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Road Trip Report (long)
Just got back yesterday from a two week trip. We took my oldest son
to a summer camp for handicapped folks in Catoctin Mountain Park in Maryland (we live in Michigan). We visited some friends in PA, spent a few days in NYC, visited my sister in CT, spent a few nights in Southwest Harbor, Maine, right next to the original Hinckley yard, now their repair yard. It was fun watching the beehive of activity. The weather sucked, being very foggy, not unusual I suspect that time of the year. Then on to Nova Scotia to watch the tides in the Minas Basin. I've wanted to see the Bay of Fundy since I was a kid. The tides were fascinating in their tremendous range. The area we visited on the north shore is sparsely populated, with lots of wildlife. While driving to Port Greville to visit a shipbuilding museum, we saw a grey fox, some sort of hare, and a wolf. Later we had to brake for a moose calf. Does anyone know what the strange antenna array is northeast of the road near the New Brunswick - Nova Scotia border? Finally we started the return trip. One day to Gorham, NH, then the next to Lake Saranac, NY, next to Gettysburg, PA to be ready to pick up my son, then home to Midland Michigan yesterday. I doubt I'll get the wife to make another trip like that anytime soon, but we'd like to fly back to NS sometime and visit Halifax. [METAL CONTENT] One of the best parts of the trip for me was the visit to the American Precision Museum in Windsor, VT. Thanks to this group for discussing this museum, which alerted me to its existence. It's full of machine tools dating from as early as the 1840's, especially Jones and Lamson stuff. Also included is an incredible display of models of production machine tools created by one individual whose name I don't recall although it's documented in photos on the laptop, the original (serial no. 1) Bridgeport, and rifle manufacturing equipment. The German modelmaker spent 40,000 hours producing the models by his estimate. If any of you get within a state or two, you should definitely visit this museum. Pete Keillor |
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Very nice trip report, Pete! Thanx for sharing.
Bob Swinney "Pete Keillor" wrote in message ... Just got back yesterday from a two week trip. We took my oldest son to a summer camp for handicapped folks in Catoctin Mountain Park in Maryland (we live in Michigan). We visited some friends in PA, spent a few days in NYC, visited my sister in CT, spent a few nights in Southwest Harbor, Maine, right next to the original Hinckley yard, now their repair yard. It was fun watching the beehive of activity. The weather sucked, being very foggy, not unusual I suspect that time of the year. Then on to Nova Scotia to watch the tides in the Minas Basin. I've wanted to see the Bay of Fundy since I was a kid. The tides were fascinating in their tremendous range. The area we visited on the north shore is sparsely populated, with lots of wildlife. While driving to Port Greville to visit a shipbuilding museum, we saw a grey fox, some sort of hare, and a wolf. Later we had to brake for a moose calf. Does anyone know what the strange antenna array is northeast of the road near the New Brunswick - Nova Scotia border? Finally we started the return trip. One day to Gorham, NH, then the next to Lake Saranac, NY, next to Gettysburg, PA to be ready to pick up my son, then home to Midland Michigan yesterday. I doubt I'll get the wife to make another trip like that anytime soon, but we'd like to fly back to NS sometime and visit Halifax. [METAL CONTENT] One of the best parts of the trip for me was the visit to the American Precision Museum in Windsor, VT. Thanks to this group for discussing this museum, which alerted me to its existence. It's full of machine tools dating from as early as the 1840's, especially Jones and Lamson stuff. Also included is an incredible display of models of production machine tools created by one individual whose name I don't recall although it's documented in photos on the laptop, the original (serial no. 1) Bridgeport, and rifle manufacturing equipment. The German modelmaker spent 40,000 hours producing the models by his estimate. If any of you get within a state or two, you should definitely visit this museum. Pete Keillor |
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Pete Keillor wrote:
Also included is an incredible display of models of production machine tools created by one individual Any chance to see the picture? Nick -- Motormodelle / Engine Models: http://www.motor-manufaktur.de Ellwe 2FB * VTM 87 * DLM-S3a * cubic more to come ... |
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On Fri, 8 Jul 2005 11:20:21 -0400, Ned Simmons
