Video: The first in a series of instructive ideos on using several common machine tools, produced here at MIT, can be found here. They have good information for both beginners and experienced machinists, and are recommended for anyone interested in the use of machine tools. There is also an interesting MIT website about some materials properties and physics as they pertain to MIT's shops here.
Tool Resources:
Avalable equipment: The physics machine shop has manually controlled standalone cutting tools: mills, lathes, drill presses, and bandsaws. Additionally, the student shop has manual sheet metal tools.
Below is a summary of equipment available for use in the student shops. Several of these are covered by the institute Machine Shop SOP (certificates required).
Large machine tools:
2 Bridgeport J-Head Mills (manual)
Hardinge Lathe (user manual, maintenance manual, hard copy available in shop)
Monarch Lathe (1942 manual, 1965 manual, hard copy available in shop)
Drill Press
Metal Cutting Band Saw (Wilton 3130 horizontal, DoAll ML vertical)
Floor-standing/mounted manual tools:
Press
Punch
Bender
Brake
Angle Cutter
(Small Sheet metal cutter)
Hand Power Tools:
Hand Sander
Hand drill
Hand tools:
Tap and Die sets
Hammers
Hack Saws
Files
Clamps
Vises