Hobby Wood/Metal Shops?

[JV77]

I was wondering if anyone may know of any places where you can take wood and metal shop classes or just go for fun as hobby?

 

Didn't realize how much I love and miss this from high school!  Enjoyed it then but didn't spend time as I wish I could now.  

[chon derry]

• British Columbia Institute of Technology (Burnaby)
• Camosun College (Victoria)
• College of New Caledonia (Prince George)
• College of the Rockies (Cranbrook)
• Douglas College (New Westminster and Coquitlam)
• Justice Institute of British Columbia (New Westminster)
• Kwantlen Polytechnic University (Vancouver)
• Langara College (Vancouver)
• Nicola Valley Institute of Technology (Merritt)
• North Island College (Vancouver Island)
• Northern Lights College (Dawson Creek)
• Northwest Community College (Central Coast Region)
• Okanagan College (Kelowna)
• Selkirk College (West Kootenay region)
• Simon Fraser University (Vancouver)
• University College of the Fraser Valley (Vancouver)
• University of British Columbia (Vancouver)
• University of Northern British Columbia (Prince George)
• Vancouver Community College (Vancouver)                                                                                         take a trades course, this province is severely short handed in trades people. welding course or carpentry course its not that hard to get into a community college.

[JV77]

29 minutes ago, chon derry said:

• British Columbia Institute of Technology (Burnaby)
• Camosun College (Victoria)
• College of New Caledonia (Prince George)
• College of the Rockies (Cranbrook)
• Douglas College (New Westminster and Coquitlam)
• Justice Institute of British Columbia (New Westminster)
• Kwantlen Polytechnic University (Vancouver)
• Langara College (Vancouver)
• Nicola Valley Institute of Technology (Merritt)
• North Island College (Vancouver Island)
• Northern Lights College (Dawson Creek)
• Northwest Community College (Central Coast Region)
• Okanagan College (Kelowna)
• Selkirk College (West Kootenay region)
• Simon Fraser University (Vancouver)
• University College of the Fraser Valley (Vancouver)
• University of British Columbia (Vancouver)
• University of Northern British Columbia (Prince George)
• Vancouver Community College (Vancouver)                                                                                         take a trades course, this province is severely short handed in trades people. welding course or carpentry course its not that hard to get into a community college.

Lol scratch classes....just for fun 

[Armada]

Offer someone on craigslist a few bucks to show you what to do. That's how a friend of mine learned how to weld. 

[JV77]

17 minutes ago, Armada said:

Offer someone on craigslist a few bucks to show you what to do. That's how a friend of mine learned how to weld. 

I know how to do it the basics, welded a mini chopper frame in school.  Just haven't done it since high school and wana do it again for fun.

[naslund.is.king]

25 minutes ago, JV77 said:

Lol scratch classes....just for fun 

Your probably going to have a hard time finding something like that now.

Your best bet would be to find a company/person that makes speciality items and has the right owner who'll appreciate your intrest if your very serious about it.

Most of those shops your reffering to specialize in construction..it's not like back in the day In which everything (toys,furniture.etc) was made local.

 

 

[Salacious Crumb]

BCIT has a $700 course that runs on 6 consecutive Saturdays or Sundays that teaches mig, tig, stick, safety & theory.

[D.B Cooper]

BCIT has great metal fabrication teachers. Pre app metal fab course will teach you the basics.  How to use machines, grinders, layout, basic fabrication math, print reading and a bit of welding.  

It is a 6 month class I believe.  

Pretty big course for a hobbiest tho. 

 

If you just want to tinker around at home and build on skills, get a little mig welder and google stuff.   

 

The course isn't neccesarry tho.  

The apprenticeship is basically a math class with a shop/redneck twist.  

[Lillooet_Hillbilly]

I'm sure there is enough welders out there that would love to be paid on how to teach.  They been hit hard this past year