Weekly Welding Table Maintenance

Weekly Welding Table Maintenance (Mig and Tig tables)

Wipe table down with a dry rag. 

Inspect the table for spatter/BBs. Use a straight edge to assist in finding them. If tables have not seen much use, looks to be free from BBs and still has a good coating of anti spatter, just mark this task complete. 

Use a cold chisel (solid bar with a wedge on the end, not a woodworking chisel!) and hammer to remove them by placing the chisel as close to parallel to the surface of the table as possible and striking with moderate force. Chisels and punches should be in the top of the welding tool box (or in the forge, return to the forge when done using). 

If the spatter does not come off with one tap of the hammer. Circle with a sharpie and note it in a maintenance report, check the asana task box to generate an asana task with it. 

Use a round punch to remove spatter from dog holes. If they do not easily pop off, also circle and include in the maintenance report. 

Finish by lightly coating the tables with anti spatter spray.