This is the weekly blog post written by Clark Barayuga '23. This week I've been working on a couple of things. For the first part of the week, I machined a ring for the tapping tool using the Tormach PCNC 1100. I have included a picture of the tool pathing for the ring created in …
Week in Review – 2/1 – 2/5
Students finally completed their longboard projects this week. They have utilized many functions within Fusion 360 for this project: Rendering, Joints, Parameters, Motion, and motion links. Really great to see all these incredible designs. Below are a few images from the motion studies the students finished the project with. Enjoy! Also, Freshmen chose their shops …
Week in Review – 1/4 – 1/8
We are back from the holidays and ready for 2021! To get the New Year going, our upperclass students have been working on an electric longboard project. The goal for the project is to become proficient in a variety of modeling techniques and to build a complete electric skateboard from the ground up. Students began …
Week in Review – 12/14 – 12/18
The Upperclassmen spent some time learning how to transition their CAD models into the Fusion 360 CAM interface. Our students have become very adept with their model making skills, and now we are beginning to understand how to translate these designs into CNC files for use with our many different machines including our router, lathe, …
Week in Review – 12/7 – 12/11
This week our sophomores worked on some chairs of their own. Each student was tasked with creating 5 different chairs utilizing different types of modeling techniques, including Loft, Sweep, Revolve, and Surface modeling. Our sophomores are utilizing Onshape during remote learning because it is a great web based CAD system. In our shop, we have …


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