MIG Welding Badge

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Day	Morning (before 12 PM)	Afternoon (12 - 5 PM)	Evening (after 5 PM)
Sunday August 16, 2026	Facilitator badge checkout Schedule 10:00am With Nathan Rawling	Facilitator badge checkout Schedule 3:00pm With Lucas Harrison
Monday August 17, 2026		Facilitator badge checkout Schedule 2:00pm With Austin Larkin	Facilitator badge checkout Schedule 7:30pm With Mara Heneks
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Thursday August 27, 2026	Facilitator badge checkout Schedule 10:00am With John Hatch

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MIG
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Identify:
The controls on the welder
The gas and wire being used (CO2/Argon mix, steel wire)
What materials can be welded (steel)
Do coatings need to be ground off? (Yes, >2” from all welds)
Demonstrate proper setup of filler wire, conductors, take apart nozzle
Weld 2 pieces of square steel in a tee
Appropriate safety gear donned
Skin covered with non-synthetics
Gloves (non-synthetic), wrists covered
Mask (10-13 shade, delay), test by looking at ceiling lights
Cap for head
Closed shoes
Metal cleaned (brush then Simple Green)
Fume extractor set up and turned on
Turn on gas, set proper flow rate (25cfh)
Appropriately clamp work
Attach work clamp
Trim wire tip (as needed to remove balled tip)
Experiment with volts/speeds/travel speed
Once calibrated, show a good weld around joint
Shut down
Wire trimmed & Nozzle cleaned
Gas and Fan off
Lines coiled
Area cleaned

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MIG Welder

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This is a Miller Millermatic 211 MIG Welder with Spoolmate 150 aluminum spool gun.

*Make sure to watch the Spool Gun video at the bottom of this page if you want to use that accessory*

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