I have been communicating with a university student in the Cardiff area who would has no experience of mechanical engineering but would like to know more about it. I have been in touch with the Cardiff MES and they have been very helpful.
However, I wondered if there was anyone in the Cardiff area who would be prepared to meet this student and give a personal introduction to the methods employed in toolmaking and model engineering. If things work out the student would effectively become a kind of apprentice.
Jim Cahill