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American Precision Museum196 Main StreetPO Box 679Windsor, VT 05089

(802) 674-5781 tel(802) 674-2524 fax

[email protected]

The American Precision Museum is open daily

10am-5pm, Memorial Day weekend

through October.

TOOLS & TECHNOLOGYAMERICAN PRECISION MUSEUM • SUMMER 2009

Vol. 27, No. 2

Table of Contents

2009 Calendar of Events 2-3

2008 Annual Report 4-11

Chairman and 4Executive Director

Volunteers 6

2008 Financials 7

2008 Report on Giving 8

Making a Gift 10

Donor Profile: 11Jim Farley

Keeping History AliveExciting... Engaging... The highlight of our vacation in Vermont!

These are just some ofthe 2008 visitor commentsabout From Muskets ToMotorcars: Yankee Ingenuityand The Road To MassProduction and the workingmachine shop launched in2008. Both will remain inplace through October 2009.The exhibit celebrates theingenuity of the work thatbegan in the Robbins andLawrence Armory in Windsor,VT with the manufacture ofthe 1841 Mississippi rifle andexplores how the tools andtechniques of precision manufacturing made massproduction possible.

However, it was the working machine shop at thecenter of the exhibit, and our student interns fromthe River Valley Technical Center (RVTC) inSpringfield, VT, Ben Holleran and Bryce Carter,who captured the imagination of our visitors last

season with their energy, enthusiasm and knowl-edge. They worked daily through the summer andon weekends in the fall helping visitors understandthe transition in manufacturing from the mechani-

cally operated historic machines to the com-puterized numerically controlled machines of today.

Christopher Gray, a trained machinist andtool-maker and an instructor at RVTC who isour partner in this project, added a newdimension this past fall. He and his studentsbuilt a mobile manufacturing exposition(MME), a portable, design development andmanufacturing laboratory, to take the workingmachine shop to schools. MME went on theroad in spring 2009, bringing current manufacturing and engineering technology

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Board of TrusteesCHAIR

Gilbert WhittemorePerkinsville, VT

VICE CHAIR

E. Hubbard YonkersContoocook, NH

TREASURER

Robert DufresneSpringfield, VT

Roald CannSpringfield, VT

Charles Carter (deceased)Winchester, VA

Carolyn CokerHartland, VT

Darlyne FranzenTaftsville, VT

Eric GilbertsonMontpelier, VT

Byron KnappSt Louis Park, MN

John OrdykGloversville, NY

Donald WhitneySpringfield, VT

Debra WilliamsonHanover, NH

Founder, 1st Director,Trustee EmeritusEdwin Battison (1915-2009)Windsor, VT

StaffEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Ann Lawless

COLLECTIONS TECHNICIAN

John Alexander

VISITOR SERVICES & DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANT

Sheila Brannan

COLLECTIONS MANAGER

Melissa Wilson

All museum programs are accessibleand open to the public.

E X H I B I TOpen Daily 10:00 am - 5:00 pmMemorial Day weekend through October

From Muskets to Motor Cars: Yankee Ingenuityand the Road to Mass ProductionExplore the tools and products that led to massproduction and see demonstrations in the workingmachine shop.

Saturday, July 11FREE MUSEUM DAY4:00 pmGeorge Houghton: Vermont’s Civil WarPhotographerBrattleboro photographer George Houghton tookmany poignant views of Vermont’s soldiers duringthe Civil War. Rutland historian Donald Wickmanlooks at Houghton’s life and the images thatbrought the war back to Vermont. (funded, in part,by the Vermont Humanities Council)

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Saturday, August 1FREE MUSEUM DAYShrine Maple Sugar Bowl Football Game with VT/NH’s best high school seniors

11:00 am Behind the Scenes Tour atAmerican Precision Museum

Noon Shriner’s Parade, Main Street

2:00 pm Football game, Windsor’s Macleay-Royce Field

Thursday, August 5FREE ADMISSION FOR TEACHERS1:00 - 3:00 pmCalling All TeachersAn afternoon open house with museum staff tolearn more about the museum and The IndustrialRevolution in Northern New England, a travelingeducation kit for grades 7-12. Call, e-mail toreserve.

Sunday, August 9FREE MUSEUM DAY FOR CONE BLANCHARD AND GUESTS11:00 am - 3:00 pmCone Blanchard ReunionThe museum is hosting the first Cone Blanchardday for former employees and their families. Theday will begin at the museum with a special tourand continue at Windsor’s new Welcome Center.Greg Sharrow, Director of Education, VermontFolklife Center, Middlebury VT will lead a panelexploring the company’s role as Windsor’s largestand most significant employer. Bring your own picnic. Dessert and drinks provided.RSVP to the museum.


