McKinley High School - President Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

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THE FIREPLACE

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THE ARTISAN 55 .Y .1g,.5-Ts V- l V ' use H Q., '- 'l -a '52 ',i i i - f'!'x ,if if ii' '. William Jones Carpentry VVe, the Senior Carpentry Class at McKinley, have been taught that Car- pentry, or carpenters' work, is divided into three principal heads, namely, descriptive, constructive, and mechanical. The first shows the lines or methods for forming every species of work by the rules of geometry, the second com- prises the practice of reducing the timber into particular forms, and joining the forms so produced so as to make a complete whole according to the intention or design, and the third displays the relative strength of the timbers and the strains to which they are subjected by their disposition. The carpenter works in wood which he receives from the lumber mill in beams, scantlings, and planks or boards. The carpenter must be very skillful in the manipulation of his tools for tl1ere is a Variety of branches in woodwork with which he is liable to come in contact, namely, house framing, outside and inside tri111, store fixtures, fit- tings, joinery work, airplane work, and boat building. These are some of the branches of woodwork that the carpenter must be prepa.red to take up and for whieh he qualified as long as he skillful in the use of his tools. The aim at McKinley has been to instill in us boys of the carpentry class a love for our work, skill in manipulating our tools, knowledge of the elementary principles of woodworking, and the fundamental principles of the trade as par- ticularly applied to framed house construction, The house in the accompanying picture was built by the senior carpentry class, involving various operations, a.nd a knowledge of the various processes and operations. Uommencing with the foundation, we-were taught how to lay out the foundation walls, methods of squaring the building, types of foundation walls and the use of concrete, stone, and brick. NVQ were then made familiar with tioor framing which consisted of making the sills and girders, framing, setting, bridging joists, and laying the sub floors. Next in order, were the partitions which called for the laying out of the sills and ribbonsg framing and raising the st.uds. These studs or partitions then had to be straightened, plumbed, and braced, involving many of the funda- mental operations of the trade. Floor openings had to be framed for the chimney hole, stair opening, etc., and openings were framed for windows and doors in the partitions. A knowledge of the laying out and estimating sizes of openings from given sizes of glass and doors was thus obtained. After the sub floors were laid and sheathing nailed on, we were taught roof framing.