INTRO TO MACHINING w/ Dave Walton

COST: $199

MAX PARTICPIANTS: 4

DATE: Tuesday June 17th and 19th 2025

TIME: 6pm-8:30pm

COURSE OVERVIEW

Safety

• Rotating machinery hazards- flying cuttings, sharp cuttings, clothing getting caught and noise. 
• Fume exposure if you are using cutting fluid. 
• PPE- safety glasses, safety shoes, ear plugs or muffs, no loose fitting clothing, no neck ties. 

Machines | Lathe & Knee Mill

• Parts of a lathe - Headstock, Chuck, Bed, Carriage, Cross slide, Compound rest, Tool post and Tailstock 4. 
• Parts of a milling machine - Column and base, Knee, vise, Table, Spindle and collet, Traverse hand wheel, Cross feed hand wheel and vertical hand crank.
• Functions of the components 

Techniques

• Turning parts to specific size, 
• Drilling using the tailstock, 
• Parting off, 
• machining angles, 
• machining tapers, 
• cutting threads. 
• Turning to size(show) 
• Cutting speed formula RPM= 4x cutting speed/Dia 8. Parting 
• Turning an angle 
• Procedures performed on a milling machine- 
• cutting keyways, 
• accurately drilling holes in shafts, 
• machining flat surfaces,
• removing excess material. 
• Cutting a flat on round stock

Meet Your Instructor

David (Dave) Walton

I grew up on a farm and we fixed our equipment when it broke down. When I went to high school, I took tech subjects and I really liked working on a lathe and I always wanted to get one. In high school machine shop, I also got to learn how to run a vertical milling machine as well as a horizontal one. When I started a machinery repair shop, I purchased a lathe but I never had the space or the work for a milling machine but I would have loved to have one. I look forward to sharing my skills with you!