Machine Shop
The Baum Family Maker Space machine shop provides a wide variety of machining capabilities to support activities for individual students, class assignments and the needs of the Viterbi competition teams. The machine shop is staffed two full time professional machinists who can fabricate items requested by students, but also provide training to students who wish to learn to use the equipment themselves.
The following describes many of the major pieces of equipment in the machine shop.
Haas VF-2SS Vertical Milling Center
The Haas VF-2SS is a state-of-the-art 3 axis CNC milling machine, with 12,000 RPM spindle speed and an automatic tool changer capable of holding up to 30 different tools. Students who wish to learn how to use it can arrange for training by the Maker Space machinists.
OMAX 5555 Waterjet Cutter
The OMAX waterjet cutter cuts through metal and other materials using a very high pressure stream of water. It has a cutting area of 4'7' by 4'7". Students who wish to learn how to use it can arrange for training by the Maker Space machinists.
Bridgeport Manual Vertical Mills
The Maker Space has two older Bridgeport vertical mills. These are manual mills (no CNC ability) and students can request to be trained to use them.
Bridgeport Vertical Mill with CNC Controls
The Maker Space machine shop includes a Bridgeport vertical mill that has been retrofited with CNC controls. As with the manual mills, students can request to be trained to use this.
Trax TRL 1630RX CNC Lathe
The Trax TRL 1630RX is a CNC lathe with a 16″ swing and 30″ between centers.
Hardinge Lathe
The Hardinge lathe is a manual lathe for general machining jobs.
H.E.S. Lathe
The H.E.S. lathe is a French built lathe with a 20" swing, 12 3/8" swing over the cross-slide, and can hold at least a 66" long part. It can thread both metric and Unified Inch Screw Threads. Speed ranges from 36 to 1800 rpm.
DoAll 3612H Bandsaw
Grizzley Horizontal Bandsaw
The horizonal band saw is used to cut metal and other materials.
Published on December 6th, 2020
Last updated on August 4th, 2021