. Canadian forest industries January-June 1917. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. Toronto Technical School—Carpenter shop. Toronto Technical School —Machine end of pattern making room Toronto Lumbermen Visit Technical School The Lumbermen's Section of the Toronto Board of Trade paid a visit on Friday, March 2nd, to the Toronto Technical School, where they were shown through the school by the principal, Dr. A. C. McKay. Before conducting the lumbermen through the school, Dr. McKay ex- plained its purpose, which is to furnish boys and gi
. Canadian forest industries January-June 1917. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. Toronto Technical School—Carpenter shop. Toronto Technical School —Machine end of pattern making room Toronto Lumbermen Visit Technical School The Lumbermen's Section of the Toronto Board of Trade paid a visit on Friday, March 2nd, to the Toronto Technical School, where they were shown through the school by the principal, Dr. A. C. McKay. Before conducting the lumbermen through the school, Dr. McKay ex- plained its purpose, which is to furnish boys and girls an opportunity to obtain a practical industrial education along with a good education in mathematics, English, reading, history, geography, etc.; the in- dustrial side of the education being provided by practical experience in the use of the various industrial processes. The lumbermen were conducted through the building from top to bottom and shown all the equipment, and, in many cases, large classes of boys and girls actively at work becoming intimately acquainted with the details of the various industrial processes. Of chief interest to the lumbermen were those classes engaged in the conversion of lumber and timber into various finished products. They were shown through the follow- ing classes and rooms of this kind:— Two elementary woodworking shops, each equipped with six lathes, a trimmer, a mortiser, a jointer, a power saw, a tool grinder, and twenty-four benches and the usual small tools. Two pattern-making shops, one equipped with 11 lathes, a trim- mer, a jointer, a band saw, a variety saw, a mortiser and a tool grinder, twenty benches and sets of small tools; the other containing one twenty-inch motor head block pattern-making lathe with power feed, six twelve-inch motor head block lathes, one band saw, one universal saw table, a jointer, a disc and spindle sander, a trimmer, and twenty benches and sets of small tools. A carpentry shop, the equipment of whic
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