Beautiful setting, so calm and peaceful.
Until you start lowering 9,000 pounds of iron out of a three-story window
using a chain hoist...
The most wonderful people.
Fortunately the 9,000 pound Edison was on a ground
floor. It only needed a 25,000 pound fork lift to pick it up.
And this hero is the man who can save many days and move full train cars.
At American Precision Museum, they have something spectacular. The
world's first Bridgeport Milling Machine!
After stressful days, Chad and I moved all 9,000 pounds across his company
through multiple rooms and corridors...
Isn't this a machine pure magic?
Those crates are from Smithsonian Institute.
"Chad. My truck is tilting backwards."
"Jeff. You still need to load the lathe."
There normally should be a gap between the wheel and the bottom of the
truck frame.
That gap is called suspension...uuuffff.
This was my prize. The Mather... because it was many letterheads
of William A. Anthony to Tesla.
General Electric J79 Aircraft Engine formerly used in
the World's Fastest School Bus (You can Youtube that!)
and Skunkworts Brewery Exchange (I drank all of the beer).
Mather Electric Dynamo
Sturtevant Motor
Flather Lathe from Chad Shapiro