Wrangler Welding Lab - John McDaniels

Wrangler Welding Lab at West Mesquite High School is starting it’s third year. Classes offered will be Introduction to Welding, Welding 1, and Welding 2

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Miguel and Alfredo continue to work on our two new welding stations. The project is coming along nicely. In this shot, they are marking the panel to inset it in the tubing frame. This takes patience and skill. Danny has been helping them. Great work! @CTE_MISD #wranglerpride

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It has taken a while, but we finally have our jackets and shirts available to order. Adrian is modeling our sample jacket and Uriel is modeling the shirt. These will be embroidered with the student’s name and custom Wrangler Welding Lab logo and “Certified Welder” when it happens

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We took 3 projects to TSA regional competition in Waxahachie. We brought home 3 first places. Students will refine their projects for state competition in Ft. Worth in April. Great job Dell, Alex, and Steven! @CTE_MISD #westsidebestside

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We got a track torch to bevel coupons for practice and certification tests. This will save time grinding so students can spend more time practicing. @CTE_MISD #westsidebestside

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@MommyFerg And a great assistant principal!

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We finished our coupon box cart today. I had multiple students work on this so it came together pretty quickly. @CTE_MISD #westsidebestside

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Amanda designed a rack to hang things in her room. She drew this up in AutoCad and cut it out on the Torchmate CNC plasma table. This is really gonna be nice! @CTE_MISD #westsidebestside

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Angel and Julian are helping build 2 welding carts for our new welders. Here they are drilling holes to mount the uprights to the cart. @CTE_MISD #westsidebestside

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Dell is building a drift trike. He is working hard to make sure the design will hold up to the stresses it will encounter when sliding sideways at speed. He is doing a great job! @CTE_MISD #westsidebestside

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New tools to help students become certified welders! We got a new hydraulic press and 2 new welders. The welders are multi-process so they will stick, mig and Tig. Thanks to our CTE department who takes care of us so our students can get certified. @CTE_MISD #westsidebestside

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We have been talking about metallurgy and started making rings out of quarters. We anneal, stretch, repeat. Then we anneal, shrink, repeat. The students love it and they learn at the same time. @CTE_MISD #westsidebestside

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Some random shots of students working. This class is hard work and I’m very proud of them for the hard work they put in during class. Some even come after school during tutoring to become better welders.@CTE_MISD #wranglerpride

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We are repairing a bike for one of our staff. The pedal was stripped out. We added metal by welding and retapped the crank. @CTE_MISD #wranglerpride

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Amanda made Chris a decal for his tailgate. She is very skilled at this and did an excellent job. Chris was very pleased with the results. Here they are showing off their results. @CTE_MISD #wranglerpride

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Steven is working on his TSA project. It is a fire pit that he designed after looking at designs on the internet. It was cut on our torchmate CNC plasma table. He is shown here welding it up. I think it’s gonna turn out spectacular! @CTE_MISD #wranglerpride

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We received a new rod oven to keep our low hydrogen rods in. Thank you Mesquite ISD CTE for taking such good care of us! @CTE_MISD #wranglerpride

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Doing a little plasma cutting on the Torchmate. Alex is making a 2x72 belt grinder for his TSA project. #wranglerpride @CTE_MISD

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Shout out to West Mesquite Robotics. They started their robot tonight and made excellent progress @CTE_MISD #wranglerpride

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Miguel and Alfredo working on our 2 new welding stations. They are hard workers and becoming good fabricators. @CTE_MISD #wranglerpride