Hammond Technical Vocational High School - Chart Yearbook (Hammond, IN)

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A USEFUL SHOP BOB CHERRY tended an electric furnace in Foundry shop where he learned to melt metals and to pour them into various shapes through the use of sand molds. A student also had to know how to prepare a core and mold and how to use and care for a pattern in setting up a mold. HERE A CRACKED automobile engine block is being arc welded by Dan Cotterell in the Tech Welding Shop. The Welding department offered practical training in both oxy-acetylene and electric arc welding in the fields of repair and maintenance; job shop methods and prob- lems; and production welding processes and procedures in the fabrication of welded products made of both ferrous and non- ferrous metals. RICHARD PREISSIG and FRANK CROYLE, left to right, worked on pat- tern layout while Mr. Burris watched Bob Luther and Jack Burbridge punch and rivet metal. Sheet Metal shop work included setting up full scale designs from a blueprint, layout work, and fabrication. EXPLORATORY METALS SHOP, under the supervision of Mr. Emil Barney, was a freshman class. Students were given an opportunity to explore basic fields of in- dustrial metal work to see if they were suited for further training in the metals area.

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26 A SCIENTIFIC PROJECT OF METAL OR TOOL - TECH STUDENTS MADE THEM Tech students in metal shops trained by making useful objects: scien- tific projects made of steel, a waste basket, or a bicycle rack. Much needed by area industry and construction, Tech’s offerings for training in crafts involving metal were the biggest share of the shop curriculum for boys. The three machine shops alone, with sixty sepa- rate machines, handled over 125 students in 1958-59. A student became familiar, too, with the whole process: from drawing to pattern to mold to lathe or to whatever was needed to complete the route in manufacturing a metal product. INSTRUCTION IN THE basic oper- ations of the lathe was the job Mr. Stecyk had when this picture was taken. In three shops boys became familiar with operations ranging from simple grinding to complicated lathe or mill- ing machine work. MATT NOLBERTOWICZ and DON MINARD worked on the drill press in Mr. Adaska ' s Machine I shop. DESIGNED TO HELP TRAIN stu- dents for plumbing or related pipe fit- ting trades, the plumbing shop course of study included cutting, threading, and assembling the various kinds of pipe used in allied pipefitting trades. A house frame in the shop was used for practice exercises in installation.

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WOOD SHOP had as its main objective the development of a sound interest in basic woodworking and a general understanding of the opportunities in the woodworking trades. Students, like Jim Hoolehan, learned by experience the use and care of all carpenter tools, also a knowledge of good construction and design. TECH OFFERED ALL PHASES OF TRAINING IN WOODWORKING Training in woodworking at Tech stressed carpentry, cabinetmaking, and pattern making. Students became familiar with layout, design, types of lumber, and the uses of bench tools and of power machines. 28 THE COURSE IN PATTERN MAKING was designed to teach a student the funda- mentals of using hand tools and the pro- cedures for making patterns for the cast- ings which were used in the foundry. MR. STEMPER ' S Exploratory Wood shop students tested a door frame. The nine- week course was designed to see if stu- dents were suited for further training in the wood area.