Advanced tool training

[notlob]

https://archive.org/details/1944HandTools

 

[Stuart in MN]

People have to learn that stuff somewhere.

 

[rustyzman]

Semi-serious, I know quite a few folks that should read that book...

 

[sdeeter19555]

An engineer I worked with recently had never used a combination wrench or socket and ratchet before he met me...

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[DD T/A]

OK so I'm still a little unclear here...Whats the difference between the handle and the blade?
Can you use it from both ends? Where's the hammer go?

 

[BajaScout]

Uh Oh! The book says RESTRICTED on it.

Hope NCIS doesn’t monitor GJ!


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[bmwrd0]

I have that book! It is actually kinda cool...

 

[rustyzman]

Perhaps the fact that this sensitive information has been "Restricted" since the 1940's is part of our problem...

 

[Private Lugnutz]

All of the wartime manuals are neat to look through. Here's one of mine.

The graphics are usually outstanding, and often humorous, intentionally or not.

Some of you may be surprised to learn the reason for the very basic and fundamental level of most wartime manuals. The Navy and Army technical services actually had a hard time recruiting skilled mechanics in the required numbers. Everyone wanted to fight and the fighting branches hoarded draftees. The situation was dire well up through the middle of 1943 and forced both services to make drastic changes, including the hiring of civilians to train mechanics (had been officers prior) and the field expedient re-purposing of men already in the fight who had been mechanics as civilians.

Here are two juicy quotes from a history book about the US Army Quartermaster Corps, which was responsible for all wheeled and tracked vehicles and maintenance in the early part of the war.

"During the first six months of 1942, approximately 82 percent of the trainees enrolled in the motor mechanics courses at the Camp Lee QMRTC were men who had no previous experience in mechanical work."

"Furthermore, officers at Fort Warren had the same complaint as those at Camp Lee that they were receiving 'far too many clerks.'"

 

[ganymede]

. .....

"During the first six months of 1942, approximately 82 percent of the trainees enrolled in the motor mechanics courses at the Camp Lee QMRTC were men who had no previous experience in mechanical work."
...

I bet we as a civilization (or attempt at one anyway) have moved further away from individual craft as time has gone on and "no previous mechanical experience " still had experience by today's standards.
Graphic in the op refutes my theory but still ...

 

[notlob]

 

[Provincial]

Notice that the screw slot does not extend all the way across the screw head. Perfect title for the cartoon!

 

[humber2]

And I thought that tool was to open and stir a can of paint......

 

[tym]

All of the wartime manuals are neat to look through. Here's one of mine.

The graphics are usually outstanding, and often humorous, intentionally or not.

Some of you may be surprised to learn the reason for the very basic and fundamental level of most wartime manuals. The Navy and Army technical services actually had a hard time recruiting skilled mechanics in the required numbers. Everyone wanted to fight and the fighting branches hoarded draftees. The situation was dire well up through the middle of 1943 and forced both services to make drastic changes, including the hiring of civilians to train mechanics (had been officers prior) and the field expedient re-purposing of men already in the fight who had been mechanics as civilians.

Here are two juicy quotes from a history book about the US Army Quartermaster Corps, which was responsible for all wheeled and tracked vehicles and maintenance in the early part of the war.

"During the first six months of 1942, approximately 82 percent of the trainees enrolled in the motor mechanics courses at the Camp Lee QMRTC were men who had no previous experience in mechanical work."

"Furthermore, officers at Fort Warren had the same complaint as those at Camp Lee that they were receiving 'far too many clerks.'"

I have a copy of TM 9-1575, "Wrist Watches, Pocket Watches, Stop Watches, and Clocks." One of my longtime collecting areas is watches, and this manual is basically an entire course on teardown and maintenance between the covers. Plus, it has great reference photos of correct style straps, etc., for Army and Navy wristwatches.

 

[OccupantRJ]

When I got really interested in hands on things as a kid, the WWII navy blue jacket manual in our small home book collection taught me quite a bit.

 

[Cheepbeer]

“Don’t use a pipe to increase leverage”.

Why do they make pipe, then?

 

[OccupantRJ]

The older I get, the longer my cheater pipe gets.

 

[tym]

The older I get, the longer my cheater pipe gets.

Most guys have the opposite problem as they get older...

 

[ZRX61]

I found this one day at a yard sale, my kid learned all sorts of stuff from it.



https://www.amazon.com/dp/0914294636/?tag=atomicindus08-20

 

[ZRX61]

Here's a great collection:


http://sportsmansvintagepress.com/product-category/the-aviation-collection/

 

[Calum11]

Hah, you made the end of my day) thank you))