The A&A Charlie Bossart Machine Shop maintains a variety of fabrication and testing equipment for students and researchers. These resources help students learn by doing, allowing them to put into practice concepts from the classroom.
The Shop is staffed by professional engineers and trained graduate student assistants. The Shop staff train users, keep equipment in working order and consult on projects.
The Shop operates as a service center. The Department fully subsidizes Shop fees for all A&A users.
Students can access manual mills and lathes, 3D printers and hand tools. For more advanced users, we offer CNC mills and lathes, welding, and many other tools.
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Machine Shop use
For access to the Machine Shop, please fill out our Machine Shop Use Request Form for A&A coursework & RSOs. Submit this form, together with a pdf attachment of a dimensioned drawing of machined components, to aafacilities@uw.edu.
3D printing
For 3D print requests, download and fill out our 3D Print Request Form and submit to aafacilities@uw.edu. We can print most standard filaments including PLA, ABS, and PETG. We supply some filament for lab courses (junior and senior capstone). Labs and RSOs must supply their own filament.
Machine Shop hours (subject to change)
Fall, Winter, Spring Quarters: Monday–Friday: 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Summer Quarter: Monday-Thursday: 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Shop availability subject to lab classes and safety classes.
Training
- Safety orientation
Standard machine shop safety rules, the location of the shop machinery and safety equipment and how to operate basic machine shop equipment.
Prereq: None - Mill training
Basics of operating a mill, mill safety, mill fixturing, selection of feed rates and spindle speeds; axial and radial cuts, drilling holes and precision measuring.
Prereq: Safety orientation - Lathe training
Basics of operating a lathe, lathe safety, lathe fixturing, selection of feed rates and spindle speeds; facing, turning cuts, and drilling holes.
Prereq: Safety orientation - Welding training
Basic safety and introduction to MIG welding.
Prereq: Safety orientation
Location
The Bossart Machine Shop is located on the ground floor of Guggenheim Hall (GUG 115).
Similar facilities
Other shops that allow student access besides ours here on campus:
- ME Machine Shop in the Mechanical Engineering Annex
- Co-Motion MakerSpace in Fluke Hall
- Area 01 multi-use space in Maple Hall
- Physics Student Machine Shop in the Physics / Astronomy Bldg Rm. B-072 (PAB B-072)
- The Mill in McCarty Hall
- The 8 Shop in McMahon Hall