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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.”

― St. Francis of Assisi

At work.

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

- Ralph Waldo Emerson