McKinley High School - Nugget Yearbook (St Louis, MO)

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f ...gl I6 THE CARNATION TI-IE WOOD-TURNING SHOP ACK in the southwest corner of the first Hoor may be l seen what is officially known as Room ll3. The boys ltwiviit ' 1 ' ' h k ' 1. in the manua training course, owever, now it as t e wood-turning shop. It is a long shop, well lighted by a row of high windows on each side. It is equipped with twenty-five benches and twenty- five speed lathes, including an instruction demonstration bench lathe. The shop is well supplied with tools of a good quality for both bench and lathe work. The shop is the center of the manual training activities dur- ing the second year in this course. Up to this time the classes had a year's foundation work, consisting of joinery and cabinet making. They have learned a good many things about wood working, and about wood itself, also many things about the care of wood-working tools and that the grindstoine is not a mere ornament. ' i And the classes are now ready to try their hands at wood turning. A study is made of the lathe-its mechanism and con- struction, its adjustment and care. Each boy is assigned to his own individual machine to operate and control. It is fascinating, indeed, and the boys feel like they are breaking into the big league, for before this time they have had little to do with ma- chinery. And where is the boy who does not get a thrill out of watching-yes, and making the wheels go round? They now have issued to them a drawer full of queer looking toolsg turning gauges, screw chisels, and several others, all of which are unlike those to which they have been accustomed. The boys are compelled to begin at the beginning to learn the uses of these tools. ,They learn not only their uses, but the care of them as well. And that brings us back to the grindstone. There are two grindstones in the wood-turning shop. The various processes are learned by completing certain exer- cises and by working on various useful projects. Here is im- pressed upon the student as never before, the importance of be- ing ever on the alert. A mental lapse, though for only a moment, may destroy the result of several hours' work. The work which is done gives practice in spindle turning, face plate turning, and chuck work. ln addition the work offers a splendid opportunity for applied design, and an opportunity to learn some new methods of wood finishing. Following the wood-turning course, the subjects of pattern making and molding are then taken up. Here bench and lathe work in the making of various types of patterns are combined. Classes begin- to understand the true meaning of the word ac- curacy. The various moulding processes are not only discussed in the pattern making class, but illustrated in the moulding shop by using patterns made by the pupils. The climax of the wood working courses comes when boys behold the metal casting, the form of which has been fashioned by their own pattern, and they are eager to pass on to the metal work, whichfis the beginning of the third year's work. GEORGE WAGON ER.

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THE CARNATION Nagy 151s , , , I MECHANICAL DRAWING CLASS

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THE CAURNATION 431719 , I WOOD-TURNING SHOP