Submerged arc welding - videos

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Submerged arc welding (SAW) is a welding process where the molten weld and the arc zone are protected from atmospheric contamination by being submerged under a blanket of granular fusible flux.

Previously:

http://www.homemadetools.net/forum/f...7862#post86386
http://www.homemadetools.net/forum/b...267#post121607
http://www.homemadetools.net/forum/c...6268#post83362
http://www.homemadetools.net/forum/p...393#post116770
http://www.homemadetools.net/forum/f...2814#post97209
http://www.homemadetools.net/forum/s...968#post100346
http://www.homemadetools.net/forum/p...279#post103846

I knew a guy that was by most accounts a
great underwater welder. I never saw any of his underwater welds but his above-water welds looked atrocious. Maybe his glasses that looked coke-bottle-thick had something to do with it.