Question On Marble Machine Research

[BobBlock]

Hey folks, I'm finishing up some research and I couldn't answer the following questions from Dean Six's book, the marble society library or my own research. When you lay it all out, the following gaps appear:

1. The year that Alley sold to Corning the machine that Davis later bought?

2. What happened to the Christensen Agate machines?

3. The year that the Ravenswood machine was sold to Bogard?

4. The year that the Ravenswood machine was sold to Champion?

5. The year the 3/8" machine was traded by Bogard to Marble King? And what he got in return?

6. What happened to the Jackson, Davis or Playrite machines?

7. What happened to the Master Glass machinery?

8. Are the Champion machines still onsite?

9. What happened to the Mid-Atlantic machinery?

[venwood]

Sorry don't know the answer to any of them but can't wait to see some answers.

[mibcapper]

gotta go to wv to get those answers .... bill

[raynsandy]

A lot of the machines ended up in Mexico. Mid Atlantic (so i was under the impression) had a couple machines as well that were sold.

A few of the machines Jabo had, got sold off to fiberglass industries for making spheres.

[lstmmrbls]

Many went to scrap. Ray I am of the understanding Vacor made and makes all their machines. What have you heard about the machines that went to Mexico

[raynsandy]

Havent heard much, just that a number of them got shipped there.

Im in the process of building my own machine (on paper and through contracted machinist). It wont be ready for any type of production until later on in 2011, as Im in Afghanistan.

[Mr. Alley Agate III]

According to Beri Fox, Howdyshell at Marble King bought several machines that he did not use simply to keep competitors from getting them. They were taken apart and stored in Payden City.