Shop facilities

The Nevis Labs/Physics Department machine shop consists of 5 machinists with over 70 years of experience and an assortment of modern CNC equipment. The shop prides itself on quality work, innovative solutions to difficult problems, and fast turnaround on projects.

The shop provides both conventional and CNC milling (52" x 30" maximum X & Y travel), turning (15" swing), precision grinding, and sheet metal fabrication and welding (Tungsten Inert Gas). The shop works with ferrous and non-ferrous metals, plastics, Teflon, scintillator, and a variety of other materials. There is extensive experience in the manufacture, welding and Helium leak testing of high vacuum systems.

The current rate for use of the machine shop is $62/hour.

For inquiries, please contact:

Ralph Gardner, Supervisor
Telephone (914) 591-2848
E-mail: machine.shop@nevis.columbia.edu

Here is a form (136K PDF) for machine shop service requests. You will need Adobe Acrobat to read the form.

Shop locations

Nevis Laboratories 136 South Broadway Irvington, NY 10533	Physics Department 538 W 120th St. Rm. 1126 Pupin MC 5252 New York, NY 10027
Contact: Ralph Gardner Phone: (914) 591-2848 or 72-2848 if calling from Columbia Morningside Campus	Contact: Robert Morton Phone: (212) 854-3254 or 4-3254 if calling from Columbia Morningside Campus
Fax: (914) 591-8120	Fax: (212) 854-2991
Hours: Mon thru Fri 7AM - 3PM	Hours: Mon and Fri 8AM - 4PM

Examples

Here we see Ralph Gardner assembling a mass spectrometer for the Lamont-Doherty Earth Sciences Observatory.

Ed Anderson, Dave Thomas, and Yin Au inspect one element of a mirror array for the High Resolution Fly's Eye experiment at the University of Utah.

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