HMC Machine Shop

Shop Hours | Fall 2025

M-Th 2-10pm | Fr-Su 2-8pm

NEW USER ORIENTATION

Wed Sept 3 & Th Sept 4

7-9pm in Galileo Lecture Hall

Want a preview of our shops? Check out a virtual tour of the shop.

New users must pass the Safety Quiz with a score of 60/64 or better, and attend new user orientation.

Pass the safety quiz to get added to shop-users-l@g.hmc.edu where we send out information about workshops and other shop updates!

Check out the HMC Machine Shop YouTube channel!

Have a recommendation for the shop? Fill out our feedback form!

Want to use the shop outside of regular hours? Email shop-proctors-l@g.hmc.edu to see if one of our excellent proctors is available to open it for you. Note: the shop is hard closed from 12 (midnight) - 6 am and cannot be opened during those hours. Go get some sleeeeep. Zzzzzz

Questions about shop rules, procedures, and accessibility or disability accommodations? Please email shop-management-l@g.hmc.edu

To inquire about immediate or specialized fabrication needs, curricular or academic support, please email the Shop Manager at dprice@g.hmc.edu

Welcome

This site is the resource for all things related to the HMC Machine Shop. For suggestions and detailed questions, Contact Us.

The shop is available to students, faculty, and staff of Claremont College Consortium for coursework, personal, passion, and group projects, and just learning more about machining and fabrication. Anyone who reviews the Shop Rules, passes the Safety Quiz, and attends new user orientation (virtually or in person) can use the machine shop! You will not be allowed into the machine shop until you have passed the safety quiz and attended a new user orientation. Always be "shop safe" (shop safe attire, jewelry removed from wrists and fingers, hair tied back, etc.) when coming into the machine shops.

If you have any questions regarding the shop, or you want to learn more about machining, check out our FAQ and Tutorials.

To learn more about what the shop has to offer, check out the Machines page or check out this Video Tour.

About the Shop

The student machine shop at Harvey Mudd College is a two-room machining, woodworking, and prototyping facility. The shop allows students to collaborate on class projects, fabricate components for research, and create personal projects.

The machine shop is operated by a management team of a full time staff shop manager and five student leadership members. It is staffed daily by a dedicated team of student proctors, who ensure the safety of shop users, teach machining practices, and maintain shop machines and equipment.

To learn more about the shop, see the About page.

Student Projects

We are always looking for new student projects to spotlight so please please email us photos/descriptions of your awesome class and personal projects!!!

Pen Turning Workshop

Come learn how to turn a pen on the wood lathe! No experience in the shop required :). Workshops are offered first come first serve and information will be sent out to shop-users-l@g.hmc.edu. Make sure to pass the safety quiz to get updates!

Gallery of student-made pens