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INDUSTRIAL DESIGN: TECHNOLOGY

Equipment + Facilities
ID Woodshop
(3) Saw stop 10” table saw
Scmi 12” table saw
Scmi 20” planer
Sac 12” Jointer
Selton 16” jointer
(2) Rockwell Delta 15” drill press
(2) Seton CM 72 slot mortiser
Lobo Hollow Chisel slot mortiser
Tannewitz 36” band saw
(2) Powermatic 20” band saw
Delta 14” band saw
General 16” disc sander
Delta 12” disc sander
Volpato 60” belt/spindle
Makita flat grind wet grinder
Tormax hollow wet grinder
Dewalt compound radial arm saw
Osrud inverted router table Reimer Electra steamer
(3) Oneway 1640 lathes
Hegner-Polymax 3 scroll saw
Dawson Sand Blaster
Assorted hand tools

ID Model Shop
The Industrial Design Model Shop serves the ID Department by handling the widest variety of materials, machinery, and processes of the three department shops. Materials include wood, metal, plastics, foam, clay, wax, and many types of casting materials such as plaster, resin, rubber, latex, and liquid plastic.
Machinery includes:
Wood and metal band saws
Drill press
Sanders
10” table saw
8” jointer
13” plane
Router table
Milling machine
Two metal lathes
Two vacuum-forming machines (capacity up to 60” x 30”)
Hot-wire foam cutters
Heat sealing equipment
Jump shear
Finger break
Slip roller
Grinding and sharpening equipment
Plastic welding and bending
Spray booth
Plaster room with ventilated mixing counter and ceramics kiln

Locker and stock storage space and hazardous materials storage are available in the shops for students. The Graduate Shop Experience class and a Modelmaking class are taught in the shop. The shop has hours available for students each day during the school year, and a monitor is always on duty during shop time.

D Metal/Machine Shop

Drill press
Band saw
Bridgeports

Metal Working
Finger brakes Slip rolls
Ring rollers
Presses
Di- acro bender
Duo-mite bender
Spot welders
Stud welder (Sunbelt)
Handtools
Pliers, screwdrivers, drills etc.
Surface plates
Measuring equipment, calipers etc..
South bend lathes
Horizontal band saw
Surface grinder

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