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Joe, a second year student painted a motorcycle tank in his spare time.  As you can see, the tank looks great.  The second year students have been extremely busy performing live work.  We are studying weld-on panels, sectioning, door skins, and adhesive so we will be ready for these types of jobs as we get them.

The first-year student just started welding.  We spend six weeks performing lap welds, butt welds, butt welds with a backing plate, and plug welds.  Each student must perform each one of these welds in a flat, vertical, and overhead position that must pass a destructive test.  This sounds scary to many students if they have never welded before, but we have a lot of time to get it right.  If the student shows up every day and practices these welds repetitively, they will have no problem when it comes to testing the welds.

Check back and we will keep you posted with our progress.

You Know That You’re Old When……You Do Not Know If You’re Capable To Drive The New Cars

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I always like to check out the features on the new cars, but I seriously do not know if I would be able to drive this car.  Check it out and let me know what you think.  It’s Different! 

Good-Bye 2009 and Hello 2010 – A New Semester At Butler

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It was great to have a break, but the holidays are over and it is time to focus on the new semester here at the Collision Repair Program at Butler. The first year students are going to start with one of my favorite subjects, which is auto estimating. The second year student are going to continue their paint gun and spraying techniques. It is going to be a very busy semester for the 2nd year students. We already have enough live worked lined up for the entire semester. We will continue writing estimate so they can gain the experience of estimate writing, but I do not see how we could possibly fit another job in at this point. We have some really good jobs lined up. Dodge Challenger with door skins to be replace, Dodge Pick-Up with front end damage, S-10 with front end damage, Mustang, Ford Pick-up…..it’s going to be busy. I see this every year. We get busy and before we know it, my class will be walking across the graduation stage.

With that said, enjoy the rest of the break, as when you all return, we’re going to hit the floor running. See you all on January 19, 2010.