2020 (Virtual) Year-End Projects
A look into Olin's year-end classes & projects.
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3D Printing Training Opens at the Shop
As a part of the Shop's reopening plan, 3D printer training opens.
ABOUT US
The Shop staff and a set of highly trained students provides training in shop operations to the Olin Community before anybody can use the machine shop equipment. The Olin shop is staffed by four full-time professionals, who offer short courses and semester-long courses in machine shop operations to...
About
Welcome to the Shop Olin College has re-imagined its Shop from a traditional, production-focused facility to an active learning enviornment. A large focus of the initiative is on student growth and development. The Shop has also been charged with integrating the College’s fabrication resources within the curriculum in a more meaningful manner. This means better aligning the Shop with academic courses, increasing accessibility of equipment and spaces and establishing a culture of safety and stewardship with the Olin community. Several of...
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MEC 1000 Technical Drawing Handout Project Handouts Project 1 - Lathe Chuck Jaw Measurement Project 2A - Hole Transfer Project 2B - Hand Filing Project 3A - Draw and Dimension Lathe Chuck Jaw Project 3B - Draw and Dimension Vise Jaw Project 3C - Draw and Dimension Control Bracket Project 4 - Sheet...
At One College, Women Engineers Help Reshape The Machine Shop
Only about 20 percent of undergraduate engineering degrees in this country go to women. Olin College, a prestigious engineering college in Needham, is proud to be an outlier: Half its students are women. The school, which also prides itself on offering classes that focus on project-based learning...
Capabilities
We have a well equipped welding facility with the capability to weld aluminum, stainless steel, mild steel, magnesium etc. Additionally, we can cut metal using either flame or plasma cutting methods. Additional metal cutting capabilities consist of drilling, milling, turning, surface grinding...
Culture
The Olin Shop's guiding principles: Learning Over Production: Making mistakes, experimenting, and individual autonomy are critical to learning and improving People Over Process: Policies are a dynamic process Community Over Control: Creation & evolution not handed down Empathy Over Efficiency: Sense...
Design for Manufacturing
Fall 2020 Project Presentations.
Equipment
We have a well equipped welding facility with the capability to weld aluminum, stainless steel, mild steel, magnesium etc. Additionally, we can cut metal using either flame or plasma cutting methods. Additional metal cutting capabilities consist of drilling, milling, turning, surface grinding...