SHOP-WORK.
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 more vital functions of the laboratories,
the drafting rooms, and the lectures.
Courses 860, 861 are required of all students of engineering; 862,
864 of mechanical engineering students only.
860. Wood Shop. [Hancock and Assistants.]
3 hours a week.
Bench exercises in sawing, planing, boring, chiseling, tool sharpening.
Lathe exercises in turning between centers and on a face plate.
Machine-tool exercises in the production of useful articles. (Fall or
Winter or Spring.)
861. Machine Shop. [Hancock and Assistants.]
3 hours a week.
Bench exercises in chipping and filing.
Engine-lathe exercises in turning, boring, and thread cutting.
Machine-tool exercises in drilling, planing, shaping, and milling. (Fall
or Winter or Spring.)
862-864. Forge, Foundry, Pattern and Tool-Making.
[Hancock and Assistants.]
9 hours a week.
Exercises in forging iron and steel; forging and tempering center
punches, cold chisels, lathe and planer tools. Simple solid and split pattern
and core boxes; core making, moulding and casting. Exercises in
tool making and tempering; jig making; precision methods in machine-tool
work. (Fall, Spring.)
