I had received my own
instruction. Since being at Tuskegee I have continued to study, and am
satisfied that I have well used my opportunities.

This division over which I preside is located on the first floor of the
Trades Building. It is well fitted for work in general wheelwrighting
and repairing.

Included in the equipment are ten woodworkers' benches 32 inches high,
42 inches wide, and 8 feet long. Each bench is divided into two parts,
making it possible for two persons to work at the same bench without
interference. The benches have three drawers and one closet on each
side, in which tools used by the students are kept.

Each pupil is provided with the following tools: One coach-maker's vise,
one 26-inch No. 6 cross-cut saw, one 12-inch back saw, one set of
planes, one set of chisels, one set of auger-bits, one set of
gimlet-bits, one ratchet-brace, one coach-maker's drawing-knife, one
spoke-shave, one thumb-gauge, one try-square, one bevel, one hammer, and
one mallet. Other tools are kept in reserve by the instructor and are
used only when needed.

The division is constantly building new work, such as wagons, drays,
horse- and hand-carts, wheelbarrows, buggies, and road-carts. The work
of repairing vehicles and farm implements for the school, and a large
amount of repairing for the locality, is done by my students. The course
is as follows:

_The First Year._--Care of shop, names and care of tools, general
measurements; elementary work with saw, plane, drawing-knife,
chisel, and spoke-shave; practise in the making and application of
joints, i. e., splices, mortises, tenons, and miters; kinds of wood
used and how to select; practise-work on parts of wagons and
bodies; Industrial Classes and Mechanical Drawing during the year.

_The Second Year._--Pattern-making, working by patterns,
practise-work on parts of wagons continued; making wheelbarrows and
hand-carts, repairing wagons; practise in wheel-building;
construction of wagons, carts, and drays; practise on parts of
buggies and wagons; industrial classes and Mechanical Drawing
during the year.

_The Third Year._--Building wheels; general repairs on buggies and
wagons continued; practise-work on parts of buggies, phaetons,
farm- and business-wagons; shop economics, estimates, bills of
material; industrial classes and Mechanical Drawing during the
year.

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