On Jan 29, 1:29 am, Bill wrote:
Well, I was signed up for the machine shop class at the local college but
only 3 people signed up and I got a message on Friday, today would have
been the first class, telling me that the class had been canceled due to
low enrollement.

Yes, well, Bill - welcome to the wonderful world of "Fee For Service"
- you had been warned, alas - its disappointing, I know from my own
experience...

By a curious coincidence, today was my first day back at trade school
for the year - the theory and operation of indexing heads, index
plates (Cincinnatti and B&S) and rotary tables, the care,
feeding,setting up and operation of.... Next week, I get to crash
one(not) for real...probably on one of the older Bridgeport mill..

Try and find an apprentice level trades course - You MUST still have
them, somewhere (if not, then your manufacturing future aint looking
good..) and you enrol in it. It will be cheaper, and you will learn
more.

Regards,

Andrew VK3BFA