to get notified when I post a new video every Friday my advice or tip for this week is be educated do your research don't just do something or wear something just because someone else is have meaning for the things that you do make intentional decisions it's a good way to live thank you all for watching remember learn something every day and we will see you next Friday

Channel: Austin Ross

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Length: 6min 22sec (382 seconds)

Published: Fri Aug 09 2019