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Tool Training: CNC Mill

Artisan's Asylum, Inc.

Somerville, United States

Tool Training: CNC Mill

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Sunday, December 2, 2:30-5PM   more info 1 ticket $75.00 $2.49
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Description:

If you already know what you want to build and you just want to learn how to use the tools you need safely (or if you just want a refresher), Tool Training sessions are for you. Classes are kept small so each student gets a lot of personal attention, and each training session is themed for a certain set of tools - just take the sessions you need to get going.

This 2.5-hour personalized training will launch you into the world of Computer Numerically Controlled (CNC) precision machining at the Artisan's Asylum!  Makers of all types will benefit from shaping aluminum, steel, and plastics into precise, computer-cut parts.  After you've practiced with the manual milling machine, it's time to work in the realm of thousandths of an inch!
 
In this class students will learn to safely use our Sharp Vertical Milling Machine with MillPwr CNC Servo Controller.
 
After an introduction to terminology and machine anatomy, students will learn the following operations in aluminum:
-- Digital Read Out (DRO) functionality, including part coordinate systems and edge location.
-- Automated CNC operations including facing, slot, pocket, precision drilling, circular boring, feature patterns, and text engraving.
-- Complete part programming using the MillPwr conversational CNC language.
-- Part program file management and advanced code features.
-- Changing spindle speeds, identifying cutting speed/feed ranges, and finish-pass conditions.
-- Changing cutting tools and specifying tool geometry in the CNC controller.
-- Safety features (like "dry run"), cleanup, and machine care.
 

Class Goals:

Students will become familiar with basic machine anatomy and various safe automated CNC milling operations. Students will leave with an understanding of the MillPwr conversational CNC controller and part programming techniques.  

If proficiency is achieved, students will leave the class qualified to do independent work on the Asylum's Sharp Vertical Milling Machine with MillPwr CNC Servo Controller.

Prerequisites:

1:  Before enrolling in this training, students must first complete the "Tool Training: Manual Milling Machine" or confirm previous manual mill competency with the instructor.
2:  Before class day, students must read the MillPwr controller manual here: http://wiki.artisansasylum.com/index.php/Sharp_CNC_Mill
The MillPwr CNC controller uses a conversational programming method that is easy to learn.  No previous programming or G-code experience is required.
 

Materials:

Practice materials will be provided by Artisan's Asylum.

Event Time:

Manual machining tool training sessions are available on Sunday afternoons on alternate weekends, from 2:30-5pm. You can register for a particular session according to the dates on the ticket types above.

Instructors:

Eric Van Dyke

Eric Van Dyke thinks about one thing and one thing only–how things are made.  As a manufacturing engineer, he enjoys the company of high-powered robots, loud assembly lines, molten plastics, and shiny metals.  He’s published research on high-speed aluminum machining, competed in robot design competitions, and loves photography.  Eric is an industrial fermentation engineer by day and an avid beer homebrewer by night.  He will help you rebuild the world after the zombies have come and gone.

Where


10 Tyler Street
Somerville, 02143

Organizer

Artisan's Asylum, Inc.

Artisan's Asylum is a community fabrication and makerspace near Union Square, Somerville MA, that is dedicated to making creativity a way of life. It does this by maintaining a community workshop, training its members in the use of all of its professional-grade equipment, and hosting events promoting the learning and practicing of craft and creative expression.

 

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