MIG Welding Badge Checklist
- MIG
- Video watched, quiz taken, any questions?
- 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