NAWCC Field Suitcase Classes Chapter 190 has already sponsored several NAWCC Field Suitcase Classes in Ventura County. Several more are either scheduled or in the planning stages, including:
FSW 104 - Introduction to Weight and Fusee Driven Clocks - Instructor: TBD, scheduled for November 11-14 2011. This four-day clock repair course will focus on one-, two-, and three-weight regulators, grandfather and fusee clocks including tubular and bell chime. Completion of FSW 103 is a pre-requisite. Please contact Paul Skeels at plskeelsatty@verizon.net if you are interested in this course. FSW 101 - Introduction to Basic Time and Strike - Instructor: Ray Marsolek, scheduled for October 7 - 10 2011. This course is for entry-level students wanting to learn and gain confidence in the fundamentals of clock repair and will prepare them for other FSW courses. It contains hands-on practice in component definition, part handling, disassembly, cleaning, assembly, minor troubleshooting and testing. Students may have time to work on more than one movement during this four-day course. There is no pre-requisite. Click here to download the class flyer for more info (PDF format). Please contact Ralph Napolitano at ralphnapolitano@msn.com if you are interested in this course. FSW 302 - Beginning Wristwatch Cleaning and Repair - Instructor: Ferdinand Geitner, scheduled for January 27-30 2012. This watch course is designed to familiarize the student with working on a basic, time only, manual wound mechanical watch movement, identifying individual part, their names and function. The student will learn how to hold and use watchmaking tools correctly, get accustomed to focusing on attention to detail and acquire hand-eye coordination which is essential to working on micro mechanical devices. There is no pre-requisite for this course. Click here to download the class flyer for more info (PDF format). Please contact Weber Wang at weberwang@hotmail.com if you are interested in this course. Any questions, information required on these classes or classes desired can be addressed to Mike Schmidt at EagleCreekClocks@msn.com. Many of these classes are held in the small town of Santa Paula. Click here for information on lodging, restaurants, and other places of interest in the Santa Paula area. |
| Join us at 10:30am each month before our regular Chapter meetings for one of our mini-workshops. These mini-workshops last about one hour and cover a specific repair or problem solving topic. The format is relatively unstructured, allowing all attendees to participate and contribute. The topic for each month's workshop is published in that month's Chrono Times. |
Chapter 190 Sponsored F202 Lathe II Field Suitcase Class
January 9-12, 2009
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Chapter 190 Sponsored F201 Lathe Skills Field Suitcase Class
June 6-9, 2008
Chapter 190 Sponsored F301 Basic Pocket Watch Repair Field Suitcase Class
May 4-7, 2007
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Chapter 190 Sponsored F200 Fundamental Skills for Clock Repair and Lathe Preparation Field Suitcase Class
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