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Machine Shop Serving Natural Science Departments
Major equipment
Nardini lathe for turning metal or plastic objects up to 14 in diameter or 36 long with a precision of 0.0005
Microcut vertical mill for cutting metal or plastic objects up to 50 long, 18 tall and 24 wide with a precision of 0.0005
Minor equipment
Sheet metal brake for cutting and bending sheet metal up to 0.040 thick
Hydraulic press for squashing things
Horizontal band saw for heavy duty cutting in metal
Vertical band saw for light duty cutting in wood and soft metal
Drill press for drilling holes in wood, metal or plastic
Belt/disk sander for shaping wood, metal or plastic
Millermatic 180 welder - for MIG (GMAW) welding metal up to
½" thick
Propane/Oxygen torch - for brazing, soldering, and glassblowing
50 Amp arc welder for welding metal up to Ό thick, brazing and silver soldering
Small tools
Bench grinder primarily for sharpening lathe tools
Buffing wheel, belt sander, circular saw, power drill, saber saw, rivet gun, vacuum cleaner, bench vise, tap and die sets, measuring tools
- If you find that tools are missing or broken, let the shop supervisor know.
- If you are not 100% certain that you know how to use a tool, let the machine shop supervisor help you figure it out.
- Clean up after yourself.
- Connect the shop-vac to the band saw or belt/disk sander before you use them, especially if you are working with wood.
- The scrap bins are on the floor near the bandsaw and on the bottom shelf next to the lathe; take what you need, return what you dont.
- Students may not work in the shop alone.
Machine Shop Supervisor: Keith Rider
Chemistry 467 -- Scientific Instrumentation Design and Construction is a one credit elective course that covers all of the equipment and techniques available in the machine shop. You can download a copy of a recent syllabus here. The US Army used to publish a machine tool training textbook. You can download a copy (several zipped PDF files) here.