Just like lots of things on the Internet, there are fake videos of welding. They pretend to show you a magical way to weld. Here a welding instructor explains why this method can’t possibly work and then shows how to make your own fake welding video. This also shows how MIG welding actually works, very […]

Hello ,dear friends ! Jerry and Sharon pleased us with the results of the last lesson at their Interstellar Home Learning Center. Admire your laser-made business cards and smooth metal circles made on a lathe machine which you not only saw but worked on yourself. I am waiting for you to visit me. Your souvenirs […]

We had a demonstration of a metal cutting lathe. Then, every participant was able to cut some steel. At the end we cut discs off that rod and every student will get one. The lathe is on the floor along with our other tools as we haven’t built the benches for them yet. That should […]

Yesterday I gave a demonstration of an engraving laser. This was intended to be hands on but there were too many people and too little time to let each person run the machine themselves. Most of the video is audio only, I need to find a better place for the camera where nobody will bump […]

I have two more videos from the laser and lathe demos. I will upload them next, assuming the Internet is working faster. I’ve also completed all your metal name cards, we will give them to Nadezda to hand out soon, probably later today (it’s 00:45 already!)

Sorry for the delay, video uploads are going VERY slowly today. Here’s a short video of our students using a welder for the first time. This was only a quick introduction, we didn’t really have time to do any in-depth work. If anyone is interested in learning more about welding, feel free to contact me […]

Since there seems to be interest in welding, here’s some more information. First, some definitions that will be hard to translate to some languages: Soldering: Attaching two items, normally metal but could even be glass, with a third, low melting temperature metal such as lead, tin, or a mix. simple to do can attach two […]

Here, for your viewing pleasure, is Nadezda using an angle grinder for the first time and learning to weld. After a few minutes she was enough of an expert to repair a broken flower stand.

Starting this week we will be giving hands-on demonstrations of some machine shop items. The plan is each student will be able to make a simple item out of steel which they can keep. For this they will learn to use a horizontal bandsaw which can cut steel up to 100mm x 150mm They will […]