On Sun, 03 Feb 2008 10:04:40 -0600, F. George McDuffee
wrote:

If you are in the Texas panhandle area [e.g. Amarillo] you may
want to stop and see this. Next to a typical oil rig of the
1920's oil boom.


If one is in the Bakersfield California area, you may wish to swing
over to my little town, Taft, as it also has a oil museum, under a
fullsized wooden oil derrick (recently built a new one to replace one
taken down in a bad storm a year or two ago)

http://www.westkern-oilmuseum.org/

Ive contibuted some odds and ends to its machine shop(s) as well.

A decent online tour on the website.

Gunner





"Pax Americana is a philosophy. Hardly an empire.
Making sure other people play nice and dont kill each other (and us)
off in job lots is hardly empire building, particularly when you give
them self determination under "play nice" rules.

Think of it as having your older brother knock the **** out of you
for torturing the cat." Gunner

If you are in the Texas panhandle area [e.g. Amarillo] you may
want to stop and see this. Next to a typical oil rig of the
1920's oil boom.

====== Borger News-Herald article follows ========
http://www.borgernewsherald.com/content/view/125580/1/

Museum celebrates completion of Machine Shop
on 01-02-2008 11:41

By: Brooke Huff
Reporter

The Hutchinson County Historical Museum has been working on its
new Machine Shop exhibit for several years. On December 14, 2007
it was finally completed.

At the Hutchinson County Historical Commission meeting Monday
evening, the commission discussed the progress of the exhibit.
Hutchinson County Historical Museum director Ed Benz told the
commission that the construction has been completed, and they
were able to move all of the artifacts in on December 18. He also
said that the project cost them about $5,000 less than they
expected.
The Machine Shop, located across Main Street from the museum, is
open to tours, but they are still seeking exhibit sponsorship for
some inside work, such as wiring, that still needs to be done.
Benz said that they are working on a building fund for exhibitory
and restoration of some of the artifacts.
Benz hopes to be able to use the Machine Shop exhibit to help
promote Borger’s petroleum heritage. It will help improve the
museum’s outdoor exhibitions. The new exhibit, Benz said, is only
one of two complete Machine Shop exhibits in the country. He said
that back in the early 1920’s Borger was famous for its large
number of Machine Shops. Many of the artifacts currently housed
in the exhibit were once a part of working Machine Shops in the
surrounding area. The Machine Shop exhibit will also be home to a
Central Supply exhibit and an original Mac truck.
At the meeting, the commission also discussed the importance of
more volunteers. Benz said that recently, due to uncontrollable
circumstances, they have lost several of their faithful
volunteers. They are seeking volunteers because, Benz said,
volunteers play a vital role in the daily operation of the
museum. They help in the preservation of the county’s history by
assisting with building projects and giving tours. They also
travel the Panhandle giving educational presentations about
Hutchinson County and its heritage. On weekends, the volunteers
man the museum so the museum’s few full-time employees can have a
day off. Other duties include assisting with special
presentations at the museum and organizing events.
Benz did report to the commission that their number of volunteers
and Friends of the Hutchinson County Museum members have doubled.
They have also been able to increase their exhibits and donor
sponsorship.
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"F. George McDuffee" wrote in message
...
If you are in the Texas panhandle area [e.g. Amarillo] you may
want to stop and see this. Next to a typical oil rig of the
1920's oil boom.

Where's the other one? Did you include Steamtown in Scranton?

-Carl

F. George McDuffee wrote:
If you are in the Texas panhandle area [e.g. Amarillo] you may
want to stop and see this.

George,

What are the criteria for a "complete" machine shop? The Hagley in
Delaware has a machine shop, The Charles River museum has a shop that
still makes chips, and I understand there is one on Maryland's eastern
shore. I'm sure there must be many more across the country. It might be
a good time to have everyone across the country send in the ones near
them, and compile a list.

Kevin Gallimore

axolotl wrote:
F. George McDuffee wrote:
If you are in the Texas panhandle area [e.g. Amarillo] you may
want to stop and see this.

George,

What are the criteria for a "complete" machine shop? The Hagley in
Delaware has a machine shop, The Charles River museum has a shop that
still makes chips, and I understand there is one on Maryland's eastern
shore. I'm sure there must be many more across the country. It might be
a good time to have everyone across the country send in the ones near
them, and compile a list.

Kevin Gallimore
Since I live in Borger I guess I will have to go and check it out and
see what their criteria is.

On 2008-02-03, axolotl wrote:
F. George McDuffee wrote:
If you are in the Texas panhandle area [e.g. Amarillo] you may
want to stop and see this.

George,

What are the criteria for a "complete" machine shop? The Hagley in
Delaware has a machine shop, The Charles River museum has a shop that
still makes chips, and I understand there is one on Maryland's eastern
shore.

That one (Tuckahoe) is a work in progress. They've collected
quite a few old line-shaft machines (lathes, mills, shapers, planers,
etc) and some of the members of the CAMS (Chesapeake Area Metalworking
Society) club are active in the restoration.

They've collected a bunch of line shaft drive components from an
old shop which was being shut down and stripped, and the museum at
Tuckahoe has built a 40x80' shop building into which they are currently
installing the line shaft hardware.

There is live steam at the site. I'm not sure whether the
eventual plan is to run it from live steam, or from a big old electric
motor -- or perhaps to switch off between those for various things.
Some of the work on refurbishing these tools is being done in home
shops, and some is being done with the tools which they are
refurbishing.

We get progress reports at most of our meetings -- sometimes
accompanied by a book of photos being passed around.

Enjoy,
DoN.

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On Feb 3, 11:37 am, axolotl wrote:
F. George McDuffee wrote:
If you are in the Texas panhandle area [e.g. Amarillo] you may
want to stop and see this.

George,

What are the criteria for a "complete" machine shop? The Hagley in
Delaware has a machine shop, The Charles River museum has a shop that
still makes chips, and I understand there is one on Maryland's eastern
shore. I'm sure there must be many more across the country. It might be
a good time to have everyone across the country send in the ones near
them, and compile a list.

Kevin Gallimore

Don't I remember seeing a complete line shaft run shop at the Green
Field Village/Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, MI? This was before I got
interested in metalworking, so I didn't really spend much time there.
I think it may have been part of Thomas Edison's lab.

Paul

On Sun, 03 Feb 2008 16:18:51 -0600, Bill
wrote:

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Since I live in Borger I guess I will have to go and check it out and
see what their criteria is.
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Bill it is good to see you "lurking" on RCM.

How is the bio diesel project coming and do you have the cupola
furnace operating yet?


Unka' George [George McDuffee]
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He that will not apply new remedies,
must expect new evils:
for Time is the greatest innovator: and
if Time, of course, alter things to the worse,
and wisdom and counsel shall not alter them to the better,
what shall be the end?

Francis Bacon (1561-1626), English philosopher, essayist, statesman.
Essays, "Of Innovations" (1597-1625).