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Rate this downhill 7010 root pass on 30 inch standard wall pipe, bottom side view!

Big pipe running cellulose downhill with 7010 for deep keyhole pe*******on. Showing the inside root so you can see the tie in: no suck back, even width, and reinforcement looks consistent all around.

Pipeline welders give me the real score 1 to 10 in the comments. Is the root too high or too flat, any cold spots or burn through? Does pe*******on look solid from this angle? Drop your honest feedback and what you would change. I can take it! 🔥🛢️ #7010

Rate this downhill 7010 root pass on 30-inch standard wall pipe—bottom side view!

Big pipe, running cellulose downhill with 7010 for that deep keyhole pe*******on. Showing the inside (root) so you can see how it’s tying in: no suck-back, even width, and the reinforcement looks consistent all the way around.

Pipeline welders, give me the real score 1-10 in the comments. Is the root too high, too flat, any cold spots or burn-through? Pe*******on look solid from this angle? Drop your honest feedback and what you’d change. I can take it! 🔥🛢️ #7010

Yeah, that’s the gut punch right there.

You spend hours stacking what you think are decent beads, step back feeling good, then hit it with the grinder or flap disc and realize half of it was cold lap, undercut, or just straight ugly under the shine. All that “progress” turns into a pile of sparks and dust, and you’re back to bare metal staring at you like “try again, rookie.”

But that’s exactly how it gets better. Every time you grind off the mistakes, you learn what not to do next time: heat too high, travel too slow, angle off, filler dip wrong. The metal doesn’t lie, and the grinder is the harshest but most honest teacher in the shop.

Hurts in the moment, but that’s the tuition for laying clean ones later. Keep grinding (literally and figuratively). The good welds are built on mountains of ground-off bad ones. We’ve all been there. You got this. 🔥💪

Getting back on the 8010 after almost two years away from production pipeline work.

These are some of my first downhill cellulose beads on the job: root pass hot and clean, cap stringer wide with good wash-in and toe tie. Running 3/16" 8010 on heavy wall, still shaking off the rust but the muscle memory is coming back quick.

Felt good to burn that deep penetrating rod again. Pipeline welders, hit me with your honest rate 1-10 in the comments. How’s the profile, pe*******on look solid, anything off? Real feedback only, I want to tighten it up fast. 🔥🛢️ #8010

Rate this downhill open-root cellulose (8010) on 24-inch heavy-wall pipe!

Two-bead technique: hot root pass followed by a single fat cap stringer at 145 amps on a Lincoln Vantage 300. Thick 0.500" wall, 3/16" 8010 rods, running pure downhill like pipeline should be.

Root looks tied in solid, cap is wide and washed in nice with good toe blend and minimal wagon tracks. No visible suck-back or high spots.

Welders, hit me with it 1-10 in the comments. Is the cap too flat, too crowned, pe*******on good, anything I missed? Real talk only, let’s hear your score and why! 🔥🛢️ #8010