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Exhibitor William Huxhold, Toronto

Museum Trustee, Bill McCarthy

Saturday, August 15FREE ADMISSION TO ALL WHO COME BY BICYCLE11:00 am - 3:00 pmVermont’s WheelmenVermont’s Wheelmen will demonstrate ridingtheir highwheels with displays of other antiquebicycles.

Saturday, September 26FREE ADMISSION

Smithsonian Day at museums around the country

3:00 pmReinventing the WaterwheelSponsored by APM and the Windsor Historical SocietyPresentation of conjectural drawings and histori-cal research about the original water power systemat the Robbins & Lawrence Armory. The water-wheel powered the machinery for gun manufac-ture and was an installation typical of an 1840swaterwheel for northern New England. Christopher Marston, Architect, Historic AmericanEngineering Record, Washington DCJohn Johnson, Industrial Historian, Marshfield VT

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Saturday, October 319:00 am - 5:00 pm10th annual Model Engineering ShowAmerican Precision Museum and WindsorCommunity CenterVisit with New England’sfinest model engineerswith special workshopsand demonstrationsthroughout the day.


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Tools & Technology • Summer 2009

AMERICAN PRECISION MUSEUM • ANNUAL REPORT 2008

During the past year the museum,like everyone else in the world, faced the challenge of a major decline in theeconomy. However, thanks to thegenerosity of you, our supporters, themuseum remains in healthy economiccondition. As a direct result of yoursupport, the museum has the resourcesto continue developing for the future.We have contingency budgets shouldthe general economic problems persist.A society’s long–term commitments aretruly tested in times of stress, and oftencultural resources such as museumssuffer greatly. Your continued supporthas been, and we hope will continue tobe, an essential foundation for themuseum.

Just as important as financialresources are the human resources,which enable a museum to flourish.Trustees rotate off the Board each yearin accordance with the museum’sbylaws, and 2009 will bring thedeparture of several who deserve specialthanks. Don Whitney has providedenergy and expertise in assessing thecollections. Working with formerTrustee, Shirley Grainger, he hasled our research inquiry program.John Ordyk has contributed deepknowledge of historic machinetools and has been a pillar of theModel Engineering Show. Donand John will continue to serve onthe Collections Committee. HubYonkers has devoted muchcreativity and energy as a memberof the Executive and ExhibitsCommittee and has been anextraordinary leader of theDevelopment Committee. We aregrateful that Hub, too, willcontinue his committee work. Welook forward to continuing

relationships with these dedicatedpeople in their new roles.

A thriving organization attractsnew talent, and thanks are due totrustees who will be completing theirfirst year of service in July 2009. BobDufresne, a native of Springfield VTwith a civil engineering practice inWindsor, also served his first year asTreasurer, a critical role duringtransitions in our bookkeepingpractices and weathering the economiccrisis. Carolyn Coker of MascomaSavings Bank also brings financial

From the Chairman, Board of Trustees and the Executive Director

expertise to the Board. DebraWilliamson’s teaching and tutoringbackground is an outstanding asset as weexpand our work with teachers.

Capable staff is essential to thesmooth, day-to-day running of themuseum. During her two-year tenure,thanks to a grant from the Institute ofMuseum and Library Services, MelissaWilson, the museum’s first collectionsmanager, brought new standards oforganization and care to our collectionof over 4,000 artifacts. We wish her wellat the Adams National Historical Park in

Quincy, MA. The museum is nowrecruiting her successor. Wewelcomed a new financialmanager, Debra Geil, whosecareful attention to detail isessential to the more visibleaccomplishments of the museum.

The 1846 Robbins & LawrenceArmory is our single largestartifact, and in 2008, our buildingmaintenance efforts included newwiring and a focus onsustainability, with new, energyefficient light fixtures and a newheating system. In 2008 wecompleted the plan for therestoration of the building’s

It is with great sadness that we learned, as we weregoing to press, that long-time Trustee Charlie Carterdied at his home in Winchester, VA on May 15th after suffering a stroke. Carter enjoyed a long anddistinguished career in the machine tool industry,which began with Heald Machine in Worcester, MA.When Heald acquired Cincinnati Milacron, the Carterfamily moved to Ohio where he headed research anddevelopment for the company. In 1990 he joined theAssociation for Manufacturing Technology and movedto Virginia as Vice President for Technology. He retiredfrom AMT in 2003, but he remained active in theindustry and was generous with his time and hissupport for the museum. He willing served on manycommittees and provided important leadership andguidance to the museum. He will be missed by all of us,and our thoughts are with his family at this time.

