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Suncoast Technical College – CNC Machining Program 4th place finish in Wichita, Kansas – Final round
Suncoast Technical College recently competed in the 3rd annual Project MFG National Competition. This was STC first time in this arena. They had to compete at local and regional to qualify for the National competition held at Wichita State Tech, … Continue reading
STC CNC Machining competes in Project MFG 2022!
UPDATE: We are in the FINAL 4 – Wichita State University, Wichita , KS. May 9-13 National 5 Axis CNC Machining and Integrated Manufacturing Competition Project MFG is a new education competition, in the manufacturing arena. It is open to … Continue reading
Manufacturing and the Medical Industry
In the year of the Corona Virus 2020 we are still learning and growing. Recently we have been able to leave the garage door open to get a nice flow of air in the Precision CNC Machining lab. We are … Continue reading
Teaching Machine Shop Online – the Covid Dilemma
We had just gone on Spring Break in mid March, heard some news stories , but never prepared for what was to happen. I usually attend Florida Spring Training Games and had also planned on attending the NHRA Gatornationals in … Continue reading
Teaching CNC Machining in Modern Manufacturing
General Topic: Where should my CNC Machining Curriculum be now? Phase 2
Suncoast Technical College CNC Precision Machining Year 7 under way
STC just received another scholarship funding check from the Gene Haas Foundation. This will help funding and training for CNC machinists and programmers need by the modern manufacturing industry. This year we have added High School seniors who already have … Continue reading
STC – Precision Machining graduates start 2 Local businesses
About a year ago I had heard that a couple of our graduates had started 2 different CNC machine shops. I contacted both of them and found it was true. One of them was Keegan McDuffie and the other was … Continue reading
STC and Titans of CNC Academy
We started our 6th year and thinking about a new direction. We are going to take High School seniors next year to add to the college level CNC Machining instruction. I did want to start looking at a new path. … Continue reading
Scholarships for CNC Machining
Do you like to make things ? Things like Monster Trucks We just received more money to give to apprentices that want to learn how to be a CNC machinist in the modern digital manufacturing world. That will provide low … Continue reading
MFG Day 2018 – Suncoast Technical College
We just did our 4th MFG Day at Suncoast Technical College. To see where do you get training to work in Manufacturing. We collaborated with Design and Drafting and the new Advanced MFG & Production Technology. All students are in … Continue reading