Jefferson High School - J Yearbook (Jefferson, WI)

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PAGE FIFTEEN COURSE IN FURNITURE AND CABINET MAKING, SECOND YEAR HIGH SCHOOL GROUP PROCESSES PROBLEMS 1. Review of the fundamental t o o 1 processes taught in beginning woodwork Mechanical drawing of project. Bill of stock. P 1 a n to r cutting up a stock boa r d. G a h i n e t maker’s method o f working stock on a bench. Stool Taboret Book Shelves Shoe Polishing Box Costumer II. Designing of a small piece of furniture i n v olving simple joint construction. Informational talks on design and method of construction. Preliminary free hand working sketch of project showing proportions and giving d i m e n s i o n s. Mechanical drawing from above sketch. Review of best methods o f working a t the bench, including use of p o w e r saw and jointer to size stock. Any small piece of w o o d construction making use of simple joints. III. Designing of a large piece of furniture. Bench work omitted as far as is practicable. Complete use of the woodworking machines to get out stock in the best possible methods. Large Stool Chair Music Rack Table IV. M a k i n g of a c a h i n e t involving paneling and door and drawer construction. Tool and machine construction of a 1 1 detailed p a r t s involved in m akin g furniture and cabinets. Wall Cabinet Music Cabinet Book Case Chest Drawers Desk Cedar Chest Tool Chest V. Finishing. I n -formational talks on wood finishing. Scraping and sandpapering, staining, filling, waxing and varnishing. Finishing of all projects made.

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PAGE FOURTEEN COURSE IN MANUAL ARTS-FIRST YEAR GROUP PROCESSES PROBLEMS 1. Learning to u s e tin saws and t li e laying - out tools such as the knife, trysquare and t h e rule. Measuring Squaring Gauging Sawing Window Stick Flower Trellis Vegetable Crate Clothes Rack Tool Rack II. Introducing the use of the p 1 a n e s and the auger hits and brace. Planing— (1 Surface (2 Edge (3) End of stock (4) To dimensions (5 Chamfering Boring— Game Board Counting Board Swing-board Hat-rack Rope-wind Bread-cutting Board III. Teaching t h e use of the chisel. Vertical chiseling (bulging Paring Sharpening chisel Shelf Tray Sleeve Board IV. Form work using the turning saw and the spokeshave. Bow-sawing Modeling Sandpapering Coat Hanger Toid Handle Canoe Paddle Neck-yoke Whiflle-tree Single-tree V. The construction of some object consisting of several parts. Fitting Assembling Carving Finishing Waterwheel Test-tube Rack Flower-pot Stand Sled Box-trap Bracket-shelf Knife-polishing Board Towel Roller Bench Stop Wagon Box Hay Rack VI. Instruction i n planing for a glue joint. Planing joints (lining Clamping Bread-moulding Board Drawing Board Bench Hook Sewing Board VII. Construction work involving halflap and the mortise-tenon joints. Duplicating pieces Marking for joints Cutting a mortise Sawing a tenon Finishing Stool Plant Stand Taboret Magazine Stand Umbrella Rack Table VIII. Miter joint construction. 1 Planing p a r a 1 I e 1 Miter box edges. Using the Framing a picture miter box. Laying Serving Tray out brace.

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PACE SIXTEEN ART The opportunity to elect the subject of art is open to all students. Drawing is the basis of all art, tine or applied. It trains the eye and hand, it is the only universal language: it enables us to give free expression to the facts, the appearance, and the decoration of form: it is the basis of working drawings, and thus of all skilled trades. Drawing is also a basis of pictorial and decorative art, of the world's artistic products, of home and interior decoration and of art appreciation. The fundamental principles of construction proportion. light and shade, and the theory of color are emphasized in the work of all kinds DECORATIVE DESK IN. Believing that, after drawing, design and proportion, as related to design, are of the highest value, emphasis has been placed upon this part of the work. Everything that is made must first be designed. Example of Work Done in the Art Department