Machining Skills

Basic Machining covers the basics of entry level machining. Students will learn safety in the machine shop, as well as the operations of the horizontal and vertical band saw, drill press, lathes, and the vertical milling machine. Students will also receive instruction in blueprint reading and precision measurement using micrometers and calipers.

Individuals will cover the Cartesian coordinate system-G-codes, M-codes and their use in Computer Numeric Control (CNC) programming, writing simple programs, Tooling used in CNC machining, use and care of tools and tool holders, speed and feed calculations for correct use of cutting tools, preventive maintenance of a CNC machine, operational modes used in operating CNC equipment, start- up Procedures, shut down procedures, manual use of CNC to set fixture offset settings, manual loading of tool holders to set tool off set s, work holding fixtures: vises, jigs, heel clamps, tombstone fixtures, load programs and run programs