Course Description

Skill development in pneumatic open-die forging hammer techniques. Topics include forging various steel alloys and larger stock configurations, tool making, machine care, and hardware. Projects to create functional esthetic objects using power hammers.  Course Fee: $50.00 Prerequisites: WLDG 1401. Course Type: W

Course Objectives

Students take this course typically to satisfy one of the following objectives:

• You are pursuing an Associate of Applied Science degree in Welding Technology or a Certificate in Art Metals: Metalsmithing or Art Metals: Metal Sculpture at Austin Community College, and this course is one of your curriculum requirements.

• You are an art student from the Art Department at Austin Community College or from an area university, and need to explore welding and metalworking techniques and how they can be applied to art.

• You have no experience in welding technology, but would like to use this course as an introduction to the profession and to develop your skills so you can build personal projects.

End-of-Course Outcomes

Credit and Format

You will receive four hours of college credit when you successfully complete this course.  Dur­ing the fall and spring semesters, the course will meet for sixteen weeks scheduled in one of the fol­lowing formats: (1) twice weekly for 2:35 hours per class, or (2) once weekly for 5:20 hours per class.  During the summer, the course will meet 16 times: (1) twice weekly for 5:10 hours per class.  Regardless of format, the total class time for this course is eighty clock hours.  

Tuition is charged at the rate posted in the current Course Schedule, depending upon whether you live in-district, out-of-district, or out-of-state.  In addition, there is a $50.00 course fee to cover welding electrodes, gases, practice metal and incidental consumables, plus a $3.00 annual fee which provides you with an accident insurance policy ($25.00 deductible).

Attendance/ Class Participation

Regular and punctual class and laboratory attendance is expected of all students. If attendance or compliance with other course policies is unsatisfactory, the instructor may withdraw students from the class.  If you accumulate unexcused absences exceeding 10% of the total eighty clock-hours re­quired for this course by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, you will be dropped from class.  You will receive the grade of W.  If the final semester withdrawal date has passed, you will receive the grade of F.

Your absences will be recorded on the last page of your Projects List presented at the back of this syllabus.  It is your responsibility—not your instructor’s—to keep track of your absences.

Excessive absences result in (1) your failure to progress towards the objectives of the course, (2) unfair demands on your instructor's time by taking him/her away from respon­sible students in or­der to catch you up on missed assignments, and most important (3) you become an increased safety risk due to your diminished familiarity with hazardous equipment and safety protocols.

Readings will be discused and by the instructor.

The safe and effective use of pneumatic forging hammers, tooling, and posses. making both fictional and sculptural examples of forged work. 

The safe operation of pneumatic forging hammers. the operating functions of this tool. the ability to safely estimate the proper steps for a desired outcome with this tool.