Chicago Vocational High School - Technician Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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The cutting, ioining, and forming of metals looks easy when these boys do it. With torches and electric welding machines and lots of know how they work with steel as we, the uninitiatecl, might work with sheets of paper, and lust as easily and safely. These are the young men who, in a few years, will be helping to build to- morrows' skyscrapers, sleek ships, and faster than sound aircraft. David Berron is perfecting his technique of ioining pipe, a good trick if you can do it,with no leaks. Dennis Centrachio and John Rivera are using a new machine which assures a straight and true cut. The acquiring of such new equipment and new knowledge and techniques is an important factor in keeping C.V.S. On The March! if 1

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jfvun dry THE STARTING POINT IN MANUFACTURING WITH METAL The pouring of metal is the first step of manufac- turing in many of our industries. The founder makes those pieces which will later be machined and assem- bled into tools, utensils, metal furniture and decora- tive objects, Ray Swanson is adiusting the carbons in an elec- tric furnace which will melt the aluminum to be poured into the mold being so carefully prepared by Ken Jurelc. The melting point of metals and their composi- tion, the preparation of the sand and its various mix- tures, the proper cooling and allowances for shrink- age the finishing and many other factors are all a part of this intricate process,

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