Popular Science, Vol. 153, No. 11, Nov. 1948, Pg. 231.
The company manufactured Timberline tilting arbor table saws in the post-WWII era. Initially available as an 8" by 1947, the company introduced a 10" version in mid-1948. Advertising indicates that the saws were designed for contractors and industrial use, with cast iron tops and motors from ½ to 2 HP.
Information Sources
- Various Google Books snippet views from 1948 list the company's address as 4831 Exposition Blvd., Los Angeles 16.
- Gilbert Sanchez listed a Timberline saw. He provided the following information on the labeling on the saw:
WESTBUILT METAL PRODUCTS
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
TIMBERLINE
MACHINE#103 SERIAL#629
- Another example in the Photo Index has a later serial number, and the company name is now "Westbuilt Metal Products Co."
- Background information on this company came from Leland Dexter, whose father Wilbur H. Dexter was involved with starting this company. Wilbur Dexter was a machinist, machine shop owner, and inventor, and his brother owned what may be a prototype saw, marked Dexcraft.
- A patent search from 1920 on failed to turn up any patents assigned to this company.