In recent years, shop training in Canadian public schools has declined. Coupled with the steadily decreasing cost of/increased exposure to new manufacturing techniques, many novice engineering students do not know/appreciate the role of machining in design and manufacturing. This deficit in understanding of manufacturing processes, their abilities and deficiencies, and their role in design is a significant weakness. A short duration activity was created to introduce students to various operations on lathes, mills, and drill presses through the manufacturing of a small keychain. During each session, a pair of students entered the machine shop every 10 minutes and moved through the machining processes with their keychain blanks assembly-line style. Feedback was collected from both student participants, and TA supervisors to inform continuous improvement of the activity. Results indicate that students perception of skill as well as their comfort level on the lathe, mill and drill press all increased. Results also demonstrate that there is an increase in student interest in machining after the completion of the keychain activity. Response from TAs indicated that while supervising the a
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