T
6

My foreman said to always preheat the 4130 before welding the header flange.

He told me last month on the job in Spokane. I skipped it once to save time. Cracked right along the heat line after a single pressure cycle. Cost us a full day to cut out and redo. Anyone else had a weld fail from rushing the preheat?
2 comments

Log in to join the discussion

Log In
2 Comments
hart.mark
hart.mark6d ago
Thought it was overkill until I saw that crack.
2
kim191
kim1916d ago
My old house had the same problem, a tiny crack that cost thousands to fix.
6