I took my first machining class the other day. I mentioned in an earlier post that I am not an official student in this class. Regardless, the instructor has welcomed me to sit in on as many sessions as I want. The machine shop is right next door to the welding lab where I am a regular student. I happened to meet the instructor a few weeks ago when he was in the welding area. We talked and the next thing I know I'm an adopted student in the manufacturing/machining class!
So far so good. In my first session I listened to a lecture about tool and feeding speeds. In the lab we worked at setting up workpieces in the lathe and the horizontal milling machine. The machines are commercial grade Bridgeport products with digital readout (DRO) for the axis of tool positioning and feeding.
Next time I promise I'll have pictures.
I think I got a good head start on this class from watching the American Gunsmithing Institute's (AGI) lathe videos, which I rented from SmartFlix.com How-To DVDs The whole AGI video machine shop course covers lathes, milling machines and other machine shop tools. It is very comprehensive with 26 hours of instruction. I costs over $1000 to purchase the set, but can be rented for as little as $14.95 per DVD. Rent the Professional Machine Shop Course: Lathe
There are also have many other Lathe and Milling videos.
They also have Welding videos and metal shaping for Sheetmetal.
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