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CNC WEST April/May 2019 www.CNC-West.com 23 The BIM 110L project is a digital microscope assembly. The assembly is a cell phone stand embedded with an inexpensive magnifying lens to which the cell phone’s camera is aligned producing a magnified image of a specimen with focus capabilities. Everything they program they do directly on the ACU-RITE G2 controllers and it is easy. The controls are easy to learn, easy to use and user intuitive. The ACU-RITE G2 controllers are extremely powerful, and once the students figure them out they have no problems programming. Shop techs are a key part of the ESDC. With only four full-time staff the ESDC relies on 18 shop techs to keep the lab running smoothly. Some days 18 isn’t even enough to support the shop. Spencer Cheng (above) hopes to get a job in manufacturing after graduation. (Right) Shop tech Deniz Akin helps a fellow student on a lathe op. Her only experience with tools came in the EME50 class, but that has sparked a desire in her to learn more about CNC.