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<DIV>In a message dated 1/30/2017 8:09:07 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
d.nohejl@gmail.com writes:</DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" color=#000000 size=2
face=Arial>Unfortunately, shops and shop classes have long since disappeared
from pretty much all NYC public schools. I’m pretty sure both of our schools
never even had one to begin with. </FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
<DIV>That sounds disappointing. It just goes to show that craftsmen are a
dyeing breed. I'm glad my son knows his way around a welder and a cutting torch.
He also fixes computers, so he has a foot in both the past and the present. :
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<DIV>How about community colleges, voc tech schools, or even a portable welding
service? I think our local school dropped "shop" class, but our local community
college has both machine shop and welding tech classes.</DIV>
<DIV>There's also plenty of small "job" shops around that can make almost
anything one could want/need. You might try looking in the yellow pages, or
doing a search for local places that can do something like that. Just a thought.
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