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Machine Shop Training Course (Modules 1, 2 & 3) [Oct 6, 8, 10]

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Oct. 6, 2025, 9 a.m. - Oct. 10, 2025, 4 p.m.
Instructor: Bob Amos
Course cost: $390.00 per student
1 place available  [register]

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This is a hands-on 3-module (16 hour) non-credit introductory machine shop course that teaches machine shop safety, how to operate basic tools, milling and turning.

Intro to Safety and Basic Tools [Oct 6, 2025]

This is the first of three non-credit introductory machine shop courses. Over the course of approximately 4 hours (9 am - 1 pm), participants will learn about machine shop safety, and complete the following hands-on tasks:

  • Task 1: Drill press
  • Task 2: Band saw
  • Task 3: Hand tools
  • Task 4: Chart reading
  • Task 5: Countersinking
  • Task 6: Counterboring
  • Task 7: Tapping
  • Task 8: Measuring tools

Intro to Turning [Oct 8, 2025]

This is the second of three non-credit introductory machine shop courses. Over the course of 6 hours (9 am - 12 pm & 1 pm - 4 pm), participants will learn about machine shop safety, and complete the following hands-on tasks on a lathe machine:

  • Task 1: Facing
  • Task 2: Turning
  • Task 3: Drilling
  • Task 4: Knurling
  • Task 5: Grooving

Intro to Milling [Oct 10, 2025]

This is the third of three non-credit introductory machine shop courses. Over the course of 6 hours (9 am - 12 pm & 1 pm - 4 pm), participants will learn about machine shop safety, and complete the following hands-on tasks on a milling machine:

  • Task 1: Milling tools
  • Task 2: Workpiece setup
  • Task 1: Facing
  • Task 2: Drilling
  • Task 3: Chamfering
  • Task 4: End milling
  • Task 5: Blind hole drilling
  • Task 6: Frame/Side milling

Please note that class requires a minimum of 2 students to be registered before it can be offered, and has a maximum capacity of 4 students.

If the class is full and you are still interested, please add yourself to the waiting list. We will try to schedule another course as soon as possible.

Important Safety Note: Open toed footwear and loose clothing is not permitted in the shop.

Course Cost: $390 per student (Physics rate)
Course Cost: $550 per student (Astro & Dunlap Inst. rate)

Location (Building Map)

McLennan Physical Laboratories
Mechanical Workshop, Room 067
University of Toronto
60 St. George Street
Toronto, ON M5S 1A7