Mar 28, 2024  
College Catalog 2021-2022 
    
College Catalog 2021-2022 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

MILL 123 - Machine Shop


3 Credits
This course is designed to prepare the Millwright in the fundamentals of machine shop safety, tooling and setup. Tool setup and operation of engine lathes, milling machines, grinders and drill presses will be covered. Students will build a set of adjustable jack screws from a supplied drawing. The jack screw project will cover many machining operations turning, milling, drilling, reaming, tapping and threading. This course will cover machine shop mathematics for feeds, speeds, keyways, bolt hole layout and threading. Students will learn correct ways of shaping and sharpening tools and tempering and hardening steels. Print adherence, measuring and tolerances will be discussed in detail.

Course Outcomes
  1. Understand safety issues involved in machine shop setup and operations.
  2. Perform mathematical calculations related to speeds and feeds.
  3. Operate an engine lathe and milling machine.
  4. Shape and sharpen tools.
  5. Machine internal and external threads and correctly measure them.
  6. Have an understanding of types of steels hardness and hardenability.
  7. Calculate bolt patters and keyway depths.