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.