The following educational opportunities are presented
as a public service announcement to the
general public and NAWCC chapter 50 members.
All of the classes are open to anyone who is interested in learning
Clock Repair and or Watch Repair.
Norwest Voc'Tech LLC
Watch Repair And Clock Repair classes are the same
classes that were formerly
taught as evening classes at North Seattle community
college (NSCC).
Classes will be held at the
Building 406
"The Brig" or Community Activity Center
Magnuson Park Seattle
Clock Repair and Restoration
Instructor Ben Weyhing NAWCC, PNTC
Starts Wednesday
January 6, 2010 at 6:30 PM to 9:00pm
The clock class will follow several curriculum
starting with the beginner who will be able to disassemble a worn
movement refurbish it clean it, oil it and have it keeping proper time.
More experienced students will be assisted in
their different levels of skill with their own projects. All areas of
repair and restoration of clocks. Lathes, ultrasonic
cleaners, bushing tools and many specialized horological tools are
included with the class along with supervised
instruction to enable the student to rapidly acquire the skills
necessary to properly fix clocks.
Tuition $ 200.00 (no lab fees) for 10 weeks
Watch Repair & Micromachining
Instructor Tom Payne NAWCC, AWCI Certified Master
Watchmaker,
Wostep graduate and graduate of Wostep’s “Train the
Trainer program”
Starts Thursday
January 7, 2010 at 6:30pm to 9:00pm
Learn
how to evaluate and identify watches with a hands-on experience in the
actual repair of your own watch.
Learn to make or alter parts for
your restoration project through lectures, demonstrations, and hands-on
applications. Requirements include safety glasses, magnifier, small
hand tools, watchmakers lathe, graver, calipers, micrometer, files,
pin
vice, and other small metal working tools. Some tools will be available
at the beginning of the class.
Tuition $ 200.00 (no lab fees) for 10 weeks
Mail check payable to “NORWEST VOC'TECH LLC ”
Send to
NORWEST VOC'TECH LLC
PO Box 25485
Seattle, WA 98165
For questions regarding the class's or registration information call
Ben
Weyhing
206-930-7303
Map and
Driving directions to the Community Activity Center Magnuson Park
Acrobat format
Classes will be held at the Community Activity Center Magnuson Park
Sandpoint Room
Warren G. Magnuson Park
NE 74th Street and Sand Point Way NE
Seattle WA 98115
Building 406
"The Brig" or Community Activity Center
From the entrance to Warren G. Magnuson Park. Drive straight
ahead for about two hundred yards to the
STOP sign. “The Brig”, building 406, is diagonally across the
street on the NE corner of the intersection.
Directions from Interstate 5:
You can exit at either NE 45th Street (Exit #169) or NE 65th
Street (Exit #171).
From
the NE 45th Street exit, go east on NE 45th Street, passing the
University of Washington and down the NE 45th Street
overpass.
Continue east past the University Village. NE 45th Street
becomes
Sand Point Way NE. Continue on Sand Point Way NE past
Children’s
Hospital until you reach NE 74th Street.
From the NE
65th Street exit, head east approximately four miles
on NE
65th Street until you reach Sand Point Way NE. Turn left
(north)
onto Sand Point Way NE and continue north until you see NE 74th
Street.
Directions from State Route 520
(Evergreen Floating Bridge):
Take
the Montlake Boulevard NE exit (north) and continue north past the
University of Washington’s very large parking lot (on your right) and
bear to the right as Montlake Boulevard NE becomes NE 45th
Street. Continue east past the University Village.
NE 45th
Street becomes Sand Point Way NE and you will pass Children’s
Hospital. Continue on Sand Point Way NE until you reach NE
74th
Street.
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