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RVTC’s Chris Gray with Gary Sihler and museum Trustee, Rolly Cann

masonry, and work will begin in 2009with stabilization of the most vulnerableareas.

In 2008 we launched our newlending kit, The Industrial Revolution inNorthern New England, for grades 7-12.Activities in the kit are linked tocurriculum standards in NH and VT, andteachers rent the kit to prepare theirstudents for a museum visit and also toexplore their own communities. Lastseason visitors were enthusiastic aboutour working machine shop staffed bystudent interns. Thanks to the continuingpartnership with the River ValleyTechnical Center in Springfield VT andthe Vermont Department of Labor’s NextGeneration grant program, we arerecruiting new interns for 2009.

Looking ahead, our exhibit planningproject supported by the NationalEndowment for the Humanities (NEH) isnow drawing to a close, and we willsubmit a second grant proposal to NEHto implement this plan – focused onthemes of innovation, work, andcraftsmanship and how Vermont’sPrecision Valley influenced the course ofAmerican history and culture.

These are both exciting andchallenging times for small museums inrural areas like Windsor, Vermont.However, we feel fortunate and optimisticbecause your ongoing support andcommitment makes our work possible.Thank you, and we look forward towelcoming you in 2009.

and equipment to rural elementary, middleand high schools in the Connecticut RiverValley region. MME introduces students tothe high tech world of modern manufac-turing, enabling them to experience itdirectly through a variety of hands-onlearning activities. While the goal of thiscareer exploration program is to interestmore students in careers in manufacturingand in RVTC’s programs in particular, ithas had the added benefit for the museumof introducing APM to a wider audienceduring the off season when our exhibitsare closed. Holleran and Carter kept theirskills sharp by demonstrating the historicalimpact manufacturing ingenuity has hadon this region since before the industrialrevolution. The project also helped themuseum recruit new interns from amongGray’s current students.

When school ends in June, the MMEwill return to APM in time to train the2009 group of interns. The workingmachine shop will be ready for visitorsduring July and August. Holleran, our sen-ior intern, will be joined by five new stu-dents. Thanks to ongoing support fromthe Vermont Department of Labor NextGeneration program, the working machineshop has become a focal point for museumvisitors who appreciate the opportunity tosee machines in action and learn from thestudent interns operating them.

From Muskets to Motorcars continued from page 1 Board of AdvisorsGene CesariLandmark College,President Emeritus, former Trustee

Ray ClarkRecreate, President

Richard CouchHypertherm, founder,Chairman/CEO

Ann CousinsPreservation Trust ofVermont, Field ServiceRepresentative/SpecialGifts Officer

David DonathWoodstock Foundation/Billings Farm & Museum,President

James FarleySpeedFam-IPEC,Chairman Emeritus, former Trustee

Warren GarfieldLovejoy Tool, PlantManager

Shirley GraingerDana Biomedical Library,librarian (retired), former Trustee

Clark GriffithsTimken Aerospace, engineer (retired), former Trustee

Sarwar KashmeriStrategic communicationsadvisor, business consultant

Douglas LoudonLoudon InvestmentManagement, President,former Trustee

Frank ManasekMedical school professoremeritus, antiquarian map expert

Michael Newbold Marketing and planningexecutive retired, former Trustee

William McCarthyRestoration Millwork,owner, former Trustee

Wayne MooreMoore Special ToolCompany, President(retired), former Trustee

Jane OsgoodLocal developer, historic preservation

Rick RoeschCitigroup, Director ofCorporate Affairs(retired), former Trustee

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Annual Report 20086

Board of AdvisorsSarah RookerFlow of History, Director

Alden O. Sherman Alden O. ShermanCompany, retired founder, former Trustee

Jane E. ShermanAlden O. ShermanCompany, formerPresident, former Trustee

Gerhard Sihler INDEX Corporation,Retired Chairman/CEO

Merritt Roe SmithMIT Professor, formerTrustee

Geoffrey ThorntonThornton and Smith,Architects

Allen YaleLyndon State College,Professor emeritus

Peter ZierhutHaas Automation,Corporate Relations

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The American Precision Museum,

founded in 1966, preserves the

heritage of the mechanical arts,

celebrates the ingenuity of our

mechanical forebears, and explores

the effects of their work on our every-

day lives. The museum is housed in

the original 1846 Robbins and

Lawrence Armory in Windsor,

Vermont. The Armory was designated

a National Historic Landmark in

1972. The museum holds the largest

collection of historically significant

machine tools in the country.

Volunteer Excellence at theAmerican Precision Museum!

