Apprentice question
Field check
Standard work. Do it right, keep moving.
Hand seamers are for setting spatial angles, not for crushing mechanical pockets. Adjust the internal set-screw stop on the handles of your seamers to physically block the jaws from closing past the single-ply metal thickness, allowing you to set the.
['You are hand-seaming a custom offset transition fitting. You use your tongs to lock down the starting lip of the Pittsburgh pocket, but you squeeze the handles so violently that you crush the receiving pocket channel completely closed, making it impossible to slide the matching flange sheet home.', 'Hand seamers are for setting spatial angles, not for crushing mechanical pockets. Adjust the internal set-screw stop on the handles of your seamers to physically block the jaws from closing past the single-ply metal thickness, allowing you to set the. The likely recovery is to check the tool setup, correct the prep or technique if it is within your assignment, and bring the journeyman or foreman clean information before the work creates rework overhead.']