Keegan Heaton | Aerospace Machinist | Week VI
On Monday and Tuesday, I helped record safety videos about the CNC machines and milling machines. We covered fixturing, safety, and how to use the control panel. It was interesting watching how to use the control panel because most of the buttons couldn’t be used. These buttons were used in special cases and when using […]
Keegan Heaton | Aerospace Machinist | Week V
I started Tuesday helping Matt and Nate make videos for the first-year class. We covered the Mill and how to use it practically. We covered how to maintain your workspace and properly machine using the mill. We also covered TIG welding and all the procedures to safely weld material together. TIG is one of the […]
Keegan Heaton | Aerospace Machinist | Week IV
This week began with nothing on Monday and Tuesday. On both days, we were waiting for the maintenance crews to polish the floors. We had to put everything on the tables Friday of last week and wait for them before we could resume preparing for the next semester. We spent a lot of the time […]
Keegan Heaton | Aerospace Machinist | Week III
This week I started out by making a DAC board for collecting data. These circuit boards have elevation instruments and upload data on memory cards. I had to solder all of these parts onto a UNO board, the base of the DAC, and ensure my soldering was clean and uniform. If the soldered prongs touched […]
Keegan Heaton | Aerospace Machinist | Week II
I began the week brainstorming personal projects that I would work on in my spare time. I was tasked with doing the entire process from scratch and using physical objects and my mentors as resources. I had decided to make a fidget that would go on my keychain! There would be a small gear conversion […]
Keegan Heaton | Aerospace Machinist | Week I
Hi! I’m Keegan Heaton and spending my summer at Colorado University Boulder’s Aerospace Engineering Sciences building for the next four weeks! In this Internship, I’ll be learning the trade associated with Machinists. This means I’ll get to use simple and advanced-level machinery and model parts using CAD Programs. CAD programs are 3D modeling programs that […]