Sandy Wilson began her volunteer career with APM the minute herdaughter Melissa was hired as the museum’s first Collections Manager inJanuary 2007. She came along to see what the museum was all about, and fortunately for us, she liked what she saw! She excelled as the principal framerfor the Doodles, Drafts, and Designs exhibit, matching over 60 new prints toexisting frames. After perfecting that skill, she then went on to master the art of mounting the exhibit.

Volunteering has been part of Sandy’s life for years, and she was hookedon the museum after that experience! She returned for her next project asMelissa’s #1 data entry person for the Collection Information Project. She wasresponsible for entering over 3,500 artifacts into the museum’s database. Hertyping skill of over 85 wpm certainly made the job a little easier!

Sandy grew up in Reading, PA and moved to Washington, DC and acareer with the Federal government. After marrying Dave who was with theState Department, they were oversees for six years living in Liberia, Japan andBurma. Returning home, they settled in Virginia where Sandy worked for AAATravel, and Dave continued with the State Department. Because New Englandhad always been a Wilson family vacation destination, New Boston, NH feltjust right when Dave retired.

Now that daughter Melissa has left the museum to return to the AdamsNational Historic Park in Quincy, MA, sadly Sandy is no longer making thetrip from New Boston to Windsor. Fortunately, the Wilson ‘team’ worked sowell together that the Collections Information Project for which Melissa washired, is well ahead of schedule. The museum said a sad farewell to bothMelissa and Sandy on April 16th with the hope that Sandy could be enticed toreturn – especially to help with any picture framing that might be needed inthe future!

Left to right: Sandy and Melissa Wilson and volunteer Pat Youden

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FinancialsCondensed Balance Sheets*for the years ended April 30, 2007 and April 30, 2008

2007 2008ASSETS

Cash and equivalents $ 17,881 $ 14,339Grant receivables 254,186 378,013Other current assets 6,172 8,805Property and equipment, 854,351 820,887

net of depreciationInvestments 1,181,019 1,322,844

TOTAL ASSETS $ 2,313,609 $ 2,544,888

LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS

Current liabilities $ 21,077 $ 10,790Unrestricted net assets 1,150,956 1,357,055Temporarily restricted net assets 324,034 394,517Permanently restricted net assets 817,542 782,526

TOTAL NET ASSETS $ 2,292,532 $ 2,534,098

TOTAL LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS $ 2,313,609 $ 2,544,888

Condensed Statement of Activities and Change in Net Assets*for the years ended April 30, 2007 and April 30, 2008

2007 2008REVENUE

Donations $ 635,975 $ 542,408Admissions 19,567 17,400Memberships 21,168 25,703Investment income 42,384 52,626Unrealized gain (loss) on investments 64,244 (26,569)Other income, net 12,227 7,844

TOTAL REVENUE $ 795,565 $ 619,412

EXPENSES

Salaries and benefits $ 133,630 $ 176,453Depreciation 39,371 45,522Occupancy, insurance and maintenance 18,634 23,965Office and publication costs 29,294 32,245Professional services 6,610 14,360Contracted services 28,648 34,379Other expenses 47,167 50,922

TOTAL EXPENSES $ 303,354 $ 377,846

REVENUES LESS EXPENSES

EQUALS CHANGE IN NET ASSETS $ 492,211 $ 241,566

*Complete reviewed 2008 and 2007 financial statements with accompanying notes and opinions are available at the museum office.

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Volunteers 2008The museum is very grateful to all our volun-

teers. Some of them are here weekly, and otherscome just for an event or a project. However, eachbrings a special perspective to their work here, andwe are very grateful for that.

We also want to acknowledge our dedicatedBoard of Trustees and Board of Advisors who continue to go that extra mile for the museumwhenever they are asked.

Without such a dedicated volunteer commit-ment from so many, the American PrecisionMuseum would be a very different place. Weacknowledge and thank them all for their continuedgood will and commitment.

Ruth CarterRuth and Paul DoironJoseph GresserByron KnappPam LevesqueSteve MooreCharles Nettleship

Mike RiviezzoClay WashburnLarry WelkerDavid and Sandy WilsonSteve WrightHerb YohePat Youden

Rolly Cann,trustee and long-time volunteer, working on a machine.


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It is with appreciation that we recognize in thisReport on Giving all who have contributed so gener-ously to the museum in 2008. Each gift we receivehelps to preserve and maintain the Robbins &Lawrence Armory and our historically significantmachine tool collection.

We also want to thank those generous donors whocontinue to remember the American PrecisionMuseum with gifts of rare machines, such as theJones, Lamson Co. profiler/edge miller built in the Robbins & Lawrence Armory between 1869 and1876 and the L.S. Starrett Engraving Machine, circa 1900.

