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GRINDING AN INTERNAL GAUGE ON A UNIVERSAL GRINDING MACHINE. WORK OF TRAINEES AT MELBOURNE TECHNICAL COLLEGE IS REMARKABLY ACCURATE, IS NOT WASTED, BUT CHECKED AND DESPATCHED TO MUNITION FACTORIES.
MELBOURNE. A SELECTION OF GAUGES AND DIES MANUFACTURED BY TRAINEES FOR USE IN MUNITION PRODUCTION. WORK OF MR. KENNEDY'S PUPILS IS OF REMARKABLY HIGH STANDARD. TRAINEES AT THE MELBOURNE TECHNICAL COLL
A TRAINEE AT MELBOURNE TECHNICAL COLLEGE TURNS PLUG GAUGES ON A PRECISION TOOLROOM LATHE WEIGHING 2 TONS. PLUG GAUGES ARE USED TO MEASURE INTERNAL DIAMETERS IN MUNITION WORK.
A UNIVERSAL GRINDING MACHINE GRINDS A HOLE IN A GAUGE, RUNS TO A SPEED OF 24,000 R.P.M. WEIGHS ABOUT 2 TONS, AND TURNS OUT WORK WITH AN ACCURACY MEASURED IN TENTHS OF THOUSANDTHS OF INCH.
MELBOURNE. THIS MACHINE IS USED FOR GRINDING GAP GAUGES WHICH MEASURE EXTERNAL DIAMETERS AND THICKNESS. TRAINEE IS USING A SLIP GAUGE TO MEASURE THE GAP GAUGE HE IS GRINDING. GRINDING WHEEL IS MADE OF
MELBOURNE. THIS UNIVERSAL TOOL MILLING MACHINE DOES HIGHLY ACCURATE JIG BORING, MAKES A PART FOR A GAUGE. MACHINE ALSO DOES ALL KINDS OF MILLING ON TOOLS AND GAUGES.
BLUEPRINTS ISSUED BY THE MINISTRY OF MUNITIONS COME TO MR. M. KENNEDY, SUPERVISOR OF TOOLMAKING AND MACHINE SHOP TRAINEES AT MELBOURNE TECHNICAL COLLEGE. WORK OF STUDENTS IS OF VERY HIGH STANDARD AND
