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I don’t know why but I think it would be awesome to have one of these. Clean it up and put it to real use.
http://www.practicalmachinist.com/vb/antique-machinery-history/westbrook-high-school-vise-255369/
It was crazy what they were teaching at vocational schools back then!!
If it was made AT a high school, I’m sorry I didn’t go there. Seems more likely it was cast FOR the school. Of course I may get surprised!
I went to a vocational school ended up in electrical but I made a plumb bob which I still have
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Just skimming over the article it looks like some trade schools made their own vices as a teaching lesson. You would never see that going on in todays school! Having kinds cast and forge a tool is freaking crazy!!
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Just skimming over the article it looks like some trade schools made their own vices as a teaching lesson. You would never see that going on in todays school! Having kinds cast and forge a tool is freaking crazy!!
I went to a vocational school man and here is a thing I made while in machine [External image (images.tapatalk-cdn.com), not copied]
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I chose electrical and that’s what I do now
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The year after I graduated high school our department got a couple CNC machines. Man I could have really been dangerous with those!
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you can still be plenty dangerous with a manual lathe too. Someone ran the cutter too far into the work peice and hit the chuck which broke the bolt that holds it on. After I left our high school shop the 3d printer they ordered finally arrived. That would have been cool to mess with.kruton wrote:
The year after I graduated high school our department got a couple CNC machines. Man I could have really been dangerous with those!
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