Our Facilities
Machine Shop Serving the 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 ¼" 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
Rules
- 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 don't.
- Students may not work in the shop alone.