Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-16
SCHOOL MACHINE SHOPS
OFFER THEIR FACILITIES
Glasses From Fair Grounds nj John
Marshall and at Mechanics
institute.
FOLLOW REGULAR COURSES
Taught to Read Blucprints and
Sketches, and Given Training in
Erecting and Caring for Machinery
OF Various Kinds.

Wh!ic other necessary equipment for
the training Of ;hc West Nirginians
in the various vocational lines REQUIRED,
by the government has been installed
at the stat" Fait Grounds. the equip
'nent tor machine and forge shop work
and for the training OF plant and fac
tory electricians is downtown in thu
shops already fully equipped In the
basement Of John Marshall High
school and at the Virginia Mechanics
Institute.
The work done at both places is
most interesting. as the machine shoD
work is similar. At John Marshall
II gh School, the training of the class
OF nineteen would-be machinsts is
under the direct supervision Of William
Cobb. Mr.. Cobb halls from Scotland.
as the burr in his enunciation OF
English quickly proves For seven
years IN apprentice in the machine
shops OF Scotland. he has had an adj
ditional twentE-ninc years of practical
experience on this side. He was APP
pointed by the government TO aid the
city schools in the instruction of the
men from the detachment who applied
for this class Of work
There is also a class OF nineteen at
the Virginia Mechanics Institute un-
der the instruction of ~ o. Arvin
Frank Duke is head OF the department
of instruction at the Virginia Me-
chanics' Institute and II. o. Lane of
that OF John Marshall High School
Mr.. Cobb's and Mr.. A-vin's classes have
made splendid progress in the two
weeks since the instruction began.
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
ISSUED HI GOVERNMENT
The genera! instructions covering the
course as issued by the government
are as follows:
Dutics-Ability to do general ma
chinst work involving construction.
assembly. bench or machine tool work.
Qualifica tions-Mcn in this class
should he given elementary training as
follows: The reading of blue prints
and sketches. Elementary bench work
Introducing chipping. fil:rE. scrapins
and lifting. including tapping. key
seating, etc. Familiarity with the
trade specification and classification of
machine shop supplies. Experience in
work on lathe. including turning. bor-
Ing. threading, and face plate work.
Experience on miller on surfacing. un-
dercutting. cutting gears. and clemcn-
tary spiral" work. Experience on drill
press on tap and rcamer. drilling and
setting up for boring. Experience in
use of steel scale inside and outside
calipers. snap and plug gauges, and
micrometcr calipcrs. Experience on
SNAPPER and plancr. including table and
wise work. Experience in hardening
and tempering chiscls, lathe tools and
similar equipment. Should he well
grounded in the use OF correct terms
as applied to machine construction
such as shafts, spindlcs, crankS, hand
wheels. gears, pinions, worms screws.
bolts, studs, nuts. cap screws. ccccn-
tries. cams. springs. clutches. pulleys
belts. etc
The necessity for proper oiling Of
machinery: proper kind OF oil TO use
The details of the steam engine should
be we'll understood: piston. crosshead
crank. valve gear: setting of valves
studied and elementary practice given
in this work.
Experience in babbiting bearings
Elementary study of tho rifles and pis-
tolls. 4 rifle and pistol should he
completely disscmbled, and put to-
gcther. the men learning the names
OF parts as far as possible. and the
function OF each.