Student Led Plug Welding Demonstration In this ABRN How2 tip Preston and Tucker, collision repair students at Butler Community College, are doing a student led demonstration, demonstrating how to perform a plug weld using a MIG welder. Once welded, they demonstrate a destructive test method to determine if the plug weld passes the test. A […]
Butler’s Collision Repair Program Goes Green by Switching To Waterborne Paint
The Wait Is OverIt has been a long wait, but Butler is going green. The PPG waterborne paint showed up at the school this week. A Cleaner EnvironmentThis week our PPG rep, Steve Johnson, and our jobber, Danny Hutchins stopped by with the AquaBase waterborne paint. Now we can start teaching students waterborne technology. It […]
SEMA
Hey everyone. I’m sorry i haven’t posted in a while, but the work is pretty heavy over here on the East Coast. Maybe that’s a sign that things are picking up in our industry. But anyway, I did not get a chance to make it out to NACE, but I will be attending SEMA on […]
Butler Students Attend NACE 2010 in Las Vegas
Richard and Rigo Checking Out A New Paint Booth and Paint Gun Cleaner at NACE 2010 Two collision repair students, Richard and Rigo, and the collision repair instructor attended the NACE training and expo. in Las Vegas, Nevada this year. NACE is a combination of different collision repair industry training events and a show room floor […]
Butler Students Visit Elite Auto Body To Learn About The Collision Industry
Patrick Sampoll (owner) Discusses Painting With Students Patrick Teaches Students A Lesson On Buffing The collision repair students from Butler Community College visited Elite Auto Body in El Dorado, Kansas. The purpose of the class trip was to give the students an contextual learning experience of what the collision repair industry has to offer. Patrick […]