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Baldwin, Tuthill & Bolton
Grand Rapids, MI

Machine Specifications
Machine Class:	Wood Working Machinery
Machine Type:	Grinder, Bench
Machine Size:	30"
Submitted By:	Chuck Hess

Machine Specifications
Description/Model:	Something like a Style "E"
Date of Manufacturer:	1900 give or take
Serial Number:
Last Updated	6/26/2005 3:38:54 AM

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Baldwin, Tuthill & Bolton Knife Grinder

Aloha,
I got this grinder from the Pioneer Mill extravaganza (see the story with the American planer matcher). A friend of mine Gilley wanted to be able to grind straight planer knives and I knew it was going to be a long time before I would have time to devote to this machine so I gave it to him. He is very, very good with machines but he could not figure out how it works. Gilley gave the grinder to James Carvalho (an OWWMer) and James tried to get her going. James got a lead on an old timer who worked at that carpenter shop since 1951 but that guy said that no one ever used that grinder the whole time he worked there, and he was not interested in helping at all. When we removed it from the carpenter shop its true, it had not been used in a very long time. The grinder started life as a drive shaft belt driven machine and was converted to an electric motor driving the belt. The trick is the small belts in the back have to have a twist to get the carriage to travel back and forth. Well it was just sitting out in back of James shop so now it is back where it started about 7 years ago, at my shop. I have a couple of carport type tent things in the back yard of my shop for machine restorations and special projects and now that is where the grinder resides with an Oliver 88 DX table saw in process of restoration. It is back there with the American planer matcher which is the machine that this grinder used to service, kind of cool.
I am intrigued with the grinders operation and fully intend to get this working, time will be the only issue. I could not find any serial numbers on the machine but it has what I think is an older BT&B brass tag. I think it is older because the few others I have seen in my recent research have curly lines and a little more design. All the castings have the letter A followed by a numbers starting at 1. The closest thing I have been able to find in any dirty paper is a Covel-Hanchett Style E Grinder. This one is deceivingly heavy; 4 big guys cannot pick it up even with the carriage removed.
I will update this story as more info is revealed because any BT&B machine seems to be very rare.
Aloha,
Chuck

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