Cogswell Polytechnical College - Cogswell Yearbook (San Francisco, CA)

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THE COGSWELL IQ3 E. Hansen has been working ou the eccentric for a 4M x 6 gas engine. . Zecher has been very busily engaged in assembling a 42 X 6 gas engine, -los. lyne has completed odd Jobs and is taking geneial shop practice. Cate has turned out some Hywheels for a gas engine on the big lathe. y Fremont O'l'!rien has completed his artistic poker and tongs and is now busy on a holder for them. PATTERN SHOP. The pattern shop has been very busy during the last quarter in preparing patterns for the foundry as well as doing the general shop work. Several stu- dents have been putting in extra time in order to finish their work. The lA's have finished all the general woodworking exercises, and are en- gaged in the preliminary pattern work. They are now making patterns for various machines. and are obtaining general shop practice. The Il-Ts are doing cabinet work. Some are also working on patterns and others are doing practical work in the shop. The Hlfl's have been in the foundry and will be in the pattern shop for two weeks, in order to finish their courses in pattern making. The rest of their quarter will be spent in the foundry. Many of the students are finishing their cabinet work. Others are com- pleting the furniture, which was begun during the last quarter. Hauser, Lunsman and Roberts are doing extra time in the shop. in the hope of completing by the end of the present quarter the patterns for a lO-h.p. gas engine. FORGE. The classes in forging have all been busy with their various exercises. Some very good specimens have been made. The HATS have been working' on machine forging, and have advanced successfully. They are now taking up the tool-dressing of chisels and lathe tools. Those completed have turned out well. The making of two dozen tongs is to be finished this quarter. Those students who are otherwise disengaged, are doing shop work, such as putting up shelves, etc. FOUNDRY. The foundry has been very busy during the last quarter in turning out casts of needed machinery. Four heats have been taken. In the first, the casts for the iron fence posts were cast. Two thousand pounds of iron were heated of which 900 pounds came out as good castings. The casts of the 4x6 gas engines, including the cylinder casts, were successful.

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102 THE CoGswELL The IB's have completed their simple geometrical plates, and are striving to attain perfect plates on standard cross sections. The HB's are all very well advanced. Their Nemesis is solids that make angles with all three reference planes. Some of the more successful students are Owens and Chew. The beginners in Freehand are working' o-n vases and other symmetrical objects. The class in pencil sketching has completed the geometrical solids and is practicing rapid sketching of various shop patterns. This rapid sketching is an innovation in freehand work. The university drawings are good. Doble and Trachsler are exceptionally neat and accurate in their work. The architectural classes also have some very good draughtsmen. Linkins is working on the brick details. Patterson, Bachtold and V. Gerdau are drawing designs of flats and cot: tages. Special mention should be made of Bachtold. Merriman has almost completed the working drawings for a three-story building, which is soon to be built on Mission street. Hansen and Pyne have finished their painting of the live architectural orders and are s-tarting perspective work. , Lincoln johnson has resumed work on a six-story Class C apartment house. FREEHAND DRAWING. Miss Patterson's freehand drawing classes have successfully completed their routine work. Some very good drawings have been made, as is testilied by the many cuts in this issue of THE COGSWELL. The IIB boys have nearly completed their charcoal drawings, and are soon to take up pencil sketching. The Seniors have completed their required work in drawing. During this quarter Peterson has been engaged in sketching the various machines in the machine shop. MACHINE SHOP. The machine shop continues to be the center of attraction for the struggling machinists. Their results show the earnestness with which they try to succeed. The IHA's have completed their blocks satisfactorily, and are now begin- ning the simple lathe exercises. The HIB's have completed their lathe exercises and are working on the various machines. This term will complete the machine shop course of one year, which is required. A number of the Seniors have been engaged on various useful projects. Botteron has been working on the big lathe on many varied jobs. Clisham has completed a fly-wheel for a gas engine. Carlson is working at assembling a grinder. Lindberg has made the bearings for a Zyq-h.p. induction motor.

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