Excerpt from School Shop Installation and Maintenance

The purpose of this book is therefore two-fold. An attempt has been made to present in simple language and readily usable form, information, rules and methods that (1) will constitute a handbook for teachers for use in solving these problems of equip ment and maintenance, and (2) will be a text for use in normal courses in which manual arts and vocational teachers are trained.

While the material presented in these notes may be of greatest use to sh0p teachers as a handbook and to teachers of vocational teacher-training classes, these two purposes do not limit its use. For instance, pupils in many vocational classes should know how to take care of belting properly, how to babbitt a bearing, how to fit circular saws, braze bandsaws, etc., and in this sense this book can be used as a text and reference book by the students. Because of the direct method of presenting the subject matter, the book should also prove valuable to apprentices and mechanics.

The author wishes to express his indebtedness to Prof. F. D. Crawshaw for timely suggestions. The author's wife and associate teachers have also been of much assistance.

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