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American woodworking machine co history. Was one of the eleven companies that merged in 1897 to form american wood working machine co. This maker of motors and bench grinders was established in 1921. Shop with confidence on ebay. Was founded in about 1891 to make universal miter trimmers.
Many of the ads mentioned marcus pollak and not american machine tool co inc which caused us to believe for some time that marcus pollak was a. To avoid confusion with the much larger american wood working machinery co. American woodworking machinery company eleventh edition. Woodworking history sharewood.
In 1947 they began advertising inexpensive home shop machines in popular science and popular mechanics. A happy thought planer badged with both the williamsport and american names is reported. In 1903 the company was renamed to oliver machinery co. American machine tool co inc.
Within a few months they were using the name marcus pollak on some of their machines. The american machinery co. It was founded by george h. Abbreviated am t or amt was established in 1928 although they seem to have kept a low profile until after world war ii.
Williamsport s jointers at least continued to be made by the merged company. At this writing there are twenty two entries in the manufacturers index whose names begin with american. Our purpose is to provide information about vintage machinery that is generally difficult to locate.