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Make Your Own Bolt (Intro to the Lathe)

This is the class you want to take for your first time at a metal-cutting lathe, or if you just want additional experience.

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Make Your Own Bolt (Intro to the Lathe)

Make Your Own Bolt (Intro to the Lathe)

This is the class you want to take for your first time at a metal-cutting lathe, or if you just want additional experience.

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Beginning with a hexagonal aluminum rod you will gain experience making a bolt on our Hardinge lathe. you will practice facing, turning, threading, parting and chamfering operations.

This class is suitable both as a beginning class and for those who want additional experience.

For those that have taken the make a nut class this is your opportunity to finally have a matching bolt.

There will be a $5 material fee included in the price of class.


Teacher Bio:  Jerry Erickson is an engineer, machinist and Inventor . He has been very active in the BARN Metals Fabrication shop and has taught a number of our classes. He works with a number of companies to help them develop new mechanisms and products and improve their existing ones.



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