I was wondering if State offered a 'Shop/Machinist' class. I'm a ME and would like to get hands-on experience instead of waiting until Senior Design.

I saw that Wake Tech has a program for it, but I was wondering if there was a class/series of classes here. Also is the TED major/minor a good equivalent for this?

4/29/2007 10:01:29 PM

I took TED110. It is both woods and metals. You will learn the basics for senior design in this course.

4/29/2007 11:42:58 PM

i know of a few ME majors that took woods/metals TED courses when i was there. they seemed to find it helpful.

while you will get some hands on experience and instruction, the majority of TED courses are geared torwards how to teach the course, not design, etc.

^since when are they combined? that sucks, it was two seperate courses when i went through. the instruction was basic enough with them being seperate, i can't imagine that having them combined really qualifies people enough to teach these things to kids.

4/30/2007 12:00:52 AM

MAE495M has some hands on stuff - machining, welding, etc.

4/30/2007 12:14:13 AM

also, for anyone that's even remotely mechnically inclined woods/metals should be an easy A. B even if you don't show up and never study (but complete your projects). nice gpa booster for thos harder ME classes.

4/30/2007 1:17:53 AM

I saw that they had a flyer in Poe announcing the combination last semester I beleive. But that's good that TED110 is a decent class. Thanks!

4/30/2007 6:10:14 AM

a few years ago they combined the class into TED 110. it also has a plastics lab for vacuum, rotational, blow, and injection molding. the actual instruction only covers the basics of the wood/metal shops. for metals you make a knurled knob from brass stock on the lathe, then play around with oxyacetylene welding and brazing, with a little stick welding thrown in.

it's a whole lot of fun for learning the basics, and the final project allows you to get pretty creative if you'd like. also, attendance is HUGE in all TED classes now. 3 absences drops you a letter grade, with every absence after that dropping you a further letter.

4/30/2007 9:55:13 AM

^you are right about that. You can basically mess around and do whatever you want though. I would just go in there and weld random things every class until I had to start my final project. I became pretty good just by doing that. You can mess around with whatever you want to learn most i suppose.

4/30/2007 1:34:30 PM

TED 122 is basicly metal shop, not sure if they still offer it tho

4/30/2007 1:36:18 PM