Machine Tool - Student Required Tool List

The following is the freshman tool list. These tools are not available at the Campus Store. It is strongly recommended that these tools be insured under the parents' or student's homeowner's insurance.

These tools must be of the Starrett, Mitutoyo, or Brown & Sharp brand:

0-3" outside micrometers
½ - 4" telescoping gauge set
6" dual scale dial calipers (as both inch and metric on the same dial)
6" rigid steel rule (5R graduation)
Universal dial test indicator (button type)

Consider lower cost brands for these tools:

Scriber set
Center punch set
20 oz. dead blow hammer
Combination square set
3/8 - 1 1/8" wrench set
0-1" dial indicator with magnetic base
60° center gauge
Edge finder
Radius gauge set
5 pieces - ½" x 4" high speed cutting tools (5% cobalt)
5 pieces - 5/16" x 2" high speed cutting tools
Drill set with index (fraction, number, and letter)
Wire brush
2" chip brush (wood handle)
8" mill/bastard file with handle
8" thread file with handle
Center drill set (#1-#5)
Allen wrench sets (metric and fractional)
Tap wrenches (small and medium)
Rou-a-burr (also called a twist-a-burr)
Divider
Calculator: Casio 300fx
Hermaphrodite calipers
Scientific calculator (fractions, angles, roots, powers, trig)
India stone (medium)
Steel-toed safety shoes
Safety glasses with side shields
Rolling tool box
Ballpeen hammer
Channel lock and needle nose (small)
Feeler gauges
¾" 82° countersink

Textbooks:

Machine Tool & Manufacturing Technology - (ISBN - 0-8273-6351-6)
Lab Manual for Machine Tool & Manufacturing Technology - (ISBN - 0-8273-7587-5)
Mathematics for Machine Technology - (ISBN - 1-4283-3656-7)
Interpreting Engineering Drawings - (ISBN - 1-4180-5573-5)
Machinery's Handbook - (ISBN - 0-8311-2700-7)

You may visit the Alfred State Bookstore's Web site for prices and/or ordering information.

If you have any questions regarding the items list, please call (607) 587-4645.

Machine Tool - Student Required Tool List

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