2024-10-05 Machining Meeting

Have one person on Dynamics who knows how to machine to go to the shop a few times a week
Dynamics, Body, a few Aeroshell and Emech people
It is great to have people whose primary focus is learning to machine
What skills does a member likely need to have to accomplish their manufacturing tasks
- General
  - Zero-finding
  - Feeds and Speeds
  - Work Holding
  - Basic Metrology
  - Types of Tooling
    - Tool geometry (flutes)
  - Machine tool use cases
    - Dropsaw, Bandsaw, Drill Press, Abrasive Saw, Belt Sander
  - Surface Finish
  - Cleanup
  - Tapping and Dieing
  - Roughing vs Finishing
  - Helicoiling
  - Reading and making good engineering drawings
  - Tolerancing
- Lathe
  - Basic turning and facing
  - Turning to a shoulder
  - Drilling
  - Parting/grooving
  - Boring
  - Turning a taper
  - Using live centers
  - Checking and maintaining concentricity, minimizing runout
  - Grind tools
- Mill
  - Squaring stock
  - Feeds and Speeds
  - Squaring/indicating the vice
  - Climb vs Conventional
  - Drilling
  - Reaming
What skills do we want people to have
- General
- Lathe
  - Single point threading
- Mill
  - Grooving
  - Rotary table and dividing heads
  - Boring head
- CNC
  - CAM
  - Everything
Want machine training and practice to be during the week
- 1 on 2s
Example Parts
- Dice
- Clevis
- Cone Spacer
- Machinists Hammer
- Shock Coupler
Competition
- What prizes
- What part