The shops and laboratories of this department occupy the entire first floor of the Mechanic Arts block: two rooms in the basement, two on second and two on third floor. The method of instruction adopted is: the teacher first executes the lesson before the whole
after which more difficult pieces, such as pipe elbows, grooved pulleys and straight-faced pulleys, are expected.
The foundry is fitted with twenty moulding-benches for iron work and twenty for brass work, each being supplied with its set of moulding-tools and flask. A twenty-inch cupola, two brass-furnaces, a gas-furnace for white-metal and a core-oven complete the equipment. In this shop the patterns prepared in the previous year are first used, and by their use, the operations of two-part moulding are taught. When students become more advanced some ornamental pieces are moulded and cast in bronze and the process of making mould-boards from the object is explained. Casting in plaster from clay models is also taken at this stage.
The forge-shop is fitted with twenty-four power and one hand forge. The blast is supplied by a centrifugal blower and the smoke and fumes are carried off by an exhaust fan. Each forge is furnished with anvil, tongs, hammers and other tools. The care and management of the fire are first explained and afterwards working in steel is practised and sets of chisels and lathe-tools are made and tempered. To gain an idea of the exact treatment of the piece before dealing with the hot iron, many of the examples are first executed in lead by each pupil.
A portion of the machine-shop is devoted to tin-working and is furnished with furnaces, anvils, shears and soldering-irons for the
class, the proper method and the principles involved are carefully explained, and the applications of the exercise in practical work are pointed out. Each pupil then takes up the work, and the instructor gives individually what further advice or correction is necessary.
The wood-working bench-room is provided with forty-eight single benches, each supplied with a complete outfit of hand-tools, vise, tool-cupboard and drawers. The pupil is first taught the use of the saws, planes and chisels, and the proper methods of laying-out work, and, lastly, a few constructive pieces are executed; e. g., a small panelled door, sash-window, dovetailed box, etc.
The lathe-room is supplied with forty-eight nine-inch speed-lathes; each lathe has its complement of turning-tools and drawers for the work. The room also contains a band-saw, two jig-saws and the mill-tools for preparing stock, a double circular-saw, feed planer
use of twenty-four pupils. The course comprises the preparation of different metals for hard and soft soldering, practice in soft soldering, brazing and the laying-out of simple pans, pipes, cups, elbowjoints, etc.
In the machine-shop, benches are provided for twenty pupils, each with vise and a supply of files, chisels, and other tools. The powertools consist of eleven fourteen-inch engine-lathes, six speed-lathes, two twenty-four-inch and one sixteen inch planer, two upright drills, one universal milling-machine, one grinding-machine, one hand-lathe, one grindstone, and one wet emery-wheel. The bench-work consists of chipping, surface-filing, straight, parallel and round fitting, the making of calipers and try-squares and the use of taps and dies.
After this course the principles in electrical construction are taken and models of galvanometers, rheostats, voltmeters, ammeters,
and-jointer. It also contains twenty-four sets of bench-tools for pattern-making. The work in turning embraces straight-shoulder and moulded centre-turning in soft and hard woods.
The elements of metal spinning are next taken, and type forms of bowls, cups, vases, etc., are worked out in thin sheet-metal.
In pattern-making the operations of moulding is explained to make clear the function of draft, halving, cores, etc., and then patterns are prepared for some of the pieces to be used later in the machine-shop,
dynamos and motors are made. Instruction is also given in the theory of mechanicism and the elements of machine design and resistance of materials and work in the testing laboratory.
The aim of the Trade School is to give a thorough grounding in the principles of a mechanical trade and sufficient practice in its different operations to produce a fair amount of skill of hand. Practice is given in the use of saws, planes and laying-out tools, followed by a course in joint-work, then some models of framing are made and
after which more difficult pieces, such as pipe elbows, grooved pulleys and straight-faced pulleys, are expected.
The foundry is fitted with twenty moulding-benches for iron work and twenty for brass work, each being supplied with its set of moulding-tools and flask. A twenty-inch cupola, two brass-furnaces, a gas-furnace for white-metal and a core-oven complete the equipment. In this shop the patterns prepared in the previous year are first used, and by their use, the operations of two-part moulding are taught. When students become more advanced some ornamental pieces are moulded and cast in bronze and the process of making mould-boards from the object is explained. Casting in plaster from clay models is also taken at this stage.
The forge-shop is fitted with twenty-four power and one hand forge. The blast is supplied by a centrifugal blower and the smoke and fumes are carried off by an exhaust fan. Each forge is furnished with anvil, tongs, hammers and other tools. The care and management of the fire are first explained and afterwards working in steel is practised and sets of chisels and lathe-tools are made and tempered. To gain an idea of the exact treatment of the piece before dealing with the hot iron, many of the examples are first executed in lead by each pupil.
A portion of the machine-shop is devoted to tin-working and is furnished with furnaces, anvils, shears and soldering-irons for the
class, the proper method and the principles involved are carefully explained, and the applications of the exercise in practical work are pointed out. Each pupil then takes up the work, and the instructor gives individually what further advice or correction is necessary.
The wood-working bench-room is provided with forty-eight single benches, each supplied with a complete outfit of hand-tools, vise, tool-cupboard and drawers. The pupil is first taught the use of the saws, planes and chisels, and the proper methods of laying-out work, and, lastly, a few constructive pieces are executed; e. g., a small panelled door, sash-window, dovetailed box, etc.
The lathe-room is supplied with forty-eight nine-inch speed-lathes; each lathe has its complement of turning-tools and drawers for the work. The room also contains a band-saw, two jig-saws and the mill-tools for preparing stock, a double circular-saw, feed planer
use of twenty-four pupils. The course comprises the preparation of different metals for hard and soft soldering, practice in soft soldering, brazing and the laying-out of simple pans, pipes, cups, elbowjoints, etc.
In the machine-shop, benches are provided for twenty pupils, each with vise and a supply of files, chisels, and other tools. The powertools consist of eleven fourteen-inch engine-lathes, six speed-lathes, two twenty-four-inch and one sixteen inch planer, two upright drills, one universal milling-machine, one grinding-machine, one hand-lathe, one grindstone, and one wet emery-wheel. The bench-work consists of chipping, surface-filing, straight, parallel and round fitting, the making of calipers and try-squares and the use of taps and dies.
After this course the principles in electrical construction are taken and models of galvanometers, rheostats, voltmeters, ammeters,
and-jointer. It also contains twenty-four sets of bench-tools for pattern-making. The work in turning embraces straight-shoulder and moulded centre-turning in soft and hard woods.
The elements of metal spinning are next taken, and type forms of bowls, cups, vases, etc., are worked out in thin sheet-metal.
In pattern-making the operations of moulding is explained to make clear the function of draft, halving, cores, etc., and then patterns are prepared for some of the pieces to be used later in the machine-shop,
dynamos and motors are made. Instruction is also given in the theory of mechanicism and the elements of machine design and resistance of materials and work in the testing laboratory.
The aim of the Trade School is to give a thorough grounding in the principles of a mechanical trade and sufficient practice in its different operations to produce a fair amount of skill of hand. Practice is given in the use of saws, planes and laying-out tools, followed by a course in joint-work, then some models of framing are made and