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WORKSHOP – Intermediate Welding

Wednesday, June 18, 2025 @ 10:00 am 2:00 pm

This technical class is full of pro-tips with tons of hands-on welding and instruction to improve your MIG welds. We’ll review safety and equipment to be sure you’ve got the best information to make choices as you set up- helmet type and adjustments, various glove advantages, material props, workstations, light, and welder set-up. In addition, you’ll learn how to cut with a hand-held plasma torch and get a refresher on the chop saws, horizontal bandsaw, bench, and angle grinders to prepare steel to be welded.

We recommend bringing scraps of the kinds/shapes of steel you want to get better at working with, but we’ll also provide material to experiment with.

Prerequisite: Metalshop/MIG Welding Badge

What you’ll learn:

  • Develop welding techniques for all basic weld joints (butt, corner, edge, T, and lap), filet welds
  • Welding dissimilar thicknesses
  • Vertical welds vs Horizontal welds w gravity
  • How to dial in weld settings
  • Cutting with a handheld plasma cutter
  • Creating jigs and clamping parts for welding
  • Metal shop tools refresher
  • More safety

Please note:

  • Metalshop/MIG Welding badge is required to participate.
  • Proper attire is mandatory: closed-toed leather boots, long cotton or natural fiber shirt, and pants (NO SYNTHETIC FIBERS ALLOWED). Long hair must be tied back.
  • Safety equipment, including protective glasses and hearing protection, are provided by MAKE Santa Fe, but bring yours if you have them.
  • Students must be at least 16 years of age.  Minors must have parental permission and a signed waiver (ask us).

About the Instructor:

Christy Georg is an Artist / Adventurer.  She has worked as a deckhand aboard sailing schooners, thru-hiked the 2,650-mile Pacific Crest Trail and 500-mile Colorado trail, and cruised the Arctic.   Endurance and fortitude drive underlying themes in her work.  She has her BFA and MFA in sculpture and 30 years of welding experience!

$130.00

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WORKSHOP – Intermediate Welding – June 18
$ 130.00
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(505) 819-3502

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2879 All Trades Rd
Santa Fe, 87507 United States
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