Elsie Allen Agriculture Mechanics
If you it, you can Ag-chieve it!
This year's chapter theme evokes the notion that your life is in your hands. You have distinct opportunities to get involved in Supervised Agriculture Experience Projects (SAE's), involve yourself in a new speaking contest to combate your fear of public speaking and grow yourself personally, or simply find your home at Elsie Allen High School.
Student's Build, Community Benefits
The Elsie Allen Agriculture Mechanics Program spans many areas from fabrication to engine repair. Here you will find projects that students have completed in the past, and what the program is capable of. We have students at all different ability levels that specialize in fabrication areas such as Welding, PlasmaCAM Design, Garden Art, Electrical, Plumbing, Wood Construction, and yard equipment maintenance and repair. Select an area below to see more.
PlasmaCAM
This PlasmaCAM Design System is a computer-automated program that can cut almost any design in sheet metal. It is run 100% by students, and can be the basis or an embelishment for their chosen Supervised Agriculture Experience (SAE). Click on the link above to find out what we can do for you in this area.
This PlasmaCAM system was brought to the Elsie Allen Agriculture Mechanics Program in a large part from the $10,000 donation by American Ag Credit. We would like to also thank the other donors listed below:
Gail Dutton Willie Tamayo (La Tortilla Factory)
Ed Petersen Elsie Allen Ag Boosters
Mike Lopez Bob Higham
Brian Bartlett The Wes Jamison Foundation
Fabrication Shop
In Agriculture Mechanics students design, build, and sell projects of their own making for themselves or a community customer. These projects come in all different types of mediums, and there are always students that have an interest in something new. A majority of these projects go through the Ag Mechanics Auction at the Sonoma County Fair, but there is also room for them to design and build on customer projects outside of that arena. Projects can include, but are not limited to:
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BBQ's
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Trailers
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Yard Structures
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Storage
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Agriculture Structures
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Equipment Repairs, and
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Artistic Structures
Engine Shop
In the Agriculture Power Technology Program students work with small gas and diesel engines in a variety of ways. They work with 4-stroke and 2-stroke engines, and by the end of the class can maintain, tune, and overhaul both types. Specific jobs that students are capable of are as follows:
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Engine Tune-Ups
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Engine Repair
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Engine Diagnosis
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Equipment Maintenance
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Power Train Service
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Power Train Repair
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Engine Application Design