To our many donors and friends, it is your legacy ofsupport that makes our work possible. Thank you.E. Hubbard YonkersChair, Development Committee

Robbins & LawrenceSociety ($2,500 +) James and Nancy FarleyAnonymousDouglas M. LoudonDorothy M. MorrisJane Osgood and

Ted Hilles Rick and Linda RoeschEstate of M. Allen Swift

Mill Brook Society ($1,000 - $2,499)Roald CannCone Automatic Machine

Co. Charitable Foundation

Robert DufresneJames N. Heald, IIKeefe & WesnerRobert P. MoltenPolly and John M.

Timken, Jr. Foundation Margaret R. RothchildAlden O. ShermanJane E. ShermanMerritt Roe SmithCamiel ThorrezDebra L. WilliamsonSusan Williamson

Precision ValleySociety ($500 - $999)Mark and Michele AldrichBryant Chucking Grinder

Charitable FoundationRichard Couch

Hypertherm, Inc.Irenee du Pont, Jr.New England Antique

Arms SocietyMichael NewboldNeil A. M. PetersDonald S. Whitney

Edwin Battison Society($250 - $499)Steven C. CarterChittenden BankCarolyn CokerWhit and Closey DickeyShirley J. GraingerRichard A. JohnstonAnonymousBruce and Phyllis NicholasPeter D. RebarFrank and Brinna SandsSheafe SatterthwaiteDr. and Mrs. Gerhard

SihlerAnonymousChristopher Walker

1966 Society ($100 - $249)Don AmtsbergSusan BakerDr. Carl BartelsDennis C. BelyF. Steele BlackallDaniel J. BrammellJohn D. BrownCharles F. Carter(deceased)Gene CesariClean Yield Asset Mgmt.Dennis CrossLawrence and

Lori DurocherMark Elrod and

Dr. Judith FoulkeDarlyne and Bruce

FranzenGeorge P. GardinerMr. and Mrs. James

GarvinEric GilbertsonDouglas GrahamKarl GurckeHammond Roto-FinishCharles and Kathryn

HeideThomas H. HughesWilhelm HuxholdJoseph JablonowskiRobert B. KancirJames KangasKen KranzuschShirley G. LaneAnn LawlessLawrence Livermore

LaboratoriesCharles LeniMarsh Machine ShopDavid C. McClaryW. Scott McClurgWilliam MoeserDavid G. MurrayJoseph NemesDavid NewsomOlympic Precision Inc.Bill Polk Rath, Young and PignatelliJohn RichardsDon and Marcia RisingJohn RohlfsJohn and Emily SandsRonald K. SmeltzerMr. and Mrs. Richard

SmithMark B. SorensenT. Michael SpeidelKirk Stackhouse

Mr. and Mrs. David Talbott

John Taylor and Barbara Kornblum

Peter TealeTimberland Co.William TschappatLarry WelkerMike and Rosemary

WhitneyGilbert WhittemoreE. Hubbard Yonkers

Friends (up to $99)Rees and Ann AchesonElinor AllenDr. Howard W. AndrewsDietrich ApelJim and Diane AshJames B. AtkinsonMr. and Mrs. H. J. BarthPaul and Jesse

Beber-VanzoWilliam E. BlockleyRon BouffardBruce B. BrennerEd and Micki BrettMiriam N. BrodskyBruce A. CampbellSarah F. CarterRichard ChandlerBlaine and Mary CliverR. E. ColeberdEdmond S. CooleyDouglas M. DawsonWallace H. DayWilliam H DouglassEdward FergusonRobert FinucaneGordon FitchC. Quentin Ford Allen and Sandy GartnerMr. and Mrs. Edward

GoldmanJoseph I. GresserThomas HammondLois HubbardArnold and Mary JonesAlbert Kandarian, JrFrancis E. KennedyVerna KloosJames H LampertJeffrey C. LarrabeeDennis J. LeonardMark LongFrederick LorenzenJoseph W. Martin, IIIDonald E. MaurerGlendon and

Luanne Mayo

AnonymousA. E. MotzerBarbara NaefAnonymousNicholas Niles, Jr.Kermit PrattDr. and Mrs.

