[SEL] New England OT

[Curt]

Tom,
I would like to ditto Dolly's endorsement of the Precision Museum in VT. 
This collection of the earliest machine tools is meant to document the 
earliest tooling used in the gun smithing industry.
I found a few pictures from our trip (years ago) and put together a 
quick web page so you can have a look. Nearby (I don't recall the town) 
is an EARLY hydroelectric power plant that is still on the grid. At the 
top of the page is a couple of thumbnails of the power plant. There are 
a couple pictures of a marine engine and of the Ticonderoga.
The first of the Precision Museum pictures is of one of the earliest 
lathes. You'll notice the "ways" are granite slabs! All manual, not even 
feed.
You will see a Bridgeport. This is s/n #1 !
The tall red machine is a broaching tool as I recall. Phenomenal detail 
in the pattern work.

But what is most amazing is all the models of machinetools. As I recall 
the fellow that made them worked in a large shop by day and went home in 
the evenings (or perhaps after retirement) and made accurate models of 
the machines he used at work! The detail is unbelievable.

Anyhow, I hope you enjoy these and you should certainly make a point to 
visit this treasure of New England.
Link:
<http://www.oldengine.org/members/holland/images/PrecisionMuseumVT/Thumbnails.html>
Curt Holland
Gastonia, NC

Jim French wrote:

> Hi Tom
>
> The Precision Engineering museum in Vermont is well worth a visit:
> http://www.americanprecision.org/
>
> Dolly
>
> Germoamer at aol.com wrote:
>
>> We are thinking about taking a ride thru New England and maybe Nova 
>> Scotia June 10-17.
>>
>> Anyone know of "must see" places to stop and visit along the way?
>>
>>  
>>
>