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MFG 257 - Advanced Lathe


Last Date of Approval: Fall 2020

2 Credits
Total Lecture Hours: 15
Total Lab Hours: 30
Total Clinical Hours: 0
Total Work-Based Experience Hours: 0

Course Description:
This course covers advanced lathe operations. Students will learn to use the engine lathe in turning, drilling, reaming, boring, internal thread cutting applications, knurling and taper turning.

Prerequisites/Corequisites: MFG-256 Introduction to Lathe Operations

Mode(s) of Instruction: Traditional/Face-to-Face

Credit for Prior Learning: This course offers an opportunity for students to earn Credit for Prior Learning for skills that they have brought with them to Iowa Central. For more information, please ask the instructor and see the Iowa Central Community College catalog.

Course Fees: none

Common Course Assessment(s): All assessments are common amongst all course sections.

Student Learning Outcomes and Objectives:
Student Learning Outcomes

  • Determine correct internal cutting operation set ups
  • Identify the ways a taper can be produced on a lathe
  • Produce piece parts that include secondary operations

Course Objectives:

  • Apply proper tool settings for boring holes
  • Apply proper cutting tool variables
  • Apply proper cutting alignment and setting to produce internal threads
  • Apply correct settings on the compound to cut a short taper
  • Describe the offset tailstock method of cutting tapers
  • Describe cutting tapers using the taper attachment method
  • Apply correct techniques to produce knurled parts
  • Apply correct techniques to produce piece parts by turning between centers
  • Apply correct techniques to produce piece parts using a steady rest



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