I was able to find a article about a traveling woodworking shop that went from school to school in California. The shop on wheels has everything that a regular shop would have in it. Heres a brief explanation about the shop on wheels and what its all about.
Making the rounds of schools and playgrounds in Pasadena, Calif., is a complete woodworking shop on wheels. Built on a truck chassis, it includes a circular saw and band saw, lathe, electric drill and small planer. Its power is taken by a long cord from the regular 110-volt circuit of whatever school ground the truck visits. It is equipped for model building and for teaching handicraft work in schools lacking workshops of their own.
Erick, I found this to be a very educational post. Who would believe there was a time when schools did not have woodworking shops. Carpenters have been around forever. It is hard to believe that some of them probably learned this trade from a traveling bus like the one you have pictured on your post. Woodworking and machining have both played very important parts in the world of art, science, and still play a huge part in the evolution of technology.
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This was a great post Erik. I though the article was amazing. I didn't know that wood shop and the like wasn't always taught in school. I though that with the Industrial revolution that the labor skills were taught in every school. The list of tools on the truck are not much different than the tools in most wood classes today. It is true that these skills have played a major part in how technology and our society as a whole has advanced.
ReplyDeleteThis is a very interesting article. I never knew there were "traveling woodshops". In both middle and high school we had huge woodshop classrooms and they were very useful for our education but also to fix up things that were to fix in the school. I couldn't imagine learning some of the things i know today from a traveling truck. It worked back than, but I'm glad it has evolved.
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This was indeed an interesting. This is a pretty cool idea they had. It makes me wonder that this could help countries in need of fundamental basics in order to create something from nothing.Making people travel with this must have been though. They had to be careful cause one slip and crashes the whole thing. lol
ReplyDeleteThis is cool, i would have been excited to see a traveling woodshop come to my school. I know its good to know a little woodworking skills espically when you buy your own house and you some repairs to do.
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