Duck Decoy Factory Outlet Tour (Oak Hall, VA)

Richard Lathrop

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Video tour of the Duck Decoy Factory probably from the 1980's

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LkbH_OK0oA

Baltimore Sun article with more background on Stoney Point. Article mentions it is a 24 station duplicator.

https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1990-09-13-1990256026-story.html

Google maps shows the factory is no longer there.

Rick
 
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Richard

That duplicator carver is something else. Never seen one with that many heads. I reposted your link on owwm.org due to the vintage machinery in the clip. Thanks for posting.

Eric
 
That place was about hour from my house cool place they sold any kind of decoy head you wanted hollowed wood decoy bodies also and they had second?s that where cheap. I would go there all the time still got heads from there.
 
That was a nice video, thanks for sharing. That carver must be real work to operate. Mine has only 8 spindles and you get tired pretty quick. No matter how much time you spend balancing and greasing, there's still significant effort required.
 
Here is a 32 spindle if you are feeling ambitious.

https://airtecsystemsinc.com/used-dust-collectors/ols/products/oliver-no-308-wood-pattern-profile-copy-carver-vertical-lathe-32-spindle-head

Rick
 
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