"Metalworking is a science, art, hobby, industry and trade. Its historical roots span cultures, civilizations, and millennia. Metalworking has evolved from the discovery of smelting various ores, producing malleable and ductile metal useful tools and adornments. Modern metalworking processes, though diverse and specialized, can be categorized as forming, cutting, or joining processes." -Wikipedia, Metalworking (taken 7/22/2020)

History of Metalwork + Precision

Origins of Precision - A delightful video on the history of precision and its development

The 1751 Machine that Made Everything - How the first metal lathe is the origin of most modern technology

Modern Metalworking

The strength of metal lends credence to any project. Sparks fly and welds bind. Cutting, grinding, bending and welding are the modern metalworkers techniques. Beyond those basics: there is milling with a CNC, turning on a metal lathe and water-jet cutting. The techniques in metalworking seem are ever expanding. 

MakeHaven Badges for the unit:  [The 'minimum badges' on this page are still in development]

• Minimum: Shear/Brake/Roll, Metal Drill Press

• Metalwork starter: Spot welder, metal chop saw, belt sanders, wire wheel, metal brake, angle grinder, metalwork drill press

• Welding suite: MIG Welding, Oxy Acetylene Welding, Spot Welder, Stick Welders, TIG Welding, angle grinder

• Metal machinist: Bridgeport, Tormach PCNC440, Metal Lathe, Metal drill press, belt sander 

For the course, we recommend that you get as many of the badges above as is practical. Also, it is really helpful if you have earned them before the needed unit, so their acquisition does not eat in to your time to finish assignments. Coordinate with facilitators to complete badges.