Started the HVAC-R (Heating Vents, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration) class. fucking insanity.
The teacher, graduated from the school in like...1978. He started teaching there about 10 years later.
He promotes hands on in class, and any book reading outside of it. Mostly because we can read more or less anywhere...we can't do hands on anywhere but class. (so makes sense right?)
of the 4 other guys I started with, one is in his 40's, 2 are 22 and 20...and the last one is 29. I get along with everyone, that's my personality. So long as people stay out of my way, or don't keep me from doing what I'm supposed to be doing it's all gravy.
the 29 year old and I get along pretty well, just because we know what the hell we're doing with soldering and working. He's been doing HVAC-R for like...7 years. he just wanted to get certified for the refrigerants so he could go further with his career. makes sense to me. I'm not going to fuck around, he's not going to fuck around.
We started working rather well together. lol. we split up whatever we need to do, we work together, we bust each other's balls. it's whatever.
We help the guys that haven't done soldering or brazing before. I actually had never done any brazing before this class.
(Brazing is high heat soldering. also called "hard soldering" normal soldering uses a spool of solder, some flux, and the temperature range is between 400 and 600 degrees Fahrenheit. Brazing is done with a stick of solder, called a brazing rod, and the temperature range is up around 1300 degrees Fahrenheit, and forms a much stronger bond.)
On the first full day of class, we started cutting up copper tubing, and soldering pieces together. (we did that in plumbing after about 2-3 weeks) the second day we started pressure testing what we had soldered together, started bending the copper, and did some very light brazing.
But yeah, I'm enjoying my time in class so far, at the very least I'm happy to be LEARNING something again. That and HVAC-R is different from plumbing. I love plumbing, but it's hard, heavy, labor intensive work. HVAC-R...it can get kinda heavy, but it's usually 2-person lifting, and the work involved is less labor intensive and more about WHAT you know. Not about how strong you are to move something into place. ;-)
I'm all about being a lazy shit and making money off my brains. ;-)
The teacher, graduated from the school in like...1978. He started teaching there about 10 years later.
He promotes hands on in class, and any book reading outside of it. Mostly because we can read more or less anywhere...we can't do hands on anywhere but class. (so makes sense right?)
of the 4 other guys I started with, one is in his 40's, 2 are 22 and 20...and the last one is 29. I get along with everyone, that's my personality. So long as people stay out of my way, or don't keep me from doing what I'm supposed to be doing it's all gravy.
the 29 year old and I get along pretty well, just because we know what the hell we're doing with soldering and working. He's been doing HVAC-R for like...7 years. he just wanted to get certified for the refrigerants so he could go further with his career. makes sense to me. I'm not going to fuck around, he's not going to fuck around.
We started working rather well together. lol. we split up whatever we need to do, we work together, we bust each other's balls. it's whatever.
We help the guys that haven't done soldering or brazing before. I actually had never done any brazing before this class.
(Brazing is high heat soldering. also called "hard soldering" normal soldering uses a spool of solder, some flux, and the temperature range is between 400 and 600 degrees Fahrenheit. Brazing is done with a stick of solder, called a brazing rod, and the temperature range is up around 1300 degrees Fahrenheit, and forms a much stronger bond.)
On the first full day of class, we started cutting up copper tubing, and soldering pieces together. (we did that in plumbing after about 2-3 weeks) the second day we started pressure testing what we had soldered together, started bending the copper, and did some very light brazing.
But yeah, I'm enjoying my time in class so far, at the very least I'm happy to be LEARNING something again. That and HVAC-R is different from plumbing. I love plumbing, but it's hard, heavy, labor intensive work. HVAC-R...it can get kinda heavy, but it's usually 2-person lifting, and the work involved is less labor intensive and more about WHAT you know. Not about how strong you are to move something into place. ;-)
I'm all about being a lazy shit and making money off my brains. ;-)
Glad to hear that you like your classes and are getting along well with the other kids!
And you say you did "nice" things for you family! Hhaah, what is with the quotations!?
And how are your kitties, I haven't heard mention of them in awhile!