Blake PrescottClarence and

Eleanor PrevoMr. and Mrs. Alfred

Purcell JrMike RoachClayton W. RobsonDavid ScheidlyMichael and

Clare SchickFred SliferErnest W. SmithJohn SnarskiAnonymousRalph SparksCarroll and

Marjorie SwainDonna SweaneyAnonymousHenry SwierczynskiJohn TanseyThomas K. TateEdward and Barbara

WalkerMark WellensJeff and Jill WhiteLisa M. WhitneyA. David Wunsch, PhDHerbert and Wendy

Yohe

GrantsThe Jack and Dorothy

Byrne FoundationThe Gene Haas

FoundationThe Kettering

FoundationMascoma Savings Bank

FoundationNational Endowment

for the HumanitiesVermont Department

of LaborVermont Division for

Historic Preservation

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ANNUAL AND SPECIAL PURPOSE GIFTS(January 1 - December 31, 2008)

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Gifts In KindSusan BonthronCarrie BrownShep ButlerLoudon Investment

ManagementMiles MushlinTyler, Simms, and

St. SauveurE. Hubbard Yonkers

In Honor OfCharles F. Carter

Steven Carter

A.J. HagopianBlake D. Prescott

Dr. Larry StarkCarroll Swain

Donald S. WhitneyLisa Whitney

In Memory OfRalph Cross

Dennis Cross

Max HubbardMax E. Hubbard

Hugh KirkpatrickSheafe Satterthwaithe

William A. KloosVeerna Kloos

Sid LaneShirley Lane

Syd SpauldingJohn Snarski

Wes UnruhGordon Fitch

Peter WilliamsonDebra Williamson

MEMBERS

Benefactor ($1,000)Lee MorrisRoyal ProductsJohn SiergiewiczMichael Wilkie

Steward ($500)James N. FarleyDr. and Mrs. Henry

JordanSeymour LehrerBruce S. NicholasNeil A. M. PetersRichard E. C. White

Patron($250)Liora AlschulesJay BoeriCharles F. Carter(deceased)Joseph JablonowskiBruce S. NicholasRichard P. PitkinAugustus P. Stager

Associate ($100)Jim and Brooke AdlerWilliam S. BarquistCarl BartelsFrank and Betsy BechdoltDaniel and Florence

BellevilleDennis C. BelyDavid A. BradfordJohn D. BrownKathleen BurchShepard ButlerGene CesariEdmond S. CooleyAnthony CostelloJames H. CudlipDavid A. DeGhettoRussell H. DunhamWilliam J. EllenbergerNewell FlatherBruce and Darlyne

FranzenHarold J. FrostMichael D. GarberKarl GurckeRobert R. HallPatrick J. HarringtonEmmons C. HathawayJames G. HearneGeorge HillRobert J. HockenGlenn HopkinsRussell and Karl Horster

Thomas H. HughesRichard JohnstonSarwar KashmeriVerna KloosWebster H. KohlhasePaul G. KuenstlerRoger and Carolyn LangJeffrey C. LarrabeeCharles LeniMr .and Mrs. Thomas

LevesqueBill LewisKenneth E. McVicarJean MontaguJeanne MooreJeffrey E. Myers-HayerThomas W. NeilsenJoseph NemesThomas P. O’LearyClarence A. PrevoStephanie PriceWilliam RewinskiClayton W. RobsonDavid B. RussellBenjamin SchoreDr. and Mrs. Gerhard

SihlerRonald K. SmeltzerKirk D. StackhouseDavid and Mary TalbotDavid H. TolandWilliam H. TschappatLarry L. VaniceRobert O. WebsterBrian WellerDonald S. WhitneyAllen R. Yale

Family($55)Don and Julia AmtsbergCharles and Lola BaldwinPaul and Jesse

Beber-VanzoRoger R. BradfordEdmund and Micki BrettRoald CannRonald E. ClarkReuben D. ColeMr. and Mrs. Edwin

CollinsWalter and Katie EatonDavid F. FordJohn B. GahuraMr. and Mrs. James

GarvinErnest and Shelah GaudetRobert L. GeddesEric GilbertsonMr. and Mrs. Edward

GoldmanGreg GuestWarren M. HagistJonathan HallDavid Hallenbeck

Gary P. BilodeauRon BouffardRobert L. BoydBruce BrennerStephen BrownDouglas BrownTom BrydgesFrank BuchsbaumThomas L. CheneyDennis R. ClarkR. E. ColeberdGeorge Collord IIIRichard L. CorriganRussell CraigPeter DeRoseMichael DerricoEdward F. DignusDouglas M. DawsonUniversity of

Delaware, Morris Library

William H. DouglassCyril DrillenHenry O. EgliMax EmeryWalter E. EngelBob EnglandChristopher J. EvansRobert B. FearingEdward J. FergusonRobert B. FinucanePeter FleschTodd FribergPeter W. FullamEarl GageRobert W. GardnerBarbara GeorgeKathaleen M.

GiurtinoBill GogginPeter R. GorstThomas D. GrahamShirley J. GraingerRuth Ann GrohJames HaafR. Avery HallThomas M.

