Engineering Evening Class need members!

[Mike MillarParticipant @mikemillar67129]

Many have bemoaned the withdrawal of college evening engineering classes over the years and I thought there were none in the south of England. So I was overjoyed, 2 years ago, to find that Northbrook College, Worthing, runs an Engineering Open Access class on Tuesday evenings. I have been able to use Bridgeport and Ajax mills, large lathes, surface and cylindrical grinding equipment, digital electric furnace …. the list is endless. We have a first class tutor with a lifetime's engineering experience.

You would have thought that the course would be over-subscribed. However, I understand that we are still one short of the number required for it to run this autumn. There must be people within reach of Worthing who, like me, didn't realise that such a course exists and would find it useful – **LINK**

I hope a few more will join us and help preserve this vital course.

Mike

[Mike MillarParticipant @mikemillar67129]

Engineering evening class in jeopardy – act now!

[RobboParticipant @robbo]

Mike,

Just posting to bump you back to the top of the list. Suffered the withdrawal of a course myself. Pity I'm 250 miles from Worthing!

[Mike MillarParticipant @mikemillar67129]

Thanks Robo. I'm sure it's not a unique situation. I wonder how many evening engineering classes are still running in the UK.

[nigel jones 5Participant @nigeljones5]

Not many is my guess – kids today want a PS4, and a Bridgeport doesn't come close! Pity.

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

Hi Mike,

I'll leave this thread to discuss your course, but I've started another thread for people to post DETAILS OF ANY OTHER MODEL ENGINEERING COURSES here:

**LINK**

Neil

[Thomas GudeParticipant @thomasgude37285]

Hi,

This looks good, and the price is agreeable for 30 weeks. However is it an actual course or just an open workshop to get your hands on tools and have a mentor to show you how to use them? Is there any structure or lesson plan or is it just getting help on your own projects? If so, its probably not for me as I don't have any serious projects underway yet.

Thomas

[Mike MillarParticipant @mikemillar67129]

Hi Thomas

It's not a structured course but it's perfectly suitable for beginners and there have been one or two in the last couple of years. You don't have to have a project, the course tutor has suitable beginners projects and will give hands on tuition. If you're not sure, give the course administration a ring and they should be able to put you in contact with Richard Rigney to discuss it.

Mike

[Russ BParticipant @russb]

Posted by fizzy on 20/09/2014 10:31:03:

Not many is my guess – kids today want a PS4, and a Bridgeport doesn't come close! Pity.

Ha Haaa!

I'm still in the transition phase, currently I'm about to hit Battlefield 4 online for an hour or so, then I'll head out to the garage to put a few recently learnt things in to practice.

In all fairness, a PS4 plus a large flat screen telly and a few games cost's a whole lot less to buy and use than a budget lathe etc. and you only need to learn forwards, backwards, left, right and shoot, and you can be a "winner"

depending on your definition of a winner…..

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