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Students in the machine shop quickly learn that precision is required to be a skilled
craftsman. Instructor L. DeHaan stands behind a hardness tester while Al Corbett,
Richard Dietrich and Robert Dale examine some of the micrometers.
This milling machine is the type found only in the most modern machine shops in industry.
Shown working on the machine and displaying hammers they have, completed are Murray
Walker, Ron Ferguson, John Moir, Larry Consitt and Bill Cameron. There are two types
of milling machine in the SHDHS shop.
Machine shop facility
is the latest available
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By L. DeHAAN
Machine Shop Teacher
Exeter had its beginning
in 1832 when John Willis
settled on lot 20 of the Lon-
don Road survey. At that
time the area which is now
known as Huron County was
a dense forest, a historical
fact to which present day
"wind-breaks" bear silent
witness.
Just fifteen years after
John Willis began to fell the
first trees, Exeter began to
develop into a thriving vil-
lage. BY 1847 Isaac Carling
and William McConnell had
built a general store, a tan-
nery, and a grist mill.
However, even more rapid
than the industrial develop-
ment was the school develop-
ment. The first school to
serve Exeter was Stephen
public School No. 9. This
school was located within the
Exeter village limits and was
in operation just prior to
1840. By 1860 this school's
enrolment had grown to 200
pupils -- with 2 teachers!
As the Huron Tract con-
tinued to attract pioneering
settlers, the number of
school-age children in-
creased to the extent that
by 1880 a new public school
had to be built.
This new school had a
teaching staff of six and soon
had earned the reputation of
being the finest in Huron
County.
In his "The Settlement of
Huron County", James Scott
says, "Whatever the chal-
lenges of education may be
in the future, the record of
Huron County in the past
provides surety that the se
new challenges will be met
whenever they may come.
Generally speaking, few
areas in. Ontario have shown
such an acute awareness of
the value of education at all
levels and it has paid back
rich dividends in the devel-
opment of the community."
The new Technical Wing
at South Huron District High
vindicates Mr. Scott's every
word. Times change, cir-
cumstances change. Today
Huron County's staple pro-
ducts are not the same as
those that were grown fifty
years ago.
Today Huron County' s
homesteads no longer offer
to all the sons a way to
make a good living.
Today the emphasis has
shifted to industry — even in
Huron County. As a conse-
quence, the teaching of man-
ual skills has become a chal-
lenge.
Throughout Huron County
this challenge has been met
-- especially at South Huron
District High.
In particular, SHDHS
boasts a Machine Shop which,
as far as equipment is con-
cerned, is second to none in
the County. There are nine
brand new precision Col-
chester Lathes with a 12"
swing, 24" between centers,
overall length 5 ft. and 3
motor.
In addition there are two
new milling-machines, one
a Universal horizontal and
the other an X-L-O ram-
turret vertical. Both mill-
ing-machines represent the
type that are found in only
the best machine shops.
There also is a late-mo-
del Universal cutter-grind-
er as well as a fine surface
grinder.
For sawing purposes there
is a 20" Powermatic con-
tour-cutting bandsaw in ad-
dition to a Wells cut-off saw.
For heat-treating purposes
there is a dual-chamber Lu-
cifer electric furnace. Three
floor-type drill presses give
the students lots of oppor-
tunity to perform drilling and
reaming operations.
For general bench and
handwork there are three
work benches with two 5 1/2"
vises on each. The pedestal
grinder gives the student a
chance to practise different
hand-grinding operations.
Presently there is onord-
er a tool grinder which will
enable the student to grind
accurate angles on high-
speed steel as well as car-
bide-tipped cutting tools.
For measuring purposes
the student has the use of a
complete line of tools rang-
ing from a 6" scale tape-
measure to 6" micrometers
and vernier height gauge.
And in order that the stu-
dent may test the results of
his hardening experiments
there is a modern hardness
tester.
These are the main items,
although there are more in
the machine shop. Suffice it. Joe Bengough watches
— Please turn to page 4 the machine shop.
There are nine, brand new precision Colchester Lathes in the school's machine shop and one class of boys is
at work on the equipment.
closely a taper turning operation on one of the precision lathes in
shown
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