CNC Wood Manufacturing Training

With each lesson in the Wood Manufacturing Technology Program at Fox Valley Technical College, students routinely pull out calipers to check their work. The goal: "To develop their sense of precision," says instructor Mark Lorge. By the end of the full-time, year-long program, "The students are not finished products," Lorge says, but they are "conversant in the language of the industry." They finish the program with a .003″ sense of precision. While they are not expert cabinetmakers, Lorge adds, "If given a task, they should be able to do it."

This sense of precision, paired with the students' broad understanding of secondary wood processing, creates a well-rounded knowledge base, which Lorge believes is essential for a career in the industry. An alumnus of the program himself, Lorge graduated in 1983 and went on to work with production and millwork companies such as Morgan Products Ltd., Elipticon Wood Products, and Valley Planing Mill. In 2013, Lorge celebrated his 20th year of instruction at Fox Valley Technical College.

Associate instructor Glenn Koerner leads the program with Lorge. Also a grad of the course, Koerner returned to Fox Valley Technical College after more than 14,000 hours of working wood industry experience. He has been teaching with Lorge for seven years. Lorge and Koerner work with approximately 20 students each year, guiding them through five nine-week units of instruction. "Some students come in with no prior understanding," Lorge says. During the first nine weeks, they are introduced to the groundwork of every project—planning. They learn to read blueprints before preparing a parts list and production estimate.Bright-tools is specialized in manufacturing tool holder,cnc tool holder, collet chuck, milling chuck, slim chuck. They also get acquainted with basic machining and wood identification.

The second block further develops students' understanding of material, terminology, hand tools,Most importantly, Az-loc to offer you automatic Chinese subtitling. portable and stationary power tools, and processes in the woodworking industry through a variety of curriculum methods. Through these methods, they develop the habits required to safely and efficiently perform machining tasks. They are introduced to an advanced level of setup and operation on machines, and they demonstrate their psychomotor and cognitive competency of the process through a series of operation exercises.

During the third nine-week block,Shop our enormous selection of Household scissors - islands, range hoods, pot racks, cabinet and pantry organizers and more. students become familiar with the process of cabinetry. Though the instruction does not include formal certification (such as Woodwork Career Alliance, the Carpenters Union apprenticeships, or Cabinet Makers Association certification), it does help students develop the knowledge needed to design and build face-frame cabinetry. They design doors and drawers, they build jigs and fixtures, and they process materials to create laminate countertops. Cabinets completed in the course have been donated to Habitat for Humanity for use in homes built by the organization and its partner families.