College Workshop

[KWILParticipant @kwil]

Came across this one, a local college with proper machines!!

[KWILParticipant @kwil]

The new face of training?

[JasonBModerator @jasonb]

But are they allowed to use them

[RobboParticipant @robbo]

They are obviously not used – look how clean it is! It’s a Cochester publicity shot “How it should be”.

[Jeff DaymanParticipant @jeffdayman43397]

No chuck key marks on the ceiling – I would say shop not in use yet!

 

JD

 

(no oily swarf,rags or hammer/wrench rash anywhere on the lathes either)

[adyParticipant @ady]

No oil or blood on the walls, no swarf bins, no oily rags, no bits of tooling lying about, no smears on the off-white lathe bed, no bar stock to be seen anywhere and everyone is standing around the expesso machine in the corner.

 

Must be British Leyland circa 1980.

[KWILParticipant @kwil]

No it is Farnborough College 2010, part of £6 million new build.

[Sub MandrelParticipant @submandrel]

Look closer – its a virtual workshop for practicing CNC

 

neil

[Anonymous]

Posted by KWIL on 21/07/2011 09:33:12:
No it is Farnborough College 2010, part of £6 million new build.

 

Blimey, they’ve smartened the place up since my ignominious year of day release there!

 

Regards,

 

Andrew

[Steve GarnettParticipant @stevegarnett62550]

I did a year at Farnborough too, back in the early 70’s. Thing is, that’s not any ordinary technical college, is it – it’s effectively a part of the RAE over the road, complete with tunnel under the main road into the RAE staff canteen (unless they’ve filled it in…). And it is still very much linked in with it. So it’s a ‘flagship’ college, according to the government, and therefore gets exceptional treatment. Shame most of the other colleges in the fleet it’s flagship of have been scuppered though, isn’t it?

[KWILParticipant @kwil]

RAE long gone, what is left at Farnborough is Quinetic (research company) on the rear site where the wind tunnels are and of course Britsh Aerospace.

[Anonymous]

Actually it’s Qinetiq; it’s RAE as was plus a few other goverment research establishments. And a load of sharp suits who think they can sell when all they can actually do is bullshit.

 

We did a 30kW AC-DC bi-directional power converter for them a couple of years ago. There are still some pretty bright guys there, but also some real dodos. We visited a few times and the place has changed out of all recognition. All the old buildings on the north side gone, including the main canteen, and replaced by new flashy science park style buildings. The training centre where I was based was on the south side, next to the IAM. No doubt that has long gone too.

 

Regards,

 

Andrew

[Steve GarnettParticipant @stevegarnett62550]

I’m not surprised that it’s all changed – everything does! And I haven’t been back there for donkey’s years, and obviously can only really remember it the way it was.

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