Underwater welding with an Mk-21 at dive school (part 1 getting on bottom and starting)

This is me underwater welding with a MK-21 at dive school. We've only so for done three dives up to this point, this being the fourth and most everyone(including myself) have never welded let alone underwater welded before. Our verbage is a bit off but line pull signals are all there and communication is alright. The over all video shows basicaly how we underwater weld, but not all of it. The second part just shows the two divers (red and green) leaving bottom and leaving surface.

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Education

Tags:

• Diving
• Cool
• welding

[bryan851000]

it looks like he is having trouble striking an arc, now im not an expert, but is this rod completely covered, bc the rods i use on land, note that i am not a underwater welder, have an open tip so you can strike your arc with ease, i see this fella pressing hard against the metal and even scraping it. so are all underwater rods completely covered?

[Thajeesus]

@bryan851000 The ones we used had a wax covering on them but the problem was they did charge the rod when I told them to. They flipped the wrong switch.

[mortarlover123]

what all did it take for you to become an underwater welder, i was wondering because i do have experience on stick and mig, I took a course in high school and I just signed up for classes at my tech to get my qualification on stick and tig, but i was wondering how to get into the underwater world of welding. If you could respond it would help me a lot. Thank you

[D1stur34nce]

Where is this dive school? I've been researching underwater welding and I can't decide where to enroll

[rockoutwithmyc0ckout]

ha im a tender at mrlin just learn all the equipment and just learn hoiw to use them thats all my advise there's a shit load of machines out there to learn fyi

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[nater8er411]

@ManxAce500 anything that is welded underwater is a temporary fix. 98% of all commercial diving is just underwater construction work.

[nater8er411]

@rockoutwithmyc0ckout im assuming its on at the bottle and off at the hat...

[nater8er411]

@VarmintSniper223 5000 a week huh? what company is that?

[VarmintSniper223]

i uh haha as a pipeline welder right now making 65 an hour and 100 a day per diem 5000 a week is good enough for me to buy everything i need

[darkbow98]

what age do you have to be to do this??

[rockoutwithmyc0ckout]

@310extreme its a crash course dont expect to get payed big bucks

[Thajeesus]

@310extreme It's a monthly pay.