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COURSE SYLLABUS

1. TITLE OF COURSE: CONVENTIONAL LATHE OPERATIONS
  PREFIX/NUMBER: MAC 130 CREDIT HOURS: 4.0
2. PREREQUISITE: Completion of all prep block courses
3. RESOURCES NEEDED:  
 

TEXT:

Machine Tool Practices  Prentice Hall, 1995  Richard R. Kibbe, John E. Neely, Roland O. Meyer, Warren T. White
 

SUPPLIES:

4. COURSE DESCRIPTION: Covers basic lathe applications which will consist of identifying lathe components and controls, understanding turning safety, calculating speeds and feeds, using various tools and tool holders, identifying basic tool geometry, and the use of common lathe spindle tooling.  Students will perform basic lathe operations, which will consist of facing, center-drilling, chuck turning, turning between centers, boring, grooving, tapers, knurling, and single point threading.  Students will be required to produce specified parts to a tolerance of +/- .004 in. and perform competencies set by manufacturing standards.
5. COURSE GOAL: The student will learn basic lathe applications which will consist of identifying lathe components and controls, understanding turning safety, calculating speeds and feeds, using various tools and tool holders, identifying basic tool geometry, and the use of common lathe spindle tooling.  Students will perform basic lathe operations, which will consist of facing, center-drilling, chuck turning, turning between centers, boring, grooving, tapers, knurling, and single point threading.  Students will be required to produce specified parts to a tolerance of +/- .004 in. and perform competencies set by manufacturing standards.

6.

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

By the end of the course, students will:

(A)

Students will demonstrate engine lathe safety

(B)

Identify tool holders and tool holding for turning applications

(C)

Identify all cutting tools for the lathe

(D)

Use various types of lathe spindle tooling

(E)

Perform facing and center drilling operations

(F)

Perform turning between centers operations

(G)

Perform special lathe operations, which will consist of: drilling, boring, reaming, knurling, recessing, parting and tapping

(H)

Calculate and machine 60-degree thread forms and various other threading operations

(I)

Calculate and cut various types of tapers

7. EVALUATION PROCEDURES:
    Grading Scale
Raw Score Range 		Letter Grade
    90 to 100 A
    80 to 89 B
    70 to 79 C
    60 to 69 D
    0 to 59 F

Special Remarks:

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Attendance:  College policy states that students may be dropped from enrollment when absent 20% of the scheduled class meetings.  If enrolled from the beginning of the term, 15 hours will usually constitute 20% of a four-credit semester course which meets five hours per week.  Reinstatement procedures are described in the PCC catalog.

2.

Tardy Policy:  A student who is late three times (enters classroom after the instructor has taken roll) will be charged with one full absence unless the student can provide valid reasons for one or more of these tardies.

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Assignments/Missed Exams:  It is the student's responsibility, whether present or absent, to obtain all material presented and to complete all course assignments.  If prior arrangements are made or extenuating circumstances exist, makeup of tests may be allowed.  Late homework papers will not be accepted unless those same extenuating circumstances exist.  Makeup of quizzes is to be at the instructor's discretion.

8. COURSE OUTLINE:
9. METHODS OF INSTRUCTION:
To be successful in this course, students are expected to participate in discussions, readings, in-class writing, and peer review activities. The instructor may assign point values to such activities.
10. ACADEMIC INTEGRITY:
The very nature of higher education requires that students adhere to accepted standards of academic integrity. Therefore, Pueblo Community College has adopted a policy of academic conduct as described in the Student Handbook. Violation of academic integrity may be defined to include the following: cheating, plagiarism, falsification and fabrication, abuse of academic materials, complicity in academic dishonesty, and personal misrepresentation. It is the student’s responsibility to be aware of the behaviors that constitute academic dishonesty. Sanctions for violating the standards of academic integrity may include warning, probation, suspension, and/or failure of the course or assignment at the discretion of the instructor.
11. ADA NOTICE:
  Students who have a documented disability may be eligible to receive accommodations for this class. Please contact the Disability Resources Center at 549-3446 for further information.