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Water Jet Technology
Gregory Schroll
Mon Jan 23, Wed Jan 25, Fri Jan 27, Mon Jan 30, 10am-12:00pm, W31-031 (Hobby Shop)

Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Limited to 8 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Fee: 60.00 for materials, Hobby Shop membership

Learn to use the water jet in the Hobby Shop to cut intricate parts quickly and easily out of various materials like metal, plastic, stone, and glass. In this class, you will learn about water jet technology, get comfortable with the associated CAD software, and learn how to operate the OMAX Water Jet Machining Center. After doing a group project, students can work on their own open ended projects possibly involving inlays of metal, plastic, or stone. The cost of materials and water jet time for the individual projects is not included, but there is various scrap available in the shop. In order to sign up, students must come to the shop and pay the fee.
Contact: Ken Stone, W31-031, x3-4343, kenstone@mit.edu
Sponsor: Hobby Shop
Latest update: 10-Jan-2006


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