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ericbuggeln
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No, its not Black History Month. I am still traveling with my family through NC and we stopped off at the North Carolina Museum of History to see "Behind the Veneer Thomas Day- Master Cabinetmaker Exhibit" Thomas Day, a freed man of color in the antebellum South, owned and operated the largest cabinet shop in North Carolina in 1850. His journeyman and apprentices were comprised of some freed men of color and some slaves.
Unfortunately for you guys the gallery had crappy overhead lighting and i couldnt get any good pics of the furniture, but the exhibit showing what his workshop looked like did have good lighting. The following pics are of a treable saw, what eventually would become the bandsaw and was operated by one man and a foot pedal.
The second pic is of a two man lathe. One man turned the larger wheel which turned the lathe. I guess when you have slave labor, a two man operation doesnt seem so ridiculous.
The rest of the pics are of the tools of the trade
Hope you guys enjoyed my little history lesson. Its a far cry from the German engineering we are used to, thanks Eric
Unfortunately for you guys the gallery had crappy overhead lighting and i couldnt get any good pics of the furniture, but the exhibit showing what his workshop looked like did have good lighting. The following pics are of a treable saw, what eventually would become the bandsaw and was operated by one man and a foot pedal.
The second pic is of a two man lathe. One man turned the larger wheel which turned the lathe. I guess when you have slave labor, a two man operation doesnt seem so ridiculous.
The rest of the pics are of the tools of the trade
Hope you guys enjoyed my little history lesson. Its a far cry from the German engineering we are used to, thanks Eric