EAS 161LAB—Engineering Machine Shop

This course offers the students the opportunity to de-mystify and familiarize themselves with UB’s SEAS Engineering Machine Shop and gain an understanding of how to approach manufacturing individual components for a functional assembly. Students will get the chance to experience various fabrication and machining processes to make their own functional small drill press vise. Students will learn basic techniques and skills involved in producing individual components for use in an assembly where fitment between components is critical for proper functionality. Skills will be taught through hands-on experiential learning; and, in turn, build confidence in their fabrication and machining abilities. Students will learn valuable skills such as reading and understanding technical and mechanical drawings, applied measurements, material selection/ application of mechanical properties of materials as well as how to operate a variety of machines and tooling in the shop in a safe manner. This course will conclude with an evaluation, including measurements, of the small drill vice made by the students. Each student will be allowed to keep their own small drill vise as a souvenir and reminder of the valuable skills that they obtained in this course.