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E. — Marking-out, Shaping, Fitting and Completing. 



1. Dividers (6" to 8"). 



2. Spring mortise lock (door). 

 F. — Polishing. 



Polishing and grinding parts as required (keys, etc.), 

 G. — Assisting in simple repair work [in main shop]. 



Third Half- Year. 



A. Smithing Iron and Steel. 



1. Stretching and bending flat iron up to 15 X 50 mm. cross-section. 



2. Upsetting and drawing-down round iron of 30 mm. diameter. 



3. Welding in flat and round stuff (simple). 



4. Forging and finishing a box-key (square socket). 



5. Forging a rivetting hammer. 



6. Forging a pair of pincers, a pair of pliers. 



7. Shortening and re-welding at cut a brake rod. 



B. — Steel Tools, Hardening, etc. 



I. A fiat chisel, cross-cut, centre-punch and screw-driver. 

 C. — Assisting generally in repair work [in main shop]. 



Fourth Half- Year. 

 A. — IVood-turning. 



1. Cylindrical rod or bar. 



2. File handle (with ferrule). 



3. Cock-handle (hardwood, bored). 



4. Hand-wheel for eight-feed lubricator, recessed and bored. 



B. — Metal Turning. 



1. Cylindrical ruler. 



2. A flat circle. 



3. Buffer bushes (collars). 



4. Spring washers. 



5. Pins or bolts for screwxouplings. 



6. Conical pipe-plugs. 



7. Brake liandles, etc. 



8. Tooth-catch plate (circular) fixing reversing gear spindK 



adjustment. 



C. — Screw Cutting {Lathe). 



1. Threading the rod of exercise 4, B i. 



2. Screwing bolts, -4", i", |", |" and l". I ,, , . , 



3. Xuts for bolts as above. 1 Machmed. 



4. Cutting threads in given rough nuts (no machine finish). 



5. Square thread ]" pitch on a spindle. 



D. — ■Planing. 



1. Cast-iron liners and distance pieces. 



2. Square and hexagon ends to round bar. 



3. Sliding pieces for buffers and spring spindle washers. 



4. Vee-guide and slide planed from flat bar, 60 X 20 mm. 



E. — Forging, Finishing and Assembling. 



1. Monkey wrench. 



2. Ratchet drill (brace). 



3. Hand-vice. 



4. Turning and planing tools, and cutters. 

 S.. Number punches. 



6. Letter punches. 



