Thread: Skool daze

Loved the title on this one. Milling machine ?????
LINC Tasmania catalogue • "Rose Bay High School, boy at milling machine"

Isn't it one of the rare edition hercus shaper milling machines?

Great link, I like photos 21 and 24 the best! Yes I think it is a Hercus lathe, but the milling machine is certainly a bit strange!!
Note not a pair of safety glasses in sight!
Graeme

This kid is actually making something as opposed to the previous 'studio portraits ' where the students are looking at the machine like dazed sheep .

LINC Tasmania catalogue • "Launceston Junior Technical High School, lathe at work"

Originally Posted by morrisman

This kid is actually making something as opposed to the previous 'studio portraits ' where the students are looking at the machine like dazed sheep .

LINC Tasmania catalogue • "Launceston Junior Technical High School, lathe at work"

Thought the kid at the shaper looked constipated, time for his mum to shout him a Laxette or 2. cheers
Yes only safety glasses for lathes and drills in my time,we were made to take off ties in winter and no wooley jumpers long sleeves rolled up.we had a kid wound in to a spinning chuck by the jumper sleeve thank fully the belts slipped,but managed to prune his chin a few times.circa 1965.red button kick safety switches on shaper and on wall by teachers office only. J.ps high school seemed to use non trade qualified teachers tech schools were old tradesmen who brought industrial skills with them.and yes the ''mandatory calico apron for all wood work metal work classes.

Originally Posted by morrisman

This kid is actually making something as opposed to the previous 'studio portraits ' where the students are looking at the machine like dazed sheep .

LINC Tasmania catalogue • "Launceston Junior Technical High School, lathe at work"

as a current teacher, I can tell you that the dazed look is the natural MO for a teenager being asked to do work. be very wary of the student that looks busy, because they almost certainly are not!

Originally Posted by j.ashburn

Thought the kid at the shaper looked constipated, time for his mum to shout him a Laxette or 2. cheers
Yes only safety glasses for lathes and drills in my time,we were made to take off ties in winter and no wooley jumpers long sleeves rolled up.we had a kid wound in to a spinning chuck by the jumper sleeve thank fully the belts slipped,but managed to prune his chin a few times.circa 1965.red button kick safety switches on shaper and on wall by teachers office only. J.ps high school seemed to use non trade qualified teachers tech schools were old tradesmen who brought industrial skills with them.and yes the ''mandatory calico apron for all wood work metal work classes.

Yes, I think rather than the Laxettes a dose of Castor oil was very appropriate for this era, & the oil was cheaper!
We had no safety glasses,or safety switches, however our school, Ashfield Technical College NSW had very good skilled ex tradesmen as teachers. They were excellent in my opinion. Blokes out of the second world war. Been around the block, so to speak. The cane was used frequently.
The metalwork room had a bunch of flat belt drive "Gregco" lathes, Drill presses & a Travelling head shaper. Also serious work benches & vices. There was a lot of precision hand filing work.
One job we did on the lathe was machine up a centre punch out of hex tool steel, & then harden & temper it.
Woodworking was a clean white apron (of course) & we made quality jobs out of "Parana Pine" in first year, (no power tools) advancing to better & more skillful work in later years.
The discipline was excellent.
We were all of 12 yrs of age, & they were wonderful times. That was near 60 yrs ago.
Graeme of "Anglesmith" on this forum, was in the same year as me & he would recall it all.
Thanks for the photos & memories Mike "Morrisman"
regards
Bruce

I am sure we had bars on the windows, at least it felt like a prison!!
I shouldn't complain, I was used as a test subject in year 11 for year 12 metalwork at our school, the only student in the class . I built a ladder, welding table and an electric friction saw. I still have them all over 20 years later!!

Kodak lathe

Photograph - Kodak Australasia Pty Ltd, Man Operating Lathe, Camera Repair Workshop, Abbotsford, Victoria, circa 1957 - Museum Victoria

Hercus lathes Waldown drilling machines and 1 invicta shaper 4m from memory. Senior classes were taken at the old school mines Bendigo they were in the middle of transition from line shaft to free standing machines. shared with apprentices from Ordnance factory and railway workshops.
I remember 1 of our trade teachers there who was an ex OFB ord factory f and turner,he told us how they hated the line shaft and as a prank used to all set up ready set go and all put a cut on at once causing the line shaft motor to pop a fuse.He said was all in fun and silent protest at working on the state of art munitions quality machines to come and turn out a good job on clapped out ''pre historic machines'' .all went well until some one had replaced the fuse wire with a safety pin causing a roof fire and visit from fire brigade red faces matched the fire fighting appliances livery. Cheers thanks for the memory stimulus Mike. John. 45- yrs ago.