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18 1982 (S»t
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In metals shop, practical approach is best
by SCOTT NEWTON
Building practical pro
jects has been the focus of
several Sandy I n ion High
School students this school
year
P r o je c ts
m ade
fo r
“ friends" of the vocational
education department in
clude a tilt bed tra ile r for a
garden tractor, a combina
tion boat utility trailer and
a custom made bumper
The tilt bed tra ile r was
built from scratch, with the
students drawing up their
own plans It has stake
racks on the side, and a
metal bottom that allows
m aterial to slide out “very
easily" when tilted
While the "stout, com
mercial ones" might have
a maximum capacity of 200
to 300 pounds, this trailer
could carry up to 1,000
pounds, according to Lynn
Sondenaa, metals instruc
tor.
Senior B ria n Rom ey
oversaw the project, with
assistance from ju n io r
Todd Kennedy
The combination boat-
utility tra ile r was rebuilt
Students started out with a
fram e, tongue and axle
They build a new tongue
and axle, and re-enforced
the fram e
The trailer can be used to
pull a boat, or else stakes
can be put on the side for
hauling wood, among other
uses
Senior Paige Chambers
was "kind of the foreman.“
supervising and welding
S o p h o m o re
Shaun
Jackson did the electrical
wiring Sophomore Troy
Bachmann did the rollers,
m a k in g th e b e a rin g s ,
among other things
Sophomore Jam ie Rig
gen did most of the work
that required a cutting
torch
Sophomore M ark Zim
merman did a lot of the
welding Freshman Clinton
Cody did the grinding,
cleaning and painting
Junior Floyd Wheeler
as siste d C h a m b e rs in
supervising the project,
and did the measuring and
o th e r q u a lit y c o n tro l
chores
Senior Chuck Woster was
fo rem an , d esig ner and
c h ie f w e ld e r on the
bumper Sophomore Jeff
Hilliard did some of the
welding and most of the
grinding
Sondenaa said work on
the projects was handled in
a method "sim ilar to in
dustry ”
The students did cost and
strength calculations, cut
and assembled new parts,
and did vertical, overhead
and flat welds
“ If the welds weren I of
quality, they ground and
redid th e m ,” Sondenaa
said.
“ Must of the kids, when
they came in, knew very
little about metal working
They've gained quite a few
skills in nine weeks.”
The proceeds from the
projects will go toward
materials or new equip
ment for the metal shop
area
Sondenaa said he doesn't
feel they are competing
against businesses in the
area as the most “quality"
trailers they could produce
in a year would be four,
w hiles business might pro
duce four a week
P ractical projects, he
feels, keeps the interest
high in the program He
Sondenaa said that now
instead of students telling a
prospective ernployeer that
said they take more pride
in a project when they have
“ a vested interest in it."
he can w e ld , he can
describe the projects he s
worked on
Sondenaa said skills re
q u ire d
in c lu d e d
a
k n o w le d g e
of
m a th ,
engineering, m achining,
cutting, welding, painting
and electrical work
Sondenaa s.-id ne would
like to get away from the
image of “ m etals” being a
place where some “ clutz
works with a piece of
m e tal.”
Said Sondenaa, “These
a re h ighly sk illed , in
t e llig e n t yo u ng m en
Hopefully by their senior
years they w ill have a good
background and a salable
s k ill.”
He added, "K ids get
bored in a welding booth
This goes back to the
philosophy of learning by
doing.“
Brain Romey
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