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RE: lotta work and looks really nice

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In Reply to: RE: lotta work and looks really nice posted by Story on May 23, 2024 at 15:52:31

I took shop in jr high and doubt they would be able to teach those classes today. Shop had drafting first, then metals, plastics and wood.

Had to take a test before doing the plastics so the kids did not screw up the machines. There was vacuum molding (magnetic signs), rotisserie molding (footballs with air valves), injection molding (golf tees) and compression molding (hard plastics like ash trays).

Metals included sheet metal, riveting, soldering using old fashioned soldering irons that were heated in open gas fired furnaces and sand casting with molten aluminum.

We made screw drivers by threading and shaping tool steel, heating it up and melting it into plastic handle stock and that was shaped on a lathe.

We had the choice of wood projects. We all had to make shelves first with a scroll saw before picking other projects. I made a folding chess board out of maple and walnut.

Today, kids would burn the place down and brand each other.
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RE: lotta work and looks really nice - Story 18:07:26 05/23/24 (1)
LOL my first project was a small bookshelf also, after that I made large woofer cabinets

There was one kid who was always making a pot pipe and my stepdad would let him get close to finishing it and then sneak up and break it in half.

I remember going up the hallway one day to wood shop class and all of a sudden my step Dad was coming down the hall holding his bloody hand going to the nurses office.

There was a trail of blood all the way there and all over his shoes which were always polished brand new, Korean Vet. What a mess, even he screwed up once in a while.
- RE: lotta work and looks really nice - emailtim 18:33:44 05/23/24 (0)
  It was fun to watch how many scroll saw blades were broken to cut a few inches of pattern for the shelf sides. We also had to hand cut dados with a hand saw and hand chisels.
  
  Yep, always have to be on the lookout. There is a new law that may make existing table saws illegal. They are trying to force all new TS to be made with the SawStop technology which may make it impossible to sell used saws without it. It drives up the price of the saw and also prevents cutting aluminum.
  
  My brother took shop in HS. He was able to make full size, floor standing long and handgun rack out of solid oak. It was 2 pieces. A chest with a vertical glass door show cabinet on top. It was over 6' tall and @ 4' wide. Oak was cheap back then. It turned out nice. Was quite impressed with his work.
  
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