Art & Inspiration Tech School Students Doing Good

Most excellent
Dan

 

My HS had a great auto shop. We worked on anything from lawnmowers to outboard engines (there were 2 test tanks, one rated to 200 HP), to car engines.

There were 5 or 6 engines on stands that we worked with. We did tune ups, compression tests, etc. I later wound up with a good running 332 Ford engine.

Since then, the shop was largely dismantled and the big thing is the annual robotics competition.

 

I like this vintage hand lapper. It precesses in a stutter step fashion as it rotates the valve.

 

gettin closer

 

Oh I like that! Since my Dad was a stay at home dad and my mother went out to work I've never understood or believed that "woman's work" BS. Anything involving strength can usually be worked round...

 

To paraphrase Archimedes,
"Give her a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and she shall move the world."

 

Another success.

broken water neck bolt. welding practice panel.
students measure and cut the 24” panel in half. Prep and spray a weld thru primer. Punch holes on one end for MIG. Resistance spot weld the rest
Then cut some of the resistance welds apart.

 

I have the same one. Turns both directions, but more in one direction than the other so it's not just reciprocating, but rotating at the same time. Cool design.

Really love what you're doing for these kids. We have some great HS programs where I live for kids who may not want to go to college, but get into a trade. We have good auto shop programs at our HS, and a great program at our Junior College.

 

Cruiser skirt mods
Students first time to do this. Not bad. He’ll get better

Looks better than my first try.
Here’s some resistance welding

 

What exactly is the "pencil trick"?

 

Use the carbon as a guide coat.
You can use it to dial in body lines

 

Got a little more done

we’ll make a new fuel line and put a kit in the carb. Thinking about running this scrap yard air cleaner

 

Fabricated a PS pump mount

some plate and an old gm pump mount.
Moved the alt to the other side students built the air cleaner mount today and just about finished the alt mount.

 

Automotive students rebuilding some 60s drum brakes

new stud is on the way.

prep work on a mopar 340.
wrapped up the alt mount on the 292.

 

What’s the 340 going in? Cool
Dan

 

Swepline Dodge SWB truck

 

Excellent
Dan

 

What is the 292 going into?

 

61 c40

 

to bad that 340 doesn't have the w2 heads, still a great engine. the old purple shaft made for a nice performing setup.

 

Soaked in CLR

 

The cleaned one was worse than the other one shown soaked in CLR, red scuff pad followed by a 3m black cleaning disc

 

These kids are damn lucky to have you around.

 

anthony, thanks for what you do for these kids/young adults. maybe this year we will cross paths at one of the shows.

 

The before pic of the actual cleaned hub cap.
50/50 mix of CLR and water. Soaked probably a couple days total


even removed the majority of the remaining paint.
The inside after 24 hours

We first only poured the CLR on the inside and planned to blast the outside but after seeing how well in inside did, I bought more and submerged the cap in a plastic covered container.

 

@The Creature you might be interested in this thread

 

Careful where you leave stuff soaking. Had a soup can half full of CLR and water like you made up. The vapors rusted anything metal near it.

 

We got it in a covered plastic tote
Plan to do manifolds for the Merc next

 

If it’s a sealed cover know that it gasses out creating pressure. Is it enough to pop the top???

 

I wouldn’t call it sealed completely
Just a cheap tote from the dollar store