Asher Burkin
MakerSpace Fabrication Technician
![](/images/thumb/5/54/Mill_Work.jpg/400px-Mill_Work.jpg)
Email: aburkin@tulane.edu
Major: Engineering Physics
Certificate: Mechanical Engineering
LinkedIn: in/asherburkin
Profile
Maker Skills
- Machines - CNC Mill, CNC LatheOMAX Water Jet, 3D Printing (Extrusion/SLA), Laser Cutter (Vector/Raster)
- 3D Design - Solidworks, AutoDesk Fusion 360, AutoDesk MeshMixer
- Finite Element Analysis - AutoDesk Fusion 360
- Graphics - Inkscape
- Programming - Computer Aided Design (CAD), Computer Aided Manufacturing (CAM), MATLAB, Intelli-MAX LAYOUT, Intelli-MAX MAKE, Cura
Projects
CNC Mill
I have been working on creating some of the Titans of CNC pieces to develop a deep understanding of CAM. Milling has a steep learning curve. I started with watching videos on how to use CAM.
This is the second piece I milled from the Titans of CNC course.
![](/images/thumb/e/e4/Titan_2.jpg/300px-Titan_2.jpg)
The Rubtsov Group (Optics Lab)
![](/images/thumb/5/55/Optics_Lab.jpg/300px-Optics_Lab.jpg)
CNC Lathe
The Ferris Lab (Ecology Lab)
Water Jet
I worked on a project to cut this 1 inch thick, cold rolled slab of steel, into a new base to hold a vice. The entire operation took around 45 minutes. The garnet container needed to be refilled over 10 times and I was constantly checking the orientation of the the water jet cutter. In setting up the program, I had to take into account the kerf of the water as the holes and size of the base needed to run true to the design. I ran a very slow cut for this operation to ensure the the deflection of the water, as it first goes through the steel, does not curve too much through the cut.
![](/images/thumb/9/90/Cold_rolled_steel.jpg/300px-Cold_rolled_steel.jpg)
![](/images/thumb/7/7c/Vice_size_comparison.jpg/300px-Vice_size_comparison.jpg)
Casting
![](/images/thumb/b/b0/Casting.jpg/300px-Casting.jpg)