Tool and Die Making TECHNICAL DIPLOMA Oak Creek Campus Downtown Milwaukee Campus (Year One Only) This is a four-semester, full-time, day program; the first two semesters are common with the one-year Machine Tool Operations program. All courses within the first year are based on the National Institute for Metalworking Skills (NIMS) Machining Level One Skill Standards in nine separate skill areas. During the third and fourth semesters, you will learn how to build and sample basic stamping dies and plastic injection molds. Career Outlook: There is an ongoing need for highly skilled metalworkers. Tool and die makers and mold makers are in demand. Career Pathway: This program features exploratory courses that count toward a credential. Contact an MATC advisor for information.

Program Code: 32-439-1 Start Dates: August/January Career Cluster: Manufacturing Detailed Program Information (link) (pdf).

The Makers Handbook tells of how was sought ability to synthesise things made by hand of Man which are with life endowed, that live and breathe, utensils made of flesh, not forged of steel or from plastic shaped, that replicate and self-perpetuate. A touch of romance too included, softening impact of the lifeless scientific facts. Niques to provide the practicing engineer, student, technician, and die maker with. The second part of the book covers all aspects of forming sheet metal.

Die Makers Handbook Jerry Arnold Note: There is no ebook version of this title. Overview Die Makers Handbook is by an expert in his field, Jerry Arnold. The book provides valuable lessons learned from decades of trial and error as a die maker, die designer, and die engineer.

Written in an easy-to-read manner and heavily illustrated, Die Makers Handbook is the only book of its kind expressly intended to help avoid the pitfalls associated with stamping designs, die designs, and stamping die function. This compact and practical reference has been edited by a half-dozen die makers with nearly 200 years of combined experience. The book is a must-have for your toolbox, desk or briefcase. Features • Developed from more than 30 years of practical shop-learned information. • Chock full of all the stamping design pitfalls you don't need.

• Includes a full chapter on exotic measuring methods, providing unique aids and hard-to-find-data. • Devotes an entire chapter of illustrated step-by-step process for designing progressive dies.

• Especially designed for apprentices, young journeymen, and students of die design.

There are also all-new sections on chalkboard lettering, sign making, comics, and more. This edition contains a new, dedicated pointed pen section, with 15 pages of techniques, alphabets, and practice exercises — a first for any Speedball textbook. The font used for the cover is Ross George's Sho Card Gothic style alphabet, first appearing in the 12th Edition (1933) and one of the most recognizable fonts. The remaining cover elements pay tribute to other poignant 'moments' in the Speedball lettering history.