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SCS Machine Shop Equipment

Below are the tools that the SCS Machine Shop uses to build and repair a wide variety of equipment:

  • Hardinge HLV precision lathe (3)
  • Sharp 1118H Tool Room Lathes (2)
  • Bridgeport vertical mills (2)
  • Cincinnati horizontal mill
  • LeBlond Tool and Die Maker lathe
  • LeBlond gap bed lathe
  • DoAll vertical band saw
  • DoAll surface grinder
  • Hansvedt CS-2 Ram EDM
  • Hansvedt Wire EDM
  • Mitsubishi FX-10 4 Axis Wire EDM
  • Southwestern CNC vertical bed mill (4)
  • Miller MIG and TIG welders
  • Heat treating furnaces
  • Scherr, Tumico digital optical comparator
  • Shear, box and pan brake and slip roll for sheet metal
  • CAD systems using Autocad, Solid Works & SurfCam
  • ESAB plasma torch
cnc vertical mill
Southwestern CNC vertical mill used in the making of a mirror mount for Mt. Wilson Observatory
bridgeport mill
Machining a LED dome on Bridgeport mill
bridgeport mill
Bridgeport CNC lathe
Mitsubishi-FX-10-4-Axis-Wire-EDM
Mitsubishi FX-10 4 Axis Wire EDM
vacuum flange on a vertical mill
Machining a vacuum flange on a vertical mill
leblond tool
LeBlond tool and die maker lathe
doall band saw
DoAll Band Saw