Anyone Starting At Bcit Soon?

[new guy]

so bcit start you out with the same project as nlc funny thing about that. the filling gets easier as you do more........ i think ? i may have blocket the memory of that out though so i could be wrong. it will go by quick so have fun and good luck.

[transquebecniece]

Well first week in has been great. Started in on our cable clamps (oh the joys of filing) , I love our instuctor (MacFarlane), and everyone in the class seems pretty chill! There were two exams that were pretty easy, and one for tools on monday!

So the party's begun! Lookin' to hear good things, R!

[weewa]

Hows the training going? We would love an update! :up:

[rcketchik]

Yeah its been a long time since i posted up;

 

Sooo We're into the second half of level 1!! wooohoo, hahaha those clamps took forever and they switched teachers on us so now we have Mr Yee. He's been great, love his style of teaching and those 1 1/2 lunches.. lol.

 

Now we're into lockwiring, aircraft structual design and metal alloys. I also did my cotter pin test yesterday.. argg, it was ok but I definitly need a LOT of practice to get a faster. There is an exam this morning on non-ferrous metals, then the lockwiring test this afternoon.

 

We lost two people in the first two weeks but other than that no one else has dropped/failed, (but we haven't gotten our marks back for the clamps yet)

 

New Guy; I'm pretty sure everyone thats gone through a TC AME M coarse in the past has done a cable clamp, all of our teachers seemed to like to rub it in that they had to make theirs out of steel so we should stop bitching as we have aluminum.

 

Anyway I'm going to go study up on the different alloys of aluminum and all that super exciting stuff!!

[212wrench]

NLC/Okanogan uses steel for there clamps. At SAIT we made hole punches.

[new guy]

we should stop bitching as we have aluminum.

 

Aluminum :shock: :shock: wow they are taking it easy on you guys there

as 212wrench posted ares was made out of steel, though it is now a paper weight in the bottom of my tool box some were.

 

glad that every thing is going good for you, good luck with the test.

[InspectorGadget]

ALUMINUM! SO THE RUMOURS ARE TRUE! WAIT UNTILL THE NLC GUYS HEAR ABOUT THIS!

haha my (steel) cable clamp is holding a picture frame up in my livingroom. Great conversation piece I must say.

[skywrench1]

NLC/Okanogan uses steel for there clamps. At SAIT we made hole punches.

 

A different era at SAIT I guess, our project was a C clamp, I still use it today.

[212wrench]

I hear BCIT is going to change, there going to start making the clamps out of plastecine! lol

[new guy]

I hear BCIT is going to change, there going to start making the clamps out of plastecine! lol

 

what and end teaching all us student how to use a file :shock: