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Machine Shop Work

In the summer of 2014, I studied mechanical techniques at George Brown College. In my basic and intermediate machine shop courses, I worked on several projects, displayed below:

Shaft

 

This shaft was made using a lathe machine. The lesson learned from this experience is that one should be very careful when using automatic lathe - if one does not stop it in time, the part and the toolbit can be damaged. Observe the damage near the center of the shaft. 

Angle Plates

 

These were made by first cutting the untreated metal in half using a band saw. The plates were then milled to the necessary shapes and sizes using a milling machine. Plates were heat treated and a surface grinder was used to smoothen the surface. The lesson learned from this experience was that a surface grinder works better when it moves faster over the surface.  

Drill Jig

 

This was the first project completed in my intermediate machining course. I manufactured every component in the picture with the exception of the winged nuts and the components with red arrows. Components with blue arrows were manufactured using a HAUS CNC machine.  

This was a fairly long project, taking almost a month to complete (in class). The flat plates were made similar to the angle plates. The most interesting part for me was manufacturing the bolts with a lathe. Before this project, I didn't know that bolts could be made with lathes.  

 

Pneumatic Engine

 

This was the second project completed in intermediate machining. base plate along with the central beam were made with a CNC machine, everything else was made in the machine shop (except the connectors). 

The main lesson learned was that I should look very carefully at engineering drawings. I had to make the piston chamber (aluminum part) twice, because the first time I accidently drilled a hole all the way through. I learned that no shortcuts can be taken when it comes to machining. 


 

CNC Machining

       

       While at George Brown College, I also took a course in CNC machining. The CNC codes that I wrote can be found here.

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