wrote: In article , says... Just got back yesterday from a two week trip. We took my oldest son to a summer camp for handicapped folks in Catoctin Mountain Park in Maryland (we live in Michigan). We visited some friends in PA, spent a few days in NYC, visited my sister in CT, spent a few nights in Southwest Harbor, Maine, right next to the original Hinckley yard, now their repair yard. It was fun watching the beehive of activity. If you had announced your plans beforehand I might have been able to get you in the door. The service manager is an old friend. I hope you made it to the Jonesport Wood Co. in Hulls Cove while you were on MDI. snip No, I didn't visit any boat builders. We were moving pretty quickly on this trip. I intend to go back for longer visits to several of the places we visited. I'll keep in mind your offer if we go back to MDI. Does anyone know what the strange antenna array is northeast of the road near the New Brunswick - Nova Scotia border? Radio Canada International. The actual location is Sackville NB. Googling - sackville NB antenna RCI - turned this up... http://www.rcinet.ca/rci/en/qui_historique_4.shtml Ned Simmons Ahh. Thanks for the info. Pete |
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On Fri, 08 Jul 2005 10:32:00 -0400, Pete Keillor
wrote: Just got back yesterday from a two week trip. We took my oldest son to a summer camp for handicapped folks in Catoctin Mountain Park in Maryland (we live in Michigan). We visited some friends in PA, spent a few days in NYC, visited my sister in CT, spent a few nights in Southwest Harbor, Maine, right next to the original Hinckley yard, now So. You were in CT and didn't stop by and say Hi. A fine thing! If you go back to MDI be sure to visit Hulls Cove Tool Barn between Ellsworth and Bar Harbor. Very cool place. Errol Groff Instructor, Machine Tool Department H.H. Ellis Technical High School 643 Upper Maple Street Danielson, CT 06239 New England Model Engineering Society www.neme-s.org |
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On Sat, 9 Jul 2005 09:21:04 +0200, (Nick Müller)
wrote: Pete Keillor wrote: Also included is an incredible display of models of production machine tools created by one individual Any chance to see the picture? Nick Yup. There are some photos on American Precision Museum's website http://www.americanprecision.org/ under collections - scale models. I posted a few of my photos in the dropbox. Text from Aschauer.txt follows: ================================================== =========== These photos were taken in the American Precision Museum, Windsor, Vermont. There is much more to see there. If you have a chance, I highly recommend a visit. The photos a http://metalworking.com/DropBox/Aschauer00.jpg Text card from display http://metalworking.com/DropBox/Aschauer01.jpg Wide view of 1st display case http://metalworking.com/DropBox/Aschauer02.jpg Closeup of lathes http://metalworking.com/DropBox/Aschauer03.jpg Closeup of block boring machine http://metalworking.com/DropBox/Aschauer04.jpg HiRes of multi-spindle machines These are some of the best models I've ever seen, and if you visit the museum, you can push the go button and watch them run. ================================================== =========== PS. When you push the run button and all the little belts go into action, all those spindles on the multi-spindle turn in unison. Regards, Pete Keillor |
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"Pete Keillor" wrote in message ... On Sat, 9 Jul 2005 09:21:04 +0200, (Nick Müller) wrote: Pete Keillor wrote: Also included is an incredible display of models of production machine tools created by one individual Any chance to see the picture? Nick Yup. There are some photos on American Precision Museum's website http://www.americanprecision.org/ under collections - scale models. I posted a few of my photos in the dropbox. Text from Aschauer.txt follows: ================================================== =========== These photos were taken in the American Precision Museum, Windsor, Vermont. There is much more to see there. If you have a chance, I highly recommend a visit. The photos a http://metalworking.com/DropBox/Aschauer00.jpg Text card from display http://metalworking.com/DropBox/Aschauer01.jpg Wide view of 1st display case http://metalworking.com/DropBox/Aschauer02.jpg Closeup of lathes http://metalworking.com/DropBox/Aschauer03.jpg Closeup of block boring machine http://metalworking.com/DropBox/Aschauer04.jpg HiRes of multi-spindle machines These are some of the best models I've ever seen, and if you visit the museum, you can push the go button and watch them run. ================================================== =========== PS. When you push the run button and all the little belts go into action, all those spindles on the multi-spindle turn in unison. Regards, Pete Keillor Thos are really incredible, not only the detail in each, but also the number of models he built. Thanks for posting. |
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Pete Keillor wrote:
These are some of the best models I've ever seen, and if Thank you for posting the pictures! Wonderful, Incredible! This nearly makes me cry. Thanks again for these terrific pictures, Nick -- Motormodelle / Engine Models: http://www.motor-manufaktur.de Ellwe 2FB * VTM 87 * DLM-S3a * cubic more to come ... |
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