UN IVER SITY OF OREGON MONTHLY
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v a r i o u s ; O f measurement and how the- work may be traced
from, ¡a, detailed-drawing* t o ;the,3^rticle itself. Dra'wing's are Used
m ali of the shops as a b asi^iq r the work. $
The bench work qf ,fhe wood-shop- will first accustom theisteu-.
debt, to the use andj&are ’of the hand saw^.plane? chisel and s,qua'W
these itoqls being ve^'s^ntial to„^ll wood-work. Then from working
drawings, joints''¿common tq , all bridge and building construction
afeim ade, ta k in g 'i^ ^ ^ n s id e r a tiQ n ^ h ^ grain and defected? the
material.
^food turning, .teaches"in a :pracficaVyay
the proper fhind .qi-;a t o o V ^ p ^ 4,pd-huw to use it to thed& t* H
vantage. The band-saw', rip'-saw and. various Other machines? of the
shops are-frequently m ade-us;epf.
The production of a l^jfgjgt. majority of machine parts involve,
-- .T h e ^ n iv e r s ity ^ ' Oregoh^lchops'ajre located in the Mechanical
building, situated on the .northeast corner of the campus,. 'In these
shops the.'studfe nt puts many^of his theoretical' principles into’actual
practice.’ T h e '^ o p s are j sufficiently 'equipped/.^il^dtqofljsiand ma-
chine^, tp jg iy ^ a limited number
students- the-practiW ireq^redi
in alb of the engin;eerMgreo-pr^e^^,
spfhe benefit, that should'be
from this-- shop wobkl's not
that.lt'.enabies the student
| j skilled artisan'in any-of the
li^ s> /^ w © rk undertaken in ¡'^ie>sh,-^.,but rather- that h£.«„shou-ld
understand |B j p r o c e s s .through 'Which any piece’ of- ydbk -.should
go to reach comgleitpn ?so th at-th e -desired Results may be aocom-
pljshedgwith a .minimum yf.labor and cost. In the wood shop which
i^ generally ;fipst in the shop-.dist because -its pririciplesrarC simple
an^,‘fundamental, f he wQgkts systematically laid out hy a series o'f
working^ drawings leading frorn- the-Simpler to the more difficult
work. T h ese. working drawings -teach the .accurate use'-o’f the