TM 11-453 Shop Work, 1942-03-11 PREFACE This text has been prepared by the Enlisted Men’s Department of The Signal Corps School, to provide a progressive course in the use and maintenance of such woodworking and metal tools, as a soldier may be called upon to use in the various units of the Signal Corps. Acknowledgement is made for the use of certain sections of Bell System Practices in lesson number eight, in the use, care, and maintenance of manila rope and blocks. TABLE OF CONTENTS Lesson Page 1 — Classification, Care and Maintenance of Tools 1 2 — Use of Knife and Pliers, Wire Splices 9 3 — Measuring and Gauging 20 4 — Metal Working 27 5 — Soldering 45 5A — Wiring of Radio Equipment, Cords and Plugs 65 6 — Woodworking 79 7 — Miscellaneous Tools 92 8 — Rope, Splices, Knots and Blocks 99

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