Anyone a metal fabricator or tool maker?

[BIGS]

Im going to be changing jobs very soon and it's to either one of the above. What i want to know is whats the job is like? Is it easy to get a job in either etc. And how long are the courses including ones you can do after you got a city and guilds if any?

And finally any tips you can give to help out with the course any good books i can buy to give the info i need

:thumb:

[meritlover]

try and get an apprenticeship with someone who makes ploughs. you will have a better chance of getting a full time job if you get trained on the job.

[BIGS]

Yea im trying but because im 23 it makes it that bit harder to get a apprenticeship.

[areofall]

Tool maker is a very highly trained job, have you tried getting a job in an w/shop even if it's cleaning machines it's a start and you'll soon pick up skills and progress.
Good luck.

[BIGS]

Na i havent as im gettin on now id rather just go into training and build it up there and get my city and guilds. If i could get in a place even as a day placement that would be ok and collage the rest.

[Mike]

Aye, part of my Engineering City & Guilds course was spent with a toolmaker! Its an incredibly highly trained job with minimal room for error. On the other hand, tool making vacancies are few and far between

[BIGS]

yea i know there isnt much at all down this way, so im thinking more on the side of a metal fabricator as it far more choice. But either way i go it going to be hard

[Mike]

For metal fabrication your best off going into welding, as in becoming a coded welder. Or you could consider a sheet steel worker? CAD engineering - working with some kick @ss machinery for muchs money?

Tool making is precision working, with tolerances as much as 11 thou of a milimiter +/- (11 thou is the thickness of A4 paper) it takes a lot of maths and alot of lateral thinking (i know, ive done toolmaking)

A generic sheet steel worker would be a good start, go from there onto welding, from there onto where ever your chosen carrer path leads you :D

[BIGS]

For metal fabrication your best off going into welding, as in becoming a coded welder. Or you could consider a sheet steel worker? CAD engineering - working with some kick @ss machinery for muchs money?

Tool making is precision working, with tolerances as much as 11 thou of a milimiter +/- (11 thou is the thickness of A4 paper) it takes a lot of maths and alot of lateral thinking (i know, ive done toolmaking)

A generic sheet steel worker would be a good start, go from there onto welding, from there onto where ever your chosen carrer path leads you :D

Ah thanks alot for your advice :thumb: I will look into that alot more then

[Philsutton]

I have no qualifications with respect to engineering what so ever only scientific, but I managed to get a good job with a lot of metal work fabrication ect..

Part of my job requires me to design / build experimental equipment for research as well as participating in the research. I have to make pretty much everything as the Uni doesnt like spending money lol, its great fun and something different everyday and in the most part the first person to attempt such things.

I had a good strong physics background which was ideal for the position as there is no point being the best engineer in the world if you have no clue about what it is your building and why. But also had some engineering experience, with no qualifactions though.

So now I have a workshop with everything I need to make almost anything , ( however dont have any computer controlled stuff )

I cant do really precision stuff as the the machines I have are from the 1700's and so much backlash on them its unreal lol

[meritlover]

Tool making is precision working, with tolerances as much as 11 thou of a milimiter +/- (11 thou is the thickness of A4 paper) it takes a lot of maths and alot of lateral thinking (i know, ive done toolmaking)


pfft is that all. when i was apprentice we had to hand file "cubes of MS to within 1thou of an inch or less

[BIGS]

so sounds like even if i cant go into collage ect aslong as i find the right job i can still do all of the above

[Mike]

pfft is that all. when i was apprentice we had to hand file "cubes of MS to within 1thou of an inch or less

lol exactly what i had to do albeit not in inches lol