Smitty’s Fabrication Training Videos
This series of training videos were prepared by Robert “Smitty” Smith to help our engineering students understand the principles of fabrication necessary for project based learning.
Overview of fabrication techniques useful in project engineering
Fabrication: 04 Soldering
Smitty presents the basic techniques of soldering. Every mechanical system includes electronic parts and careful soldering is critical to ensuring things do not come loose in operation.
Fabrication: 03 Hand Tools
This video describes the hand tools important to project engineering. It also has a nicely produced introduction by UCI’s Learning Center.
Fabrication: 02 Advanced MIG Welding
This is the second of a series of videos on fabrication techniques for project engineering. This video focusses on a continuous bead where speed control is critical.
Fabrication: 01 Basic MIG Welding
This is the first of a series of videos that provide basic fabrication training for project engineering. This video presents the basic techniques of MIG welding.
Smitty’s Engineering Training Videos
The training videos that Smitty developed for our design classes at UCI can be access at the YouTube site: Engineering Training Site.
The videos include basic welding 1 and 2, hand tools, soldering, metal forming 1 and 2, cutting, filing grinding and fitting metal for welding, measurements and layouts, and fasteners.