Any other companies that may want to help please contact me..there is a full story in this months Iron Works issue check it out to see the exposure we get for our sponsors. http://www.ironworksmag.com/Content/Article.aspx?Uid=6757
Shop classes are being cut all over the country so this is my way to get something going to help preserve what we do and keep the class from being cut.
Hey Cochise..good to see ya here..put up and intro and show eveyone here who ya are and the cool stuff you got going! No never had any help from Baker , but let me know if you can get something going!
Teach
I want to commend Teach as well for the effort he puts into his classes. I saw an interview a few weeks ago with John Ratzenberger, (Cliff Clavin from Cheers) and he said that the biggest complaint he's heard from industry leaders is the severe lack of "hands-on tool skills" with new hires. American kids aren't routinely taught the basics of using tools and working with your hands anymore. He has that show, "Made in America" and this is where it comes from. One hope is that he did say that he is sponsoring a summit later this year trying to get industry leaders together with educators and politicians in an effort to raise awareness of this important lack of capability in our workforce. Sounds like Teach already has one-upped him by making a difference one shop class at a time.
This year we are proud to announce some new sponsors as well as having some of our old sponsors back again. To keep 35 kids busy we will be doing three to four builds, with one main one being finished completely for the Donnie Smith High School Chopper challenge.
Our Sponsors so far for this year include:
Landstrom foundry- air cleaner
Sugar Bear- donating a springer
Pearson Customs- Donating a frame for the sugar bear build
Baker Drivetrain- Donating a 5 speed
Spectro oils- all fluids
NOS energy drink- Stuff to keep the kids pumped up
SPS- Donating a working mans special complete roller
CycleOne in Canada- rigid sporty frame (finally going to use it)
Cycle Source Magazine- Allowing me to write monthly on the builds and class
Weightless rotors- Rotors
I started doing bikes as an after school club back in 2003. When I would ride to school on my old ironhead which I've had since 1990 a bunch of kids would come around after school to hear it run. Most of these kids I did not have in class so I started the club to give them something to do that was fun for them. We tore down the ironhed the first winter, then the following year I bought my 57 pan basket we did that one, the horse ran a feature on it and it grew into a donation build after that which is sold to support the class and keep all the metal manufacturing courses going as budget cuts were forcing us to drop these classes. As most know I post a ton about it (you have to to keep it going) and travel all over the country promoting what I do. It has gotten to where most know me now so it is a bit easier to find sponsors, the first few years was the hardest building credibility and showing that we would follow through on the builds and get the sponsors recognition as well as seeing their parts on something the kids created.
Those kids are blessed. My HS shop teacher was more concerned with female students and the advent of internet porn than he was teaching anything...He ruined the shop program at that school....well, we kinda ruined it because his lack of supervision gave way to all kinds of teenage shenanigans that ultimately ended up causing major program cuts...and loss of shop space and tools. He was eventually asked to resign, but not before the damage was done. You will see some of those kids do wonderful things because of the influence you have had on them. Very commendable. Good job.
Sounds like you've got a hell of a year ahead of you with some pretty cool stuff going together for the Donnie Smith show. A little off topic, but do you think you might be going down to Daytona for the Wyotech teacher visits this year? I know last year is was actually the same weekend as the Donnie Smith show so it didn't work out. This will be my second year and I can honestly say, leaving Minnesota in February to spend a weekend on Daytona Beach isn't all that bad! I've still got to stop by Kennedy sometime and see how you guys run your program over there. Keep it up!
Thanks guys..here is a link to get raffle tickets for the 2007 bike. The drawing will take place in front of the crowd at the Donnie Smith Invitational in Arch http://baasmetalcraft.com/kennedy.htm
we have not sold too many so please help us out your odds are good!
Build #1- Sugar bear springer 20+ over with a Pearson Customs frame, Harley motor and Baker Transmission. Thanks to Bear for hooking us up with Harley at his presentation last week, James Simonelli and Bert Baker for the transmission, And Chad for the frame
Build #2- Sucker Punch working man roller with a S&S generator shovel
Thanks to Christian, Donny, and Jeff for there continued support, and Howard Kelly for getting us a killer deal on the genny shovel.
Build #3- Guilty Customs frame with a Kiwi Indian leafer
Build #4- Ironhead sporty
I used to think my wood shop teacher was the coolest because he let us smoke out the window and supervised and refereed our fist fights. You got him beat I think.
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