This agricultural equipment manufacturer was founded in 1888, and lasted until 1928, and probably for longer.
They made some wood-frame circular saws of distinctly agricultural character. The saws resemble a wooden sawhorse with a shaft running along the top of the horse. On one end is a flat-belt pulley, and on the other end is a large, unguarded circular sawblade. A pair of horizontal arms are cantilevered out from below the shaft, and the runners for the sliding table sit on top of the arms. The sliding table runs underneath the arbor, which means that the operator's arms could come into contact with the spinning shaft as the table is slid forward. The design was an evolutionary dead end.
Information Sources
- 1926 catalog of 24 pages: "Full line of concrete and all purpose mixers", and then, in smaller type, "Wood saws, cider mills". Catalog shows the No. 11 and No. 12 sliding table saws.
- 1928 catalog No. 7, 62 pages. "Well Made Farm Machinery Since 1888." The list of products includes, "Corn Shellers, Corn Planters, Poultry Troughs, Hog Troughs, Shovel Plows, Wood Saws, Shovels, Bag Trucks, Land Rollers, Hay Tedders, Plows, Potato Diggers".