BILT Curriculum Overview

BILT Curriculum Overview

This resource will serve as an introduction to the Baxter Innovation Lab. It includes curriculum for safety, machine use, and the design process. The content includes a combination of online resources, lab activities and general guidelines to help the Lindblom community utilize the lab to facilitate hands on learning and the fabrication of anything we can design. The curriculum is broken down into units, each one providing important information on shop protocol, tool use, and safety. The first four units should be completed by any person that wishes to use the lab. The remaining units are for use of the more advanced tools and are application specific. Students can pick and choose the remaining units depending on their particular application.

The Units are as follows:

• About the Baxter Innovation Lab

• Intro to CAD and CAM

• Safety

• Lab Basics

  1. 1.  Measurement and Conversion

     2. Hand Tools

     3. Fasteners

     4. General Power Tools

     5. Electrical Tools

     6. Master Bench

• Training Grid

• Rapid Prototyping

  1. 1. 3D Printing

     2. Laser Cutting

     3. Vinyl Cutting

• Material Specific Power Tools

  1. 1. Wood Working 

     2. Plastics Working

     3. Metal Working 

• CNC Machines

  1. 1. Intro to CNC Routing Using Carvey and X-Carve

     2. CNC Routing Using Shop Sabre

     3. CNC Mill Setup, Operation and Maintenance

     4. CNC Mill Programming

     5. CNC Lathe (Turning) Setup, Operation and Maintenance

     6. CNC Lathe (Turning) Programming

• Welding

  1. 1. Welding Basics (Safety, Setup and Theory)

     2. Mig Welding

     3. Tig Welding