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[sberry]

My Bud has a garage, he is a decent mechanic but learned as he went, guys that work for him hit a wall fairly quickly. He has never been to a trade school and really can't provide instruction other than some tricks he learned the hard way. Some good solid background is a starting point, it goes up from there.
This really shows in the welding industry, some been doing the wrong thing and been sliding by for years, because a guy been doing it for 30 yrs don't mean he has been doing it right.

 

[mrholeshot]

I had training the old fashion way. I started sweeping the floors in my dads shop at about 5, Built my first engine at 8 (36hp VW) and my dad an incentive program. If you didn't do it right you got the **** kicked out of you. On the first engine build I did I was sliding the jug over the piston (using hose clamps as the ring compressor) and I broke the compression ring. I got tossed all over the shop at the end of my fathers boot.Then the new rings came in I was a bit more careful. As soon as I got my drivers licence I packed up my tools and went to work at a dealership. Started my own shop three differant times. Got it right the last time.

 

[mrholeshot]

My Bud has a garage, he is a decent mechanic but learned as he went, guys that work for him hit a wall fairly quickly. He has never been to a trade school and really can't provide instruction other than some tricks he learned the hard way. Some good solid background is a starting point, it goes up from there.
This really shows in the welding industry, some been doing the wrong thing and been sliding by for years, because a guy been doing it for 30 yrs don't mean he has been doing it right.

Ive never had any formal training such a vocational school. There just wasn't anything of the sort when I was young. I did however attend every class, siminar and training session available to me anytime I could get it including a lot of factory training. I never let my guys hit a wall. If there was something I didn't know I found out. The biggest thing now is you need a good wealth of information on hand. Without it you are lost. I used Mitchell On Demand as my last provider. My shop couldn't have survived without it.