Skills

In this unit, you will work on the following skills:

➔Familiarity with the Manual Mill

  • The names of each component & control
  • What each component & control does

➔Mill Workholding

  • Mounting a Mill Vise
  • Squaring a Vise
  • Parallels
  • Test Indicator

➔Mill Tools

  • Common types of tools
  • Tool holders
  • Loading and unloading tools

➔Safe Mill Operation

  • PPE
  • Safe Operation

Content

Use these resources to learn the principles and procedures:

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Manual Vertical Milling Machine

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Familiarity with the Manual Mill

Mill Workholding

Mill Tools

Safe Mill Operation

Challenge: Mill Setup

After completing the above, you will be ready to start on this project.

Mill Setup Check

  1. 🔎︎Read: Blueprint
  2. ✎Write: Order of Operations
  3. ✦Make: Schedule Machine Time
  4. ✔Measure: First Article Inspection

Vise Squaring

  1. 🔎︎Read: Blueprint
  2. ✎Write: Order of Operations
  3. ✦Make: Schedule Machine Time
  4. ✔Measure: First Article Inspection

Mill Tools

  1. 🔎︎Read: Blueprint
  2. ✎Write: Order of Operations
  3. ✦Make: Schedule Machine Time
  4. ✔Measure: First Article Inspection

Knowledge & Skill Challenges

After completing the above, you should be ready to complete this check-off at the machine!

  1. ✔Quiz: Mill ID Quiz on the names of components and controls.
  2. ✔Skill Challenge: Square a vise in under 5-minutes.