SHOPS.
The Shop Equipment is throughout of the best quality, the
machines being all from good makers and of sizes ample for the
purposes of instruction. A full outfit of hand tools is maintained
at all times. Each shop is equipped for the instruction of a squad
of sixteen students, this being as large a number as one instructor
can properly direct at once.
The Machine Shop is provided with four first-class engine
lathes, illustrating the practice of the best American makers; with
a planer, a shaper, two drill presses, a universal drilling machine
(Brown and Sharpe), and a universal grinder (same makers); also
with a gas forge for tempering tools, a cut-off saw for metal rods,
an emery wheel, and so on.
The Wood Shop is furnished with several small lathes, a large
pattern maker's lathe, a jointer, a planer, a saw bench for slitting
and cross-cutting, a band-saw, jig-saw, and a wood trimmer for
pattern making.
The Foundry has a cupola furnace for working cast iron, a brass
furnace, a core oven, and all needful accessories for moulding and
casting; the blast for the cupola is furnished by a special blower,
driven by a small high-speed steam engine.
The Forge Room is equipped with Buffalo down-draft forges;
and the necessary smith's tools; the draft is furnished by an engine-driven
blower, and the exhaust is operated by a fan driven also by
the engine.
Shop instruction is given for its educational value. The purpose
of this Department is to train engineers, not artisans; and
the claims of the shops are not permitted to infringe on the truly
vital functions of the laboratories, the drafting rooms, and the lectures.
