Historic Hood River
Wood Shop
3-23-2018
Notes
I’m pretty sure that’s not a proper demonstration of how to use that tool, but it probably got the job done.
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Tags: 1950s, school, shop class, Winans, Wonsyld, woodworking, Wyeast, Wyeast High School
Tags: 1950s, school, shop class, Winans, Wonsyld, woodworking, Wyeast, Wyeast High School
Dale Nicol
Improvised vertical drill press!
Kenn
Great explanation, Dale ~
Melody Shellman
It looks like they’re turning a bowling pin into a lamp!
jay
Why use clamps and jigs when you endanger kids’ hands . . .
lee
The boy on the left sure looks like Don Wonsyld class of 1955 with the wavey hair.
nels
Hurts me to look at this. Do they even know the possible consequences!?!?
Buzz
My take is that this is a joke. No shop teacher would let kids get away with this stunt.
Arthur
And no safety glasses!
I’ll go with "it’s a joke" given the big smiles on the kids’ faces.
nels
Save this for April Fools Day!
Dale Nicol
I think this is a "real wood shop" project making a table lamp and not a modified bowling ball.
The wood grain looks like maple and the electric drill motor is running. The look of determination of the kid using the drill motor says it all.
No doubt the shop drill press would not accommodate the longer drill bit, so ingenuity was called for.
kmb
Good thing the statute of limitations has passed on this. In today’s world, this picture would be Exhibit A in lawsuit against the school.
db
I have a lathe-turned myrtlewood lamp about that size that my dad made in high school, back in the 1920s. That may be exactly how he bored the hole for the wiring.
Jim Beam
I don’t recognize any of the "holders," but the driller is Billy Durham.
Jessica Hughes
I had to stare at this photo for a while, and sure enough the boy with the drill is my great uncle Billy Durham. Uncle Billy passed some years ago.
Shelley Wonsyld Prentice
That is my dad Don Wonsyld on the left.
Arthur Babitz
Thanks Shelley, I’ll add the “Wonsyld” tag to this post.