Classroom based courses covering all aspects of the engineering machine shop - getting the best from your lathe, the milling machine, drilling, tool sharpening and grinding - metal joining techniques including soft soldering, hard soldering, brazing and welding - hand tools and how to use them - cutting tools - measuring instruments and how to use them. Classroom courses will be one or two days and might have as many as 5 attendees.
Hands on workshop practise courses teaching the skills of the fitter. ie :- sawing, filing, scraping (including bearings), drilling, reaming and thread cutting. You will learn to sharpen drills and other tools, heat treatment techniques and the safe use of the off hand grinder. You will learn the use of measuring tools in hand fitting.Hands on courses will be one on one and last 5 days. You may wish to concentrate your course around the making of an item to take home with you, for example, a centre punch, a scriber or a pair of calipers.
Hands on machine shop practise courses will cover every aspect of the use of the surfacing, sliding and screw-cutting lathe (engineer's centre lathe) including tool grinding/sharpening and the use of disposable tip tools. The safe use of the off hand grinder will be included. The use of the milling and drilling machines will also be studied.The course will also cover work-holding and simple jig and fixture production. Hands on courses will be one on one and last 5 days. Your course could be centred around making an item to take away with you such as a tap wrench or a scribing block.
