B. J. Spilker Manufacturing Co. maker of miter-cutting machines, was founded by Bernard J. Spilker and is related to J. J. Spilker and McFarlan & Spilker Manufacturing Co., both of whom also made miter-cutting machines. B. J. Spilker Manufacturing Co. was active in the early part of the 20th century and seems to have been most successful overseas.
Information Sources
- A New Zealand correspondent reports a miter machine with the patent date of July 2 1895, and this maker's name. This style of miter cutter is known as a "miter chopper".
- Jeff McVey reports that Oliver Machinery Co. sold the above-mentioned miter machine in one of their early catalogs.
- Correspondent Allen E. Kirkpatrick provided us with a scan of an envelope addressed to B. J. Spilker Mfg. Co. Ltd., and was postmarked Bulawayo, S. Rhodesia, 23Jan23.