Manual Machining

Industrial Maintenance & Technology

Machining

Course Description

Provides an introduction to manual machining with mills and/or lathes.  Topics include safety, tooling types, and setting up the machine. For the mill the operations include squaring the head, setting up the vice, squaring up a blank, milling feature such as pockets and slots, drilling, and tapping holes. For the lathe the operations include indicating a part in a four-jaw chuck, facing the part, turning the outside diameter, threading, drilling, and boring internal diameters.

Course Objectives

At the end of this course, the student should be able to:

1. Understand how to safely operate machine
2. Set up machine for operation
3. Machine simple parts

Course Outline

1. Safety
2. Tooling
   • Cutting materials
   • Speeds & Feeds
3. Small Machines
   • Saws
   • Pedestal Grinders
   • Press
   • Safety
   • Operation
   • Drill Press Operation
   • Safety
   • Operation
4. Lathe Setup & Operation
   • Safety
   • Work holding
   • Setup
   • Machining operations
5. Mill Setup & Operation
   • Safety
   • Work holding
   • Setup
6. Machining operations
7. Surface Grinder Setup & Operation
   • Safety
   • Work holding    
   • Machining operations