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MakerspaceCT is offering a free opportunity to learn two crucial disciplines for starting a good paying career in Connecticut's thriving manufacturing industry. This program, offered to CT residents aged 16-24, will give participants an introduction to milling and CNC machine operations, as well as a chance to get certified in OSHA 10/30, which is a required credential for many jobs to ensure safe and healthy working conditions.

Choose from two different schedules:

COHORT Green is a two week program on Tuesdays and Thursdays, March 28th - April 6th. See details below.

COHORT Red is a three week program on Saturdays, April 1st - 15th. See details below.

12 hours of training, 2-3 week commitment. See details below.

This course includes 

INTRODUCTION TO MILLING BASICS (12 hours)

SCHEDULE: 

• COHORT Green is on Tuesdays and Thursdays, March 28th - April 6th.
• COHORT Red is on Saturdays, April 1st - 15th. 

In this introductory course to “Machining Basics” you’ll learn about the use manual milling and CNC Machining, how these machines work, how they are programmed, and how their applications apply to a variety of manufacturing processes. The overview will include videos, blueprint reading basics, using a mgbvbanual milling machine and safety operations of a HAAS TM1P CNC milling machine in the MakerspaceCT Machining lab. Like all classes at MakerspaceCT, this 12 hour overview will include “hands-on” use of tools and machinery and all students will finish with a machined project of their own.

Course Curriculum will include and overview of the following areas:

• Learning the differences between manual and CNC mills and understand their strengths and weaknesses
• Reviewing exploded views of a milling machines while learning about drives, ways, ball screws, and spindles
• The use of basic measuring tools
• The basics of cutting tools and their applications.
• Appropriate feeds and speeds with steels and alloys
• Accurately face-off a block of aluminum, rough cutting and then fine cut using specific parameters
• Learn basic metal cutting principles on the manual machine which will translate to CNC

PROJECT BASED STEPS

• Use Horizontal band-saw to cut stock to rough length.
• Properly load part into milling vise
• Load a cutting tool into a Bridgeport
• Machine block to a specified length.
• Measure block to verify machining was correct.
• Understanding the HAAS interface and button layout
• Review exploded views of the machine and understand it’s operation
• Setting tools, loading the carrousel
• Learn about 123 blocks and manual probe

BASIC OPERATION

• Power up and down, Emergency stops, resets
• Feeds and speeds and jog dial control
• Visual pre-flight, clean up
• RUNNING A PART ON A MANUAL MILL
• Review CAM G-code language
• Load a pre-designed program in the simulator
• Study lines of G-code and look for XYZ movements and tool changes
• Understand where and how the machine might crash based on code and simulation
• Loading material, hold-downs, vices, torquing
• Use probe to touch off top and sides of material stock
• Only instructor runs a demo of part 1M on the HAAS
• Shut down, cleanup

RUNNING A PART ON THE HAAS MILL

• Each student will load a program on the HAAS simulator and complete the following:
• Study lines of G-code and look for XYZ movements and tool changes
• Tapping
• Understand where and how the machine might crash based on code and simulation
• Instructor assures machine will not crash and offers useful criticism on adjustments
• Understand feeds and speeds

Load milled block from class (1 of 4) Each student will go through this process:

• Power up
• Load tools
• Tapping
• Use probe to touch off top and sides of material stock
• Each student runs a demo of part 1M on the HAAS
• Instructor assures machine will not crash – offers feeds and speeds advice
• Shut down, cleanup

(scroll down to the bottom of this page for details of the curriculum)

Get all of this training FREE OF CHARGE!

To get started, choose Cohort Green or Cohort Red below. Double check to be sure you are available for the dates.