HammondJim HeideThomas HendricksJoseph C. HigginsFrank B. HomanAlan HuffmanTom HullEric A. JautzW. Thomas JohnsonMarvin JohnsonRobert KancirPaul B. KebabianFrancis E. KennedyJames M. KerrScott Knoerlein

James V. HalvorsenJohn S. HamelRay and Barbara HamelJames HamiltonCharles and Kathryn

HeideF. Leo HickeyRichard HoertelCharles HorskenWilhelm HuxholdAndrew JohnsonJustin JohnsonArnold and Mary JonesJohn S. KauerGerrit and Ellie

KouwenhovenRonald and Anita KrauthClifford LaCountRobert and Vera LakeDavid S. LindquistChristopher M. LoudonThomas H. LowryPerley and Donna LundJoseph W. MartinHoyt W. MastertonJeff MayDeb and Sean McCaffreyPaul W. McCombsJohn J. McHughRichard S. MeyerJoseph MorelPaul and Patricia MortonAnonymousHeath OliverJohn OsbornBill and Nancy OsgoodJames R. PenninoJulian and Frieda ReitmanDonald and Aileen RidleyJohn RobbSandra-Leigh SpreckerLarry StarkDonna SweaneyThomas K. TateRandy TaylorPieter van SchaikRobert M. VogelCarl WalkerGilbert Whittemore

and Anstis BenfieldDonald WingJeffrey W. Woods

Individual($35)Alden Library, Ohio

UniversityDietrich ApelJames B. AtkinsonBailey/Howe Library,

University of VermontJohn BainbridgeJonathan BatemanIris BerezinWilliam M. Beute

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We encourage you to bringany mistakes or omissions toour attention so that we maycorrect our records accord-ingly. Thank you.


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Making a Gift to the Museum or Your IRA or OtherRetirement Plan

Richard KremerAndrew J. KrivenkoHerman KubowskiJohn E. LaddRay LarsenDon LathamKenneth J. LaunieStephen C. LedgerJim LeitenbergerBill LemieuxCharles I. LevineTom LinleyGwynne H. LittleNelson J. LockMark LongDaniel S. LucierGeorge F. LuthringerBruce A. MagnellPhilip R. MarsiliusCarol B. MartinPat MaturoScott McClurgJohn P. McDougallRobert J. McGinnisJoseph McInnisRonald MelvinDean MerrillRichard C. MeyerSteve MinionAlfred E. MotzerJohn MuendelBarbara NaefGeorge NaperstekRay T. NashE. Burr NashHunter NealDavid NewsomHugues NoelJohn OsborneJoan PalmerFaelton C. PerkinsWillis L. PlattDavid C. PommertWilliam L. PooleKermit PrattPurdue University Library Neil S. RaymondPeter RebarMichael ReedyJohn V. RichardsMike RoachGeorge E. RogersLynn RonalterRaymond RossScott RossiterHarvey M. SachsDavid ScheidlyPaul T. ShannonTim SlateFrancis J. SlykerErnest W. SmithSmithsonian Institution

Libraries

Euan F. C. SomerscalesRalph C. SparksT. Michael SpeidelJoseph SpoerlRobert SteffensenCarl A SteinwallTim StephensTony StittJames J. StorrowJamie SwanHenry A. SwierczynskiPete ThomasEdmund J. TremblayNathaniel TylerDavid L. WaddingtonPaul T. WardwellRobert WhiteNeil WiernickiPatryc WigginsBob WilsonWindsor Downtown

ProgramWisconsin Historical

SocietyAdam WoodruffHerbert Yohe

Life MembersEdwin Battison (deceased)Suzanne Richardson

DanielsLawrence FountainDouglas GrahamClark GriffithsJames HealdCharles HutchinsPolly Jarvis (deceased)Richard KubaDouglas LoudonWayne MooreDorothy MorrisMichael NewboldAlfred PurcellFrederick RoeschMargaret RothchildAlden ShermanJane ShermanCamiel ThorrezH. R. ThorrezJeoffrey ThorrezJohn TimkenPeter Williamson

(deceased)E. Hubbard Yonkers

Public Library FamilyMembership Program(APM offers free familymemberships to publiclibraries. Call the muse-um for details.)Converse Free LibraryFiske Free LibraryHartland Public LibraryMiner Memorial LibraryMorrill Memorial LibraryNorwich Public LibraryPhilip Read Memorial

LibraryProctor LibraryReading Public LibrarySpringfield Town LibraryWindsor Public Library

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Name the American Precision Museum a partial or full beneficiary of your IRA orother qualified retirement plan. This requiresthat you file a new beneficiary designationform with your plan administrator. The formis available from your administrator or perhaps even on your plan administrator’sweb site. Simply name the AmericanPrecision Museum for a percentage of anyassets that remain in the plan at your death.

