Lowe High School - Towers Yearbook (Windsor, Ontario Canada)

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The Wimlsor-AValkervillp Technical School Year Book 59 THE AUTO SHOP “Gee, fellows, there are lots of ears intoday, that means lots of rk.” How often that expression greets I he ears of a listener as a class is coming into Rom 111. otherwise known as the auto mechanics class room and shop, because most of the time is spent in working on autos as well as spending a certain amount of the time in studying the construction and theory of the modern autos. The boys do actual repair work under close supervision, and that they do real work is testified by the fact that many cars are on the waiting list ready to be brought in as soon as we can find room for them. Accidents, even minor ones, are rare, because the boys must first learn safety first rules. The best of up-to-date tools are carefully kept in order in the crib in which the boys take their turns in working. In this room many humorous things take place. See Dramatic Sel l Ion. Dench Drill Patterns and Core Moves B I). C. II. Heard Instructor of Putlernniaking Where can the boys and girls of today, who are face to face with the necessity of making vocation¬ al choices, find the help they need for this difficult task? Few par¬ ents are competent to give advice to their children. Vocational edu¬ cation as taught at the Windsor- Walkorville Technical School has bridged this gap, and the student is able to begin work as an econo¬ mic asset rather than as an econ¬ omic liability to his employer. Wood pattern-making is one of the several vocational subjects taught. Pattern-making dates Hack to the lime when man first poured metal and made castings for use. Objects made of cast metal are shaped by the process of founding. Enundry practice is that branch of the metal trade, dealing with the melting of metals, and the pouring of thess metals into moulds thai are usually made of sand. 11 will Hi refore lie seen that in order to shape the sand moulds some sort of form is required. Making these forms called patterns is a branch of the metal trades known as pat¬ tern-making. It deals with the modeling of objects in wood and metal, that are intended to be cast

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58 The Windsor-Walkorville Technical School Year Book Technical Department Sheet Vela! Room SHEKT META I. In our school Sheet Metal is taught in all its phases. Ii is a trade as ancient as history. Sheet Metal is bceqnupg mor necessary every year as new ns for it are being found, and uev. Combination of metals are being discovered to meet these needs. From the bumble kitchen to Mi highly-furnished automobile or aeroplane Seems quite a step, yet beet metal or aluminum is the base of these. The modern sheet metal worker must know how to spot, weld, butt vsvt how to operate the hammer, and must have a knowledge of many other things. The above picture shows the boys at work in the sheet metal shop. i Bench Drills and Darts Nearing Completion

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60 The Windsor-Walkerville Technical School Year Book in metal. To become a successful pattern-maker, a thorough know¬ ledge nf the principles of mechani¬ cal drawing and foundry practice are necessary. To many this work may seem wholly a mechanical process, but it is in fact an art which requires a strong effort of the imagination, because all moulding and construc¬ tive features of the pattern must first be decided upon, before actual work on the pattern is begun. No other metal trade affords a greater opportunity for the devel¬ opment of constructive ability than this work. The trade is congenial, clean and well paid. The above pic¬ ture represents the complete pat¬ terns, and necessary core boxes fabricated by students of the pat¬ tern shop for a Sensitive Drill Press which is being made in our school machine shop. Chemistry Room CHEMISTRY LABORATORY The science of Chemistry is the basis of the world’s advancement in the last fifty years. This im¬ portant study is carried on at Tech in the fine laboratory shown above where each student has an indivi¬ dual place to work.