MFG 253 - Engine Lathe Operations Lab II

Credits: 3
Lecture Hours: 0
Lab Hours: 6
Practicum Hours: 0
Work Experience: 0
Course Type: Voc/Tech

An advanced course for the metal cutting lathe. During this course, students will become familiar with advanced setups as well as safe operation and care of a lathe.
Prerequisite: MFG 251.
Corequisite: MFG 252
Competencies

“Off-Hand” grind cutting tools for lathe
Layout work pieces
Operate a lathe
1. Perform daily maintenance requirements
2. Setup the following accessories four-jaw chuck, collet, steady rest, follower rest quick-change tool holder
3. Perform common operating procedures: facing, drilling, turning, chamfering, knurling, taper turning, form turning, single point threading, internal single point threading, aligning centers, boring, and boring tapers
Calculate the tailstock offset of a given taper
1. Explain taper and their uses
2. Describe the three ways tapers are expressed (measured)
3. Discuss, briefly, the four methods of turning a taper in a lathe
4. Name four methods of measuring a taper
Maintain all tooling and equipment (student or school property) in accordance with each individual manufacture