Cutting, Drilling & Grinding - Metal Shop

About this event

This 90 minute workshop will give you a more in depth look at the equipment and how to cut, drill, and grind basic metal stock to use for your projects. You will learn how to properly operate the horizontal bandsaw, the metal shop drill press, grinding wheel, and hand held angle grinders, while keeping all fingers and limbs intact. This is a hands-on class so please wear close-toed shoes and comfortable well fitted clothing.

After this course you will:

• Feel safe working with this equipment in the metal shop
• Gain hands-on experience with operating the bandsaw, drill press, and grinders
• Cut down metal stock to a more manageable size to start working on projects

No prior experience needed for this course, all supplies and materials are provided.

Please wear comfortable well-fitted clothing, close-toed shoes, put your hair up, remove any jewelry, and be prepared to learn about working with metals.

Please note: this class is for ages 18 and up!

What we will go over:

1) General Shop Rules

2) Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

3) Intro to Metal Shop Equipment and Workshop Overview

4) Horizontal Band Saw

• Band Saw Safety
• Machine Overview
• Blade Selection and Cutting
• Operation and Intructor Demo
• Student Supervised Practice (Hands-On)

5) Grinders

• Grinder Safety
• Grinding Wheel and Instructor Demo
• Angle Grinders

6) Drill Press

• Drill Press Safety
• Machine Overview
• Operation and Instructor Demo
• Student Supervised Practice (Hands-On)

Clean Up & Equipment Maintenance

*Please note that this class is focused on learning to safely use the tools and equipment above. This will be a hands-on class and will qualify you for using the bandsaw, drill press, and grinders after the course.

Very excited to meet you and share my knowledge about metal working! I am an Aerosapce Engineer and have worked with all kinds of advanced composites, ceramics, and metallics for multiple launch vehicles and spacecrafts. I specialize in thermal protection systems and large composite structures, but have also worked with metals and machining complex geometries, so I'm always happy to help out with projects. My hobbies, outside of space travel, include snowboarding, hiking with my huskies, throwing pottery, and real estate.