This video clip shows the outside diameter turning on an engine lathe.

In this video, we’ll identify the parts that make up the Bridgeport and learn how it works.

Learners examine the animated Timer-On Delay instruction and the Timer-Off Delay instruction of a PLC timer. A brief quiz completes the activity.

Using the principle of Pascal's Law, the learner will interpret the gauge readings in a hydraulic system to determine when the system is operating properly under various load conditions and when there is a defect.

This lesson gives the student an overview of grinding wheels and pedestal grinder procedures.

This review assesses the student's ability to use a Pedestal Grinder.

In this animated object, learners examine the operation of two-way, three-way, and four-way directional control valves used in pneumatic systems.

This video will demonstrate power tapping on a Bridgeport milling machine.

After a brief review, the student solves five practical shop problems using right angle trigonometry.

This document is a visual and text description of preparing thread cutting tools, primarily used on a lathe.

Identifies the parts of the hydraulic press brake featuring the Adira up-acting press brake. Interactive section asks to identify parts after first learning them.

In this animated activity, learners read about the types of lines found on blueprints. A quiz completes the activity.

Learners test their ability to visualize a holder in this interactive exercise that features animated pictorial views.

Learners test their ability to visualize a mounting wedge in this interactive exercise that features animated pictorial views.

In this learning activity you'll illustrate your ability to visualize a slotted block.

In this animated print reading exercise, the learner calculates missing dimensions and identifies surfaces on projected views.

Learners test their ability to visualize a three-step block in this interactive exercise that features animated pictorial views.

Learners practice reading prints of a hub. They identify information located on the print and calculate missing dimensions.

The learner will understand how to measure a problem over time by using a common run chart to visualize the gap between past performance and future goals.

The learner will understand how to use a cause and effect diagram to find the root cause of a problem.

The learner will understand how to use brainstorming and a decision matrix to find the best solution to a problem.

You will learn how to us a flow chart to describe the process actions and decisions to find a solution.

You'll understand how to use a run chart to describe a manufacturing problem.

In manufacturing, controlling the production process is critical. Part of this control is knowing when to make adjustments and when to let the line run. Step onto the production line in our manufacturing plant and learn what process variation is and how it impacts your bottom line.

In this learning object you'll explore some frequently asked questions concerning steel rule usage.

The student reviews milling machine work-holding devices.

In this document you'll review text and photos of the radial drilling machines.

In this learning activity you'll test your skill at reading indicators.

Students take a 13-question quiz to practice reading 25- and 50-division Vernier height gages.

In this learning activity you'll practice reading an inch micrometer.

In this learning activity you'll build a resistor's color code based on the bands.

This review tests the student's knowledge of drill press accessories and procedures.

This interaction tests the student's knowledge of parts on a radial drill press.

This review tests the student's knowledge of cutting speeds and RPM calculations for drilling machines.

This review tests the student's knowledge of advanced cutting tools and operations on a drill press.

This content module will review rigging and lifting techniques and equipment.

In this module, we'll be introducing you to SIPOC, a powerful tool that can help you improve your business processes. It's a high-level process mapping tool that helps you identify the key components of a process and how they relate to each other. SIPOC diagrams are often used in Six Sigma and Lean methodologies, but they can be useful for any process improvement initiative. We’ll explain the key SIPOC components and demonstrate how to build one. Then, we’ll walk through a few scenarios and let you build your own.

In this interaction the student is asked 19 questions related to sawing machines.

This document gives the student a text and graphic overview of screw threads and fasteners.

This review assesses the student's ability to understand screw threads and fasteners.

This video will examine the parts of an offset boring head, and how to setup and use the head.

The student takes a 14-question quiz of shop safety.

Learners use the National Electrical Code to determine the size of a motor overload protection device.

This video will guide you through the process of squaring a part on a milling machine.

In this video, we’ll go over the necessary steps to square the toolhead on a Bridgeport mill.

This review assesses the student's ability to use a steel rule correctly and accurately.

In this learning activity you'll review different types of steel rules used in manufacturing.

In this learning activity you'll test your knowledge of the different types of steel rules as well as how to use and read them correctly.

In this learning activity you'll review steel rule measurement.

In this document you'll review the Sterling Drill Grinder.

Learners review surface finish basics and read how to calculate the roughness average.

This review assesses the student's ability to use taps and dies.

The learner identifies ways to eliminate or minimize wastes found in business processes. A quiz completes the activity.

Learners review guidelines for the proper use of a dial caliper. Illustrations appear throughout the learning object.

This document is a visual and text description of the engine lathe.

In this screencast, learners read an explanation of the color code used on schematic diagrams for hydraulic circuits. Circuit examples for each color are shown.

This animated lesson shows several ways that a hydraulic pressure switch, connected in a ladder circuit, causes the cylinder of a hydraulic circuit to perform various applications.

Examine the components of a hydraulic system.

In this animated and interactive object, learners examine a depiction of how force is multiplied by a larger cylinder when pressure from a pump is applied to a smaller cylinder. A short quiz completes the activity.

In this document you'll review thread cutting using a drill press.

This video will demonstrate the process or tilting the head on a Bridgeport manual milling machine.

This review assesses the student's knowledge of the tool and cutter grinder and of the tool and cutter grinding process.

Video Overview of turning between centers on a lathe.

In this document you'll review photos of different types of drilling tools.

In this screencast, learners examine the internal structure of an unloading valve. This learning object includes a video clip demonstrating the use of an unloading valve in a metal stamping application.

In this animated object, learners examine how PLC up/down-counters are used to control an automated parking lot gate.

In this learning activity you'll identify the consequences of using gage blocks incorrectly.

You will be guided through doing a precision layout a part from a drawing.

Learners will test their ability to read a depth micrometer in this interactive quiz.

The learner will use the deceptively simple sine bar to measure angles to minutes or even half minutes.

In this video, you’ll learn how to set up a long piece of tubing using a steady rest, so that you can bore the ends for a bearing.

The learner will use an edge finder to locate the edge of a workpiece.

Students read about the basics of using an indicator.

Walk through of how using an inside micrometer for measurement.

In this interaction the student is presented with 12 questions on vernier caliper parts identification.

In this learning activity you'll follow 11 steps to take measurements using a Vernier caliper.

Learners read a description of torque and study the factors that cause its magnitude to change.

This video will demonstrate working with independent chucks on an engine lathe.