Setting up your Challenge cutter for the first time? It's a breeze to correctly prepare your cutter table. Just follow this five-step process

 

1. Remove the rust-protective coating from the table with a solvent.

 

2. Remove all solvent residue from the table with a dry cloth.

 

3. Continue until the cloth shows no sign of residue when you wipe the table with it.

 

4. Apply to the table a light coating of an SAE 10-weight non-detergent motor oil (or equivalent). Allow it to penetrate for at least an hour.

 

5. Remove all excess oil from the table using a paper towel (not a cloth). Continue until the paper towel shows no sign of oil when you wipe the table with it.

 

6. Apply a paste wax  to the table. This will seal the metal's pores.