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"From Franklin to Edison to Carver to Ford, all great inventors have shared one thing in common: as children, they had all been inveterate tinkerers. They fiddled with things, took them apart, put them back together, wondered how everything fit together — and tried to make something new out of what they'd learned by doing." Read more... |
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Nuts, Bolts & Thingamajigs Foundation and the FMA Foundation have joined forces and are now Nuts, Bolts & ThingamajigsSM, The Foundation of the Fabricators & Manufacturers Association, Intl. We invite you to join us in inspiring the next generation of tinkerers and the innovators of tomorrow's workforce. We welcome your feedback on the new site.
NBT summer manufacturing camp in Rockford, Ill., one of 20 across America
Eleven middle-schoolers attended the Women of Today's Manufacturing/ TechWorks summer manufacturing camp July 20-24, 2009, in Rockford, Ill. Funded by a $5,000 grant from Nuts, Bolts & Thingamajigs, the camp included math and science, CAD with SolidWorks, rapid prototyping, CNC, and metal finishing processes. Campers made personalized aluminum keychains and photo i.d. "iPods," engaged in team-building exercises, were addressed by speakers from industry, and toured the Ingersoll Milling Machine Company.
See camp photos.
NBT efforts capture media attention
During his recent visit to Rockford to film a video on NBT's manufacturing summer camps and scholarships, John Ratzenberger was interviewed by local newspaper Rockford Register Star on how Nuts, Bolts & Thingamajigs introduces youth to the technical trades. View the video.
