MACH 181 Manual Machining 1

5 CR

In this introductory machining course students learn terms and names associated with both the manual knee mill and manual engine lathe. Students operate both machines. Operations on the lathe include gear setting speeds and feeds, use of the carriage, cross-slide, compoundrest, tailstock and 3-jaw chuck. Skills introduced are facing, O.D. turning, grooving, parting-off, drilling reaming. Mill operations include speed and feed adjustments, operation of the knee, saddle, and table, use of a mill vise and the 3-axis coordinate system. Skills performed are squaring a vise, tool setting, edge finding, facing, end mill use, profiling, drilling, and tapping. All skills are used to produce parts to print specifications. Students use micrometers, calipers, indicators, and various other measuring tools to verify parts and aid in set-ups.
Prerequisite(s): ACCUPLACER Reading (247) or higher OR RDG 085 with a C or higher and

ACCUPLACER Writing (245) or higher OR ENGL 092 with a C or higher and

ACCUPLACER Arithmetic (230) or higher OR ABE 050 with a C or higher.
Corequisite(s): MACH 110 and MACH 115