HMC Machine Shop
Shop Hours | Summer 2024:
M-Fr: 9am-5pm
Complete this request form or message summer-machine-shop-l@g.hmc.edu
New users must pass the Safety Quiz with a score of 60/64 or better, and watch the New User Orientation video and pass the makeup quiz with a score of 5/5 before visiting the machine shop.
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!
Want a preview of our shops? Check out a virtual tour of the shop.
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.
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You must pass the safety quiz before using the shop!
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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
Possible materials include wood, stone, and acrylic but we recommend beginners start on wood.