|
|
Forums:
Community:
Campground:
What Tadie has been up to for the last 8 months...:
Edit Log
|
|
tattooed_climber
Dec 31, 2006, 3:36 AM
Views: 438
Registered: Dec 13, 2003
Posts: 4838
|
Well, 8 months ago (May 10th) I started my Machinist / CNC program at BCIT (British Columbia Institute of Technology)
Quitting work and becoming a full time student has fucked with my climbing, though, for the first 4 months of my course i couldn't put on my harness without screaming in pain (had a serious accident at work just before i quit there)...and not being able to afford insurance for my truck had alot more to do with it
i've missed climbing and at the same time i haven't...course i got out afew times on the rock (mainly bigwall solo stuff), i've done some gear leads...i haven't missed it because i've been having too much fun being a machinist and i know this is something i want to do for the rest of my life
I'm now done the first term of my course (Machinist ELTT, which is all manual machining) i've also passed the 1st year apprenticeship exam (i'm an unregistered 2nd Year Machinist now)....got 91.2% on that exam and averaged %90 - %100 on all my projects and tests
heres a thread i did awhile ago showing the BCIT machine shop:
By demand, Tadies Shop (BCIT) (pics n stuff)
in 5 days i start my Co-op Term at a local Machine Shop here in Port Coquitlam, its a 15min walk from my house and its a small 5 man Jobber Shop, Prefect! They do Manual, and CNC. As well they do some Steel Fabercation on the side, so all my skills (and welding tickets ) as a fitter/welder won't go lost. The Owner is this super cool Polish dude, and no problem for me to get my red seals through him (i want both the Machinist and CNC trades tickets)
I just finished re-organizing (and photographing) my 41" Tool Cabinet (which is packed full of tools) and tomorrow i'll drop it off at the new shop
Course, i did alot of projects at school (and even more side-projects), theres too many to list
Here's afew of my (more useful) projects
(This post was edited by tattooed_climber on Dec 31, 2006, 4:04 AM)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
