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Manufacturers Index - J. A. Fay & Co.

J. A. Fay & Co.
Keene, NH; South Keene, NH; Worcester, MA; Norwich, CT; Cincinnati, OH, U.S.A.
Manufacturer Class: Wood Working Machinery

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09/11/2010 1845 (approx.) mortiser label, "Davis, Fay & Co." Peter's G.'s machine, photo via Art Shaw
03/25/2010 1850 (very approx) etchings - Mortisers, planer/matcher Unknown
06/13/2016 1854 ad - Daniels' planers 1854 Howland's Worcester Directory (same ad in 1855 edition)
10/27/2019 1855 ad - Builder's of Daniel's planers 1855 Worcester Directory
03/25/2011 1855 Image-J. A. Fay & Co., Foot-Mortising Machine Transactions of the American Institute of the City of New York 1855 pg 68
03/25/2011 1855 Image-J. A. Fay & Co., Portable Mortising Machine Transactions of the American Institute of the City of New York 1855 pg 69
03/02/2003 1856 Ad - Daniels planer Taken from "Worcester, the Heart of the Commonwealth", provided to me by Frank Morrison.
02/19/2015 1856 ad - Henry Carleton, J. A. Fay & