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American Precision Museum |
05089 Windsor, VT, United States of America (USA) (Vermont ) |
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196 Main Street
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| Floor area | unfortunately not known yet |
Museum typ
Exhibition
Technical Museum in general
- Typewriter, calculating and coding
- Surveying Equipment
- Textile production
- Craft
- Arms
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Opening times
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End of May – October Daily 10am-5pm | ||||||||
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Status from 01/2013
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Adults: $7.50; Students: $4.00; Children under 6: free | ||||||||
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| Homepage | www.americanprecision.org | ||||||||
americanprecision.org 
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| Location / Directions |
Windsor is located on Rte. 5, between exits 8 and 9 off Interstate 91. American Precision Museum is located on Rte 5 (Main St.), at the south end of Windsor Village, just south of the stoplight at the intersection of Main and Union/Bridge streets. |
| Description | Machine ToolsThe Museum's machine tool collection is one of the most extensive collections in the world. Included are single and multiple spindle lathes, shapers, planers, milling machines, single and multi spindle drills and grinding machines. The highlight of the machine tool collection is the machines developed in this building by Robbins and Lawrence to mass produce firearms with interchangeable parts. The remainder of the collection spans over two hundred years, representing the major advances in precision manufacturing from the earliest uses of the slide rest up to the introduction of CNC (computerized numerical controls) control, powered by foot, water and electricity.Measuring DevicesMaking products with interchangeable parts requires skill and above all, precision. Parts must be made to the correct specifications so that they will be interchangeable. The Museum's collection includes measuring devices such as comparators, calipers and gauges that were used to measure parts of machines and their products. Screws, gun locks, and mechanisms are just a few of the parts that were scrutinized for precise measurements.Sewing MachinesAfter 1850, many of the gun making machines were retooled to make sewing machines, such as Edwin Clark's Revolving Looper, made by Lamson, Goodnow and Company. Many of the earliest sewing machines in the collection are extremely simple and entirely functional. Later machines, built after the mechanical technology improved, are beautifully crafted. Painted trim, mother-of-pearl inlays and manufacturers' medallions decorate the machines, which are mounted in carefully crafted wooden cases. The major manufacturers represented in the collection are Howe, Singer, and Willcox & Gibbs.TypewritersThe Museum's typewriter collection includes examples by Barlock, Remington, Oliver, the Northern Typewriter Company, and many others. The Hammond No. 12 Multiplex, developed in the 1890s, prints with the hammers striking the paper from behind. The Blickensderfer, first introduced at the Columbia Exposition at the Chicago World's Fair in 1893, has a changeable type wheel, allowing the use of different fonts or languages. The variety and ingenuity of these early typewriters is well represented by over fifty typewriters in the Museum's collection.Other Collection HighlightsThis section highlights unique objects from the collection. The Museum is proud to include in its collection the Gnome of Maxfield Parrish, as well as objects from his workshop. Parrish was not only an artist, but a machinist who made architectural embellishments for his home and models to use in his paintings. The Museum also houses the working models of John Aschauer, including his model steam power plant constructed when Aschauer was only fourteen years old. One of the most unique objects in the collection is John E. Worrell Keely's Etheric Force Machine built in 1878 to measure vibrations.ArchivesMuseum's archival collection includes photos, drawings, records and associated materials relating to the last two hundred years of precision manufacturing. This includes the records of Brown and Sharpe, Jones and Lamson and the National Acme Company. The Museum's archive collection is not accessible to the public at this time. Please contact the museum staff for reference requests.FirearmsThe museum's extensive gun collection traces the history of firearm design and construction in the Connecticut Valley, |
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