Advanced Machining will go over detailed and in-depth knowledge related to practical subtractive manufacturing (machining material away rather than additive manufacturing like 3D printing). For each session, the first half will be a lecture that goes into all the theory and practical details of machining and the second half will be given by a guest lecturer with many years of machining experience. I would recommend taking this course if you want to work at a company like SpaceX, Tesla, Anduril, Apple, or any other company where you will be designing hardware products that will be mass-manufactured. The fact of the matter is that if you don't know how to make it yourself you really don't know how to design it properly (and you will learn this the hard way if you ignore this advice). This class will take you from inexperienced novice to advanced machinist, at least in theory, and will give you the tools that you need to continue your hands-on learning journey after the class is over. All I need is your eagerness to learn and I will empower you with the rest :) This class will be taught by me (Randall Briggs), an alum from course 2, who currently works in the field of robotics and has been machining for many years.
There will be 7 lectures in total (all from 6pm to 7:30pm in Room 32-141 in the Stata Center at MIT)
Mon, Jan 6th – History of Machining
Wed, Jan 8th – Types of Machines
Mon, Jan 13th – Material Selection
Wed, Jan 15th – Fixturing
Wed, Jan 22nd – Tool Selection
Mon, Jan 27th – G-Code, CAM
Wed, Jan 29th – Deburring, Finishing, Tolerances, Metrology, Surface Finish
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