Photo Index - P. Pryibil - Line Shaft Drive/Tilt Table

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Manufactured/Badged by:
P. Pryibil
New York, NY

Machine Specifications
Machine Class:	Wood Working Machinery
Machine Type:	Table Saw
Machine Size:	14" Blade
Submitted By:	Jeff Behan

Machine Specifications
Description/Model:	Line Shaft Drive/Tilt Table
Date of Manufacturer:	1890's to1915 ??????
Serial Number:	unkown
Last Updated	2/10/2007 12:00:00 AM

Comments:

One of the machines out of the Julius Petersen Boatyard,Upper Nyack,New York.On my way back from a US Postal Service auction down in Philadelphia i recieved a call from my good friend Ron Curry about some machines that a boatyard in Nyack,NY wanted to get rid.I made a few calls to some other OWWM menbers to try to sniff out this lead and everybody were being tight lipped about this subject.That's when i decided that if i was going to have any chance at some of the machines i was going to have to park my truck right in front of the gate of the boatyard and sleep there as it was already pass 7:00 PM and the boatyard was closed.I called my wife to detail my plan to her and hope she would understand it because a well known OWWM'er from New Jersey had already informed me he knew about the machines and was planning to be there first thing in the morning to made a deal.I sure he was counting on me being at home 3 1/2 hours away from the boatyard.It was a long and cold night but worth the effort.I spent 4 hours meeting one of the owners and his boatyard managers learning the storied history of the Julius Petersen Boatyard.They have a rich history in yacht building and racing heritage in the late 19th century.But when the country went to war during the first and second world wars they builders of Air/Sea Rescue and Sub Chaser (SC) class patrol vessels for the
U.S.Navy.At the Height of the war effort they had over 300 workers building the 104ft. wooden hull boats twenty miles up the Hudson river from New York City.The machines they were offering for sale were the machines that were used for this effort.The shop is a three storied wood framed building perched on the bank of the river next to a very steep hill.The woodworking shop was located on the second and third floors were it has easy access with the steep hill on the back side.Their was mix of line shaft machines that was used in the early years and motor driven machines that added later on.Some of the older line shaft machines had already been dumped into a scrap bin by the use of a forklift (they were all pretty much destroyed).The rest were removed from the upper floors and stoied on the first floor.The new owner has put in a small museum on the second floor displaying some of the older machines and hand tools used to build the different type boats at the boatyard.At least some of the history of the boatyard is being saved.I was able to aquire the following machines that i will post pictures and serial numbers of soon-Y.A. 24" planer,Y.A. 36" bandsaw,Y.A. 49" drum sander,Prypil 14" tablesaw,Crecent 12" jointer,Goodall & Walters 36" wooden rim bandsaw.

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Comments: machines being loaded
Source: myself

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Comments: this is a real big forklift!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Comments: sideview of saw
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