FORTHCOMING COURSE DATES:
2nd - 6th June 2025 - Full
9th - 13th June 2025 - Full
16th - 20th June 2025 - Full
23rd - 27th June 2025 - Full
14th-18th July 2025 - Full
21st-25th July 2025 - 3 spaces available
28th July-1st August 2025 - 3 spaces available
Please contact the Commercial Team to express your interest.
OVERVIEW
SETA is able to offer bespoke Manual Milling and Centre Lathe Turning Courses in our workshop. Contact us to discuss your individual requirements as courses are tailored to suit your needs. As our workshop is very busy, we will accommodate adult courses when the apprentices are not using the facility.
MANUAL MILLING + CENTRE LATHE TURNING – example contents
Below you will find a sample of contents that can be covered during a course.
• Select machine tool appropriate to the operation and safely operate the machine controls
• Mount chucks and set and secure workpieces
• Set up and mount workpieces between centres.
• Using a range of workholding devices including, faceplates, fixtures, 4 jaw chucks & soft jaws
• Select and set speeds and feeds
• Cut threads using machine taps and split button dies
• Produce components having parallel, stepped, tapered and knurled diameters, drilled, reamed and bored holes
• Screw Cutting, Metric & Imperial
• Using a range of measuring equipment
• Vertical machines with up at least 36ins beds
• Selecting & checking for defects and mounting cutting tools
• Preparing machine and adjusting ready for operation including correct use of:
Machine controls to include those that:
Isolate the supply, stop/start, change speeds, hand feed Adjust table height, set feeds, and operate power feed Operate rapid power feed, control coolant flow (where appropriate) Set trips and lock slides
• Securing workpieces ready for machining
• Workholding devices to include: Machine vices, table clamps, T-bolts and angle plates
• Using vertical milling machines to produce horizontal, vertical and angular faces and slots
• Using a range of measuring equipment
VENUE
SETA, Millbrook, Southampton
