The Great British Valve Project
Description of the role
You will be:
- Working with glass.
- Joining pieces, pinching pieces etc.
- Advise on glass handling processes.
- Drinking tea.
- Helping to make radio valve parts.
- Designing / re-engineering parts and methods.
- Eating Sandwiches.
- Tidying up.
Join our growing band of volunteers and help bring this fantastic heritage machinery back to life and manufacturing again.
What we are looking for:
- The most important skill we are looking for is enthusiasm.
- Knowledge of glass handling is very useful.
- Ideally volunteers should commit to a minimum of four days/month. We know stuff gets in the way sometimes and the days you are available may change but we also need some regularity.
- Would suit a laboratory technician or chemist.
- No specific qualifications required.
Join our growing band of volunteers and help bring this fantastic heritage centre to life and manufacturing again.
Practical Considerations
- NO EXPENSES ARE AVAILABLE HOWEVER TEA, COFFEE, BISCUITS AND SANDWICHES ARE PROVIDED.
- PROVIDE YOUR OWN TRANSPORT TO AND FROM THE WORKSHOP
- PROVIDE YOUR OWN CLOTHING AND/OR OVERALLS AND WORK SHOES – YOU WILL GET DIRTY, TORN, OILY – THAT’S PART OF THE FUN!
- WE WILL PROVIDE GLOVES, GOGGLES AND OTHER SAFETY EQUIPMENT WHEN REQUIRED.
Any specific requirements
- Any other additional requirements will be discussed with you and the organisation.
Where is the opportunity based?
B60 4FL, Tungsten Works, Stoke Prior
When is the opportunity available?
Mon-Fri 9:30am to 4pm. Volunteers are asked to work ½ or a whole day ish session within those hours.
About the organisation
The GBVP [Great British Valve Project] is a plan to build a working heritage factory to manufacture audio valves primarily. The machinery we will utilise wherever possible was originally built and used by Mullard and Brimar and has been rescued from a number of locations across Europe. The biggest group of machines were rescued from a yard in Serbia where they had been left for fifteen years. Most of them had not been used since the collapse of Yugoslavia in the 1990s.