COURSE INFORMATION

This course provides training in manual lathe operation (centre lathe) and producing turned parts, and is delivered by our engineering professionals who are well-known throughout Fife for their expertise and quality.

  • Three hours per week over six weeks
  • Friday morning 9.00am -12 noon or Friday afternoon 1.00 – 4.00pm
  • Delivered at Stenton Campus, Glenrothes
  • Health and Safety in the machine shop
  • Machine shop induction
  • General layout of the machine
  • Parts of lathe
  • Turning principles
  • Various operation procedures
  • Tooling
  • Speed and feed calculations
  • Discussing methods for turning different materials
  • Facing off and chamfering
  • Turning diameters
  • Turning lengths
  • Drilling
  • Tapping
  • Grooving
  • Boring
  • Part off
  • There is a basic maths requirement
  • The course is designed for people who wish to move into the engineering sector (machining), or those who are already working in industry and would like to learn how to do basic manual turning