These pictures were taken September 2003 in Joe Suydam's machine 
shop outside Chestertown (Eastern Shore).  Joe passed away in May and his 
estate was auctioned off on 6 November 04.  All of the belt driven machine 
tools, and some misc. stuff was bought by Dave Welser and Donated to the 
Tuckahoe Gas and Steam Club outside of Easton, Maryland.  For the huge 
sum of $3000, Dave bought 2 lathes, 6 ft planer, 2 drill presses, 1 
compressor, 32 inch vertical turret lathe, power hacksaw, cylindrical grinder, 
and shaper and as much tooling as he could find on the wagons parked 
outside the shop.  All of the tools looked to be no more then 5 or 10 years 
old based on condition, though some have been dated to pre-1900.  It 
appears that all of the original counter shafting is still in place, in fact it was 
ready to run when we visited in Sept of 2003.

Pictures

#01 - Big drill and large lathe

The drill was not bought for Tuckahoe, and was sold separately for $200. 

The lathe was made by  "Lathe and Morse", who was out of business by 
March of 1891.

#02 - Small lathe

The small lathe is also a "Lathe and Morse".  The picture also has Joe 
Suydam in it.  An interesting feature of this lathe is the half nut is on the 
backside, and there was no threading dial. 

#3 - Planer and drill

The drill was a Putnam (if I remember correctly) and the planer was made 
by Whitcomb Mfg Co. which lasted until 1905.  The planer has a 7 ft long 
table.

#4 - Cylindrical Grinder

This is one of the best pieces IMHO.  It has all of the original counter 
shafting that support the grinding wheel, work head, power feed in two axis, 
and coolant pump.  It included both a dead center head stock, and a "live" 
head stock.

#5 - Horizontal mill

We did not get this machine (not flat belt driven), but it was a fine machine 
that went for $1100, and included a vertical head.

#6 - Shaper

The shaper was made by the Lodge & Davis Machine Tools Co.  It appears 
that this company only operated under this name until Sept 1896, which 
makes this pretty old also.

#7 -  Very small lathe

This is a little no name lathe of unknown vintage.  It was not bought for 
Tuckahoe (because I wanted it ;-) )

#8 - Overall

This is just an overall view of the shop. 

#9 - Bullard

This is a vertical turret lathe with a 34-inch table.  The newest patent date on 
the tag was 1919.  A flat belt also drives it from the overhead line shaft.  
Some of the people we meet believe that this machine was original powered 
by an electric motor.  If so, the conversion was very well done.  The speed 
range is 7 to 90 rpm (or was it 9 to 70 rpm?)

#10 - Hacksaw

Not sure who made the saw, but looks to be in great shape.

#11 - Back of the shaper

This is another picture of the shaper taken from a different angle.

#12 - Overall

#13 - Overall

The owner of the shop (on left) talking to a CAMS/Tuckahoe member.

#14 - Ceiling

Line shaft and counter shafts.

#15 - Big lathe

This is another picture of the large Lathe & Morse lathe.

#16 - Car

This is a picture of a 1904, curved dash Oldsmobile.   It went for $36,000.  
We feel on a pound for pound bases, Dave(& Tuckahoe) got much better 
value for their dollar.

 #17 - 60 ton arbor press

The arbor press is mechanical (no hydraulics) and is in good shape.




     The main shaft line was in 2 sections.  A gas hit-or-miss engine in the 
corner of the shop powered the largest section.  And the small section that 
drove the small drill, shaper, small lathe, and hacksaw was powered by an 
electric motor.   A fellow Tuckahoe member bought the gas engine.

     The pictures were taken with a digital camera sitting on a tripod with 
long exposures, hence the blurry people.   The lighting was very poor.  The 
only lighting in the place was drop-lights, and not very bright (<60 watts if I 
had to guess).  Most of the light came from the 10 windows.  I'm not sure 
you could work at night with out going blind.

     Tuckahoe has plans to build a building to house the existing collection, 
and the machines bought from Joe Suydam's estate.  But being a small, not 
profit club, we currently don't have the money.

     I hope you all enjoyed the pictures and take time to visit the show at 
Tuckahoe in July.  In time, we will have a shop just as impressive that 
everyone can walk through.

     You can find a link to the Tuckahoe Web page through the CAMS web 
page -


http://www.cams-club.org/


Vince Iorio