This has some additional tax benefits toyour estate. Distributions from IRAs andother retirement plans represent taxableincome to the recipient, but when the recipient is the American Precision Museum,no income tax is due. Like bequest provisions,gifts to the American Precision Museum fromretirement plan assets are fully deductiblefrom your taxable estate and can thus represent both income tax savings and estatetax savings.

Acquisitions to the Collections

Engine Lathe, ca 1900, J. Birkenhead Company, Mansfield, MAStephen Brown

Engraving Machine, ca 1900, L.S. Starrett Company, Athol, MA, Douglas Starrett

Planer, hand-operated, ca mid-to-late 1800sE. Hubbard Yonkers

Grinding stone used in the Mill Brook shops, ca 19th century,Windsor, VT

Rockingham Area Community Land Trust


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Jim Farley

DONOR PROFILE

Jim Farley Jim Farley was introduced to the

museum through his association with the Association for ManufacturingTechnology and Andy Ashburn, the lateeditor of American Machinist. Farley wasan active Trustee in the museum’s earlydays under Ed Battison, APM founder.“Ed had a vision for what was to becomethe American Precision Museum. AMTand American Machinist, together withsome of the biggest names in theindustry, were instrumental in makingthat vision a reality,” says Farley. “Therewas a great deal of interest, enthusiasmand support for the museum back then.We all felt the potential for success wasenormous.”

Those were the early days at themuseum with the involvement of some of the giants of the industry like FayKingsbury and Ralph Flanders of Jones &Lamson. After a few years, Farley felt themuseum was losing its focus, and heresigned from the Board. However, he didnot lose touch and always visited whenhe was in the area. Charlie Carter, afriend from AMT and a museum Trustee,kept him up to date. Farley continues,“When Charlie Carter called to ask me toserve on the newly-formed Board ofAdvisors, I said yes. From the newslettersand communications with the museum, Icould tell that things were turningaround, and it was time to get involvedagain.”

In 1950, as a new electricalengineering graduate from NorthwesternUniversity in Evanston IL, he joinedGeneral Electric in Schenectady NY. Thencame the Korean War and service in theArmy Signal Corps at White SandsProving Grounds NM . His unit wasassigned to track rockets as they werefired at the test grounds. “That was quitean experience,” Farley says, “ There wewere – 450 engineers – trying to figure outhow to track rockets using World War IIradar sets under the leadership of tworegular Army officers who knew nothingabout engineering or the project at

hand.” Farley continues, “In his previouspost, our company commander had ledthe last carrier pigeon unit in the SignalCorps, and the First Sergeant hadsupervised some 500 WACS in Londonduring WW II. Somehow it all worked!We were quite an outfit, but, as engineers,we got the job done.”

After Korea, he worked briefly forAllen Bradley and then joined a start-upcompany SpeedLap, later renamedSpeedFam, manufacturing lapping andpolishing machines. There Farleypioneered ‘hollow manufacturing’ sinceall the parts for the SpeedFam machinescame from outside vendors, and thecompany owned no machine tools itself.SpeedFam designed the machines andpurchased the parts. The company thenassembled and tested everything andprovided all the service, taking fullresponsibility for the final product.

Farley recognized early on theimportance of the company having a global presence, and he establishedoperations in England, West Germanyand Switzerland and then Asia. In the60s, he formed a joint venture with theObara Corporation, a Japanese companymanufacturing resistance weldingequipment for the Japanese automobileindustry, which also utilized SpeedFam’s

‘hollow manufacturing’ system. “Weopened offices in Taiwan, SouthKorea, China and India,” says Farley.“Success came from the combinationof good Japanese management and acooperative and comfortable workingrelationship with my Japanese partner.This led to sales that eventuallyexceeded those of the US operation.”

In the early 90s, SpeedFam beganto market equipment for makingsemiconductors, and this new marketgreatly expanded opportunities forgrowth. After taking the companypublic, then came a merger with acompetitor. SpeedFam-IPEC waslater sold to Novellus Systems, a well-established semiconductorequipment manufacturer.

Today, Farley and his wife Nancy are enjoying retirement andtheir large family of 14 grandsons, 2 granddaughters, 3 sons and 2 daughters. Reunions come everytwo years gathering family fromFrance, California, Chicago, Ohio, and Phoenix.

“I am enjoying this reinvolve-ment with the American PrecisionMuseum. Good things are happeningto preserve and tell the story of themachine tool industry and the giantsof that industry who made it allhappen,” continues Farley. “I amhappy to be in a position to make adifference for the museum. It is agreat place with one of the mostsignificant collections of machinetools in the country.”

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