Up-To-Date Machine Works was founded in 1917 by Eugene Maurey, Sr. Their product line included car parts and V-belt pulleys, plus bandsaws and scrollsaws. In 1933 the name changed to Maurey Manufacturing Corp. The company remains in business today, making pulleys.
Up-To-Date Machine Works seems to be the same as Waco Tool Works, offering identical machines at about the same time out of the same address.
Advertisement from November 1930 "Popular Mechanics"
Information Sources
- We first learned of this maker from a 10" C-frame bandsaw.
- According to their website:
Located in Chicago, IL., Maurey Manufacturing Corporation was founded in 1917 as the Up-To-Date Machine Works by Eugene Maurey, SR. Early products, which included wheel locks for model-T Fords and woodworking equipment, soon evolved into the manufacture of steel V-Pulleys for industry. The company was incorporated under its present name of Maurey Manufacturing Corporation in 1933.
- Eugene Maurey has a couple of non-woodworking patents: 1935 patent no. 2,006,145 for a multi-groove pulley, and 1952 patent no. 2,618,495 for a center pulley bushing. No woodworking-related patents have surfaced.
- Catalog seen on eBay in February 2012: "Maurey / The Quality Tool / For Home and Professional Use / Manufactured by Up-To-Date Machine Works / 2915 S. Wabash Ave., Chicago / Catalog "M" / Volume 75". The foreword is dated June 1, 1932. Catalog items included the Maurey Junior 8-inch bench saw, Maurey 8-inch circular bench saw (with or without motor), Maurey Junior 8-inch band saw, Maurey 12-inch band saw, Maurey 4-inch ball bearing jointer, and Maurey 35-inch four speed lathe.
- We learned of the connection to Waco Tool Works from an owwm.org forum discussion.