Auntie CeCe's Modern Workshop Technology Course: What Is Modern Workshop Technology? | Lesson 1

Lesson 1 of 13 in Auntie CeCe's Modern Workshop Technology Course, Part 1 (foundations). We start from the very beginning: how a metal part is made, step by step, from casting and heat treatment to machining, measuring and inspection, and how each step has changed from the classic workshop to today's CNC machines, 3D printers and digital gauges. In this lesson: Welcome to the Workshop; A Classic, Made Modern; The Journey of a Part; Then and Now; Shaping by Casting; Changing Metal with Heat; Taking Metal Away; Worked Example: Spindle Speed; Adding Instead of Cutting; How Close Is Close Enough?; Worked Example: Limits; From Tape to CNC; Safety First, Always; Auntie's Recap. Course path: Part 1, foundations: 1 What is modern workshop technology · 2 Shop safety, then and now · 3 Metals and how we change them · 4 Measuring: calipers to CMMs · 5 Speeds, feeds and CNC Part 2, trade-exam build-up: 6 Casting · 7 Furnaces and induction heating · 8 Heat treatment and powder metallurgy · 9 Screw threads and angles · 10 Inspection: Taylor's principle to SPC · 11 Surface finish and machine alignment · 12 Grinding · 13 EDM, ECM, lapping, honing and crack detection The course follows the syllabus of a classic 1970s workshop technology textbook for technicians, rewritten from scratch and brought up to date with CNC, 3D printing, digital measuring and modern safety rules. There's a 3-question quiz at the end (pause and work it out), then the answers and the course path. This course is general education. Follow your instructor, the machine manual, OSHA rules and your shop's safety procedures for any real work. #WorkshopTechnology #AuntieCeCe #Machining #CNC