Basic Machine Shop Skills and Techniques
Seth Hall
Tue, Thu, Jan 6, 8, 13, 15, 20, 22, 27, 29, 06-08:00pm, Hobby Shop W31-031
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 23-Dec-2003
Limited to 6 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Fee: 50.00 for materials and Hobby Shop membership
In this class you will learn basic machine shop practice: layout, process planning, milling, drilling, turning, tool selection and grinding, measurement, and use of handtools (center punch, file, etc.). As time permits, we will also cover material properties, inspection techniques, and other pertinent issues.
Fee:$50 students, $75 staff/alum includes Hobby Shop membership
Register in shop after Dec.1
Contact: Ken Stone, W31-031, x3-4343, kenstone@mit.edu
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Build Your Own Loudspeakers
Ron Roscoe, Ken Stone
Tue Jan 6, 13, 20, 09-11:00am, W31-031, Lectures in 38-600
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 19-Dec-2003
Limited to 10 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: MIT Hobby Shop membership
Fee: 200.00 for speaker materials and Hobby Shop membership
Save on the cost of comparable commercial loudspeakers by making your own. For beginners, design and construction from crossovers to enclosures are covered. Class includes 3 one hour lectures covering design, theory and building crossovers on Jan.12,14,16 from 2-3PM and 3 two hour classes on how to build enclosures Jan. 6,13,20 from 9-11AM. About 10 hours additional time in shop will be needed to complete speakers.
Fee:$200/student $230/staff includes shop membership
Register in shop between Dec. 1-19
Contact: Ken Stone, W31-031, x3-4343, kenstone@mit.edu
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CNC Lathe Demonstration
Ben Barrowes
Fri Jan 16, 06-08:00pm, Hobby Shop W31-031
Signup by: 15-Jan-2004
Limited to 10 participants.
Single session event
Fee: 5.00 for materials
Ben Barrowes will demonstrate programming and running the Harrison Alpha CNC lathe in the MIT Hobby Shop. Starting with a dxf file the Alpha Plus software will create a tool path that runs the lathe automatically. Use of the lathe is open to members of the MIT community when they join the Hobby Shop.
Register in the Hobby Shop after Dec. 1.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/campus-activities/hobbyshop/
Contact: Ken Stone, W31-031, 253-4343, kenstone@mit.edu
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Introduction to Making Wood Furniture
Roy Talanian
Mon, Wed, Fri, Jan 5, 7, 12, 14, 21, 23, 26, 28, 06-08:00pm, Hobby Shop W31-031
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 23-Dec-2003
Limited to 10 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Fee: 90.00 for materials and Hobby Shop membership
Learn basic woodworking skills while you build a small table. Starting with planing rough-sawn lumber and ending with a hand-rubbed finish- the class will cover safe operation of woodworking machines in a fully-equipped shop. Fee:$90 students $115 staff/alum includes shop membership. Register in shop after Dec. 1
Contact: Ken Stone, W31-031, x3-4343, kenstone@mit.edu
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