June 23, 07

ME 111/112: Workshop Practice  (1-0-3-5)
Introduction to- wood work: hand tools and various operations; pattern
making: types of patterns, allowances, color coding etc; bench work and
fitting: tools and operations; metal cutting and machine tools; safety
measures; principles of operation of basic machine tools like lathe, shaping
and drilling; important operations on these machines; cutting tools and
their usage, selection of cutting speeds, feeds, etc; Welding, brazing and
soldering.
Practical assignments in wood work, fitting, lathe and shaping machine and
arc welding.

Text/References
1. S. K. Hajrachoudhury, Elements of Workshop Technology, Vol. I, 13th ed.,
Asia Publishing House, 2003.
2. S. K. Hajrachoudhury, Elements of Workshop Technology, Vol. II, 13th ed.,
Asia Publishing House, 2003.
3. H. S. Bawa, Workshop practice, 1st ed., Tata-McGraw Hill, 2004.