Metal Shop
Welding, grinding and plasma cutting.
Overview
What the area is for, equipment at a glance and who the Area Champion is.
Metal Shop Overview
The Metal Shop is for welding, grinding and plasma cutting: fabrication, repairs and anything else that involves cutting, shaping or joining metal.
Equipment at a glance
The current list of Metal Shop equipment, with locations and which tools need training, is in Atlas: https://atlas.waukeshamakers.com.
No SOP pages have been written for this area yet. They will be added to the Equipment SOPs chapter of this book.
Before you work here
- PPE is required in the Metal Shop. See Shop Safety: Personal Protective Equipment.
- Every corded tool requires training before you use it, welders and plasma cutters included. See Training and Certification: How Certification Works, and check your certifications in Journeyman at https://journeyman.waukeshamakers.com.
- This is hot work. Clear combustibles before you start and watch for smoldering after you finish. See Shop Safety: Fire Safety and Hot Work.
- Fumes. See Shop Safety: Air Quality.
- Inspect each tool before use. See Training and Certification: Pre-Use Inspection.
- Protect the people around you from sparks and welding flash.
Area Champion
To be confirmed: who the Metal Shop Area Champion is and how to reach them. See **Volunteer Runbooks: Area Champions** for what Area Champions do.
Classes are listed with events at https://waukeshamakers.com.
Equipment SOPs
One page per tool. Reading an SOP does not replace training or certification.
Maintenance
Routine maintenance procedures and checklists.