This course includes an emphasis on shop and work area safety. Instruction covers standard shop work, such as measurement, layout, basic hand tools, drills, drill presses, and taps and dies. Use of a pedestal grinder will also be covered. Work assignments incorporate projects requiring use of the above machines, tooling, and emphasize safety.

This course covers tool bit grinding, facing, turning, boring, parting off, threading, tapering, knurling, trepanning, between center work, and use of faceplates and steady rests. Engine lathe safety will also be covered. The use and care of precision measuring tools will be covered.

This course covers all types of vertical and horizontal milling machines and use of all related mill accessories. Work assignments incorporate projects requiring use of vertical milling and tooling.

The Advanced Lathe course will use engine lathes to manufacture industrial parts. The use of assorted cutting tools and support tooling, such as form tools, carbide parts, taper attachments, follower, and steady rests. Close tolerance machining required. Actual customer projects will be incorporated into the coursework. Safety concepts and practices for manual machines will be reviewed.

The Advanced Mills course will utilize the vertical mills in the lab. The use and care of rotary tables, indexing heads, end mills, slab mills, gear cutters, carbide cutters, criterion, and line boring will be covered. The various work holding methods, location methods, process planning and operations will be discussed. Safety theory and concepts for manual machines will be reviewed. Customer projects will be incorporated into the coursework.

This course covers set-up, use, and safety requirements of grinding machines. Hands-on use of machines will be emphasized.

Tooling and fixtures used in CNC are discussed in a classroom environment. These topics, for both mill and lathe, will be discussed in order to facilitate the students' ability to select proper work holding devices and cutting tools for various types of machining operations that may be performed. Cutting tool information is one of the most multifaceted areas of study for developing machinists and programmers. Both must be able to discern proper set-ups based on part and tool geometry while providing proper speed and feed data. The use of formulas and reference materials will be studied as a necessary facet of the manufacturing process.

This course is an introduction to CNC Turning Centers and the safe operation of common operating procedures, set-up and maintenance of the machine and control panel which will be discussed and implemented. The student will become acquainted with the ways in which various companies utilize CNC machine tools and personnel while learning methods for the installation of tools, establishing machine, fixture and part zero reference offsets. The students will also be introduced to the methods and reasons behind the modification of these reference offsets and other geometry offsets used to machine parts to demanding geometric tolerances.

This class introduces students to word address programming (G and M code) for CNC Turning Centers. The student will write formatted programs, set-up, and run their programs on the CNC Turning Center. Students will use basic and intermediate "G" codes with coordinates to create common part features such as contours, shoulders, bores, grooves, and chamfers. Students will learn to apply geometry offsets for machining their parts to exacting geometric tolerances. The goal will be to prepare, plan, then write safe, effective, and efficient CNC programs. Students will then use key concepts for part set-up, program verification, editing, and documentation.

This class enhances a student's ability to program, set-up, verify and operate CNC Turning Centers. The student will write well formatted CNC programs, utilizing strategic programming and logic techniques and CAD / CAM generated files, then set-up and run their programs on various CNC Turning Machines. Students will use "canned cycles" and intermediate level "G and M" codes to create common part features such as contours, grooves, bores, holes and threads, with an emphasis placed on Internal Diameter (ID) operations. The goal will be to prepare, plan manufacturing process, then write safe, effective, and efficient CNC programs. Students will then use key concepts for part set-up, program verification, editing and documentation of process.

This course is an introduction to CNC Milling Centers. The common operating procedures, set-up and maintenance of the machine and control panel will be discussed and implemented. The student will become acquainted with the ways in which various companies utilize CNC machine tools while learning methods for the installation of tools and establishing and utilizing fixture, tool and wear offsets. The students will also be introduced to the methods and reasons behind the modification of these reference offsets and other geometry offsets used to machine parts to demanding geometric tolerances.

This course is designed to challenge students in a team environment on more complex fabrication and repair job assignments. Students will systematically plan out, order material, and perform repair and fabrication work orders. They will select the proper welding procedures and processes for each job assignment. Although instructors will oversee the job, students are challenged to take on a leadership role with less supervision. In addition, students will be required to identify, maintain and organize all shop tools on a rotational basis.

Common uses of the CNC Machining Center are discussed and implemented. Canned cycles for pocketing, hole manufacturing, threading, cutter compensation, and other standard controller features will be utilized. Students will learn to use loops, multiple work offset programming techniques, subroutines, and subprograms to shorten and simplify programs. All these programming approaches will be performed on 3 axis and 4 axis machining centers. Students will also learn advanced techniques for making programs run more efficiently.

This class introduces students to Mastercam X for Lathe / Turning application. Students will learn to navigate the programs' GUI interface for the purpose of: 1) Creating part geometry as CAD entities; 2) Defining cutting tools and machining operations; 3) Generating CAM type tool paths; 4) Graphically render their machining operations for verification purposes; and 5) Post process their work. Students will then have the opportunity to load their programs into a CNC Turning Center and perform all necessary tasks to complete the manufacturing process for their piece part. This class will walk a student through the entire creative process of part design, mfg. process development and machining a finished product.

This class introduces students to Mastercam X for CNC Milling application. Students will learn to navigate the programs' GUI interface for the purpose of: 1) Creating part geometry as CAD entities; 2) Defining cutting tools and machining operations; 3) Generating CAM type tool paths; 4) Graphically render their machining operations for verification purposes; and 5) Post processing their work. Students will then have the opportunity to load their programs into a CNC Milling Center and perform all necessary tasks to complete the manufacturing process for their piece part. This class will walk a student through the entire creative process of part design, mfg. process development and machining a finished product.

The student will learn about types of ferrous and nonferrous metals and their applications. Metal numbering systems and the types of heat-treating will also be covered.

This is an on-going semester course during normally scheduled shop hours. It is intended to match spring semester students with live, practical shop experiences involving subject matter previously covered in other courses. Emphasis will be on productivity.