School Machine Shop Tour 2024

School Machine Shop Tour 2024
Welcome to the tour of the new machine shop at Conestoga College

[ryebis]

Great to know the younger generation have options like this to learn the skills. Wish we had similar investment in education in Australia, most of the manufacturing has been shipped overseas.

[walterkucharski]

I had a similar school in the 70's a bit smaller and only 1 paper tape cnc mill. In Montreal. I loved it and it gave me a great career.

[sherwoodski]

That's what I call REAL INTELIGENCE! I teach a small design and manufacturing HS program in Idaho. There are 2 things I constantly tell my students. #1- Every class I took in HS later paid off in life after highs school. #2 AI will never take replace the true hands on trades.

[captcarlos]

Thank you for a tour of the best Machinist Education faculty I could imagine.
At 65 and still making chips in Australia, I’m jealous of the equipment and set up I Never had the opportunity to play with while at trade school!
Good on you Canadians for taking on the challenge of staying relevant and capable of modern manufacture and helping your young learn real skills .

[bluehornet]

Absolutely UNBELIEVABLE! Thank you so much to this school for making that sort of investment to train people on a bit of a dying art. I'm totally blown away by those teaching facilities!

[kahvac]

Most impressive ! Never seen anything like it ! Thank You.

[muuce]

That’s a jaw dropping investment into the future. I hope what they’re doing in Kalamazoo comes close, I’d love to teach in a setting like this!

[stephenlett]

Incredible facility Ray. You've done a fantastic job on putting that together for your students. The future is bright.

[cmiimages]

Wow, we have nothing like this huge school engineering shop in Australia. This is like the 1960's tech school, but a heck of a lot more modern, and well just friggin amazing, great to see.

[toddkerns]

Wow!!! What a beautiful facility, and so nicely laid out.

[frankornelaz]

I learned to become a machinist by joining the United States Navy. The Navy’s machinist is “Machinery Repairman” the best decision I made in my life. Not only did travel the world and serve my country. Companies appreciate veterans. Worked as a nuclear maintenance machinist for 37 1/2 years straight without one day not employed unit I retired.

[davidchavez]

I am American but I love to buy "Made in Canada." You guys make some good stuff! Keep it up.

[MrStanwyck]

Wow!!!! That was an impressive tour of the school’s machine shop.

[davidschnabel]

Looks like enough machines to have a class of 100 students. Truly impressive, we need facilities like this in every state and the teaching staff to support it.

[ron]

VERY impressive. I wish I had found this school 60 years ago and I would have been more than a hobby machinist.

[GaryHaines-dy]

Wow beautiful shop, it's nice to see such a well equipped training facility. I was lucky enough to have been in the first class at the Seneca center for precision skills in Toronto (Weston) in 1981. Made for a successful start to my life in tool and die and metal stamping. Conestoga has always been well respected for their training and programs throughout the years. Worked with many people that received their training there, all well respected. Looking at all the machines the mills and lathes the boys from Heinmann must have been busy with all those installations, they are a great team.

[Bluechip]

I’d be like a kid in a candy store! I’ve worked as a machinist for over 50 years since the 60s and have my own shop developing and producing products. I never wanted to be a machinist but I’m so grateful for that opportunity. It’s not just a job learned in prison anymore.

[ak-northman]

And it’s perfectly clean! Well done all of you.

[matthewroszkowski]

It is great to see manual machining technology still being taught!

[donaldfischer]

Wow!! When I joined the Navy in 1972 as an MR and went to "A" school in San Diego had nothing even remote to this. All we had were old South Bend belt drive lathes. Even when I went to "C" school four years later.