Thursday, November 29, 2012

Jig boring lessons this week.


Kevin checking his workpiece with the mounted microscope on the Hauser Jig Borer.


The Acru-Rite retains the datum reference point and also saves settings.


Everything else, Kevin must adjust by hand.

Monday, November 26, 2012

Tools.


"We shall neither fail nor falter; we shall not weaken or tire .. give us the tools and we will finish the job."
- Winston Churchill

Thursday, November 22, 2012

Visit to Mr Dufour !

10.30am.
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Phone rings.
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We pick it up and guess who was on the phone ?

Its Mr Philippe Dufour !!

We sent him an email a few weeks ago to request for a visit for our new students and he was very busy.   And today, he just gave us a call to tell us to fix an appointment with him. How kind of him even when he is terribly busy.

Christmas came early for us all.


Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Mid week sneaks.


The boys all at work.


Henrik giving a lesson on drilling on the 70.


Morning lesson on the trusty 102.


Tooling post.

Monday, November 19, 2012

102. Schaublin.


We have an old 102 in the machine room and Henrik is prepping it for the students to use.




Frequent maintenance of our machines mean that it doesn't take long for prepping. Its a good habit and mentality to practice. Downtime for machines mean loss of productivity.

Friday, November 16, 2012

Creation ...



“He who works with his hands is a laborer.
He who works with his hands and his head is a craftsman.
He who works with his hands and his head and his heart is an artist.”



Tuesday, November 13, 2012

At work.



Knowledge comes by eyes always open and working hands; and there is no knowledge that is not power.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Monday, November 12, 2012

Turning ...


Last week, the boys started on their turning lessons. Joseph deep in concentration on the Schaublin 70.


Brad scribing his brass piece in preparation for machining.

Thursday, November 8, 2012

It’s all said and done, it’s real, and it’s been fun ...




We were and are still honored to have hosted the WatchTour watch. As it leaves us for the next destination, we hope the spirit of the Watchtour project lives on as long as it can.

Adieu !

Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Mid week sneaks


The boys have started their milling lessons on the F1.


Kevin is adjusting the milling head. Notice the plastic containers below the F1. Its the coolant oil for steel milling.


We have a new extractor fan in the heating room. All thanks to the Ulysse Nardin Foundation for generously sponsoring this.


Its a pretty cool unit. It also has an in-built carbon filter.


Very futuristic looking. 

Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Website update

Our school website has been updated.

Application process and course fees have also been updated.


Monday, November 5, 2012

Mirroring.


While we emphasize that our fullskill course is more hands-on, there is some theory. Here is an example of what students refer to when they need to make a tool.



For example, this is a tool made by Horia which students must replicate.


Students need to make a technical drawing of the tool.



And this drawing must be complete with measurements.

Friday, November 2, 2012

The special watch ...


Henrik and the students posing with the watch on a Friday just before our weekly maintenance.


A big shout out to the Watchtour forum on WUS ! Hey guys ! 

Watch Tour !


So, we received the WatchTour watch from our swiss friend down the road and we had it for a while. Our new students had just came in and we had alot to do. However, we didn't neglect the spirit of the Watchtour watch. It did take us some time to decide what we wanted to do with it and this is the result of Henrik's creativity. Superluminova on the automatic rotor. 


This is what the rotor looks like in daylight. We used our Aciera F1 mill to mill out a recess in the rotor. Then we fill it in with Superluminova.


This is the original rotor which we swapped out.


Close up of the movement.


Lastly, this is what it looks like in total darkness ! 


Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Upgrade

We're going to go through a few system upgrades in the coming few weeks. Hopefully, we will be able to change the website and our email servers.

Thursday, October 25, 2012

Almost over ....


Its been a long week. Everyone has been allocated their own projects to complete. 



The essentials of steel sawing ..


More flat filing ..


Brad's bench


Making it straight ..


Go Sheffield !


All students keep their completed work in these little blue boxes.

Monday, October 22, 2012

Monday ...


Its monday. More pictures. Here is a small block of brass which students had to try and make flat on this small surface as a start.


Morning mondays.


Joseph starts on his first tool.


Kevin flat filing.


Brad doing some nifty needle filing.


Charles flat filing.

Thursday, October 18, 2012

The first filings ...


Its their first day of micromechanics.


Kevin working at it slowly.


Its a rather warm day and Joseph works on intently.


As a soft start, they cut brass corners and try to fit them onto their bench vices.


UN was very generous to give the students a welcome gift.



Charles fits his brass corners into his bench vice.


Brad's bench


Henrik preparing some material for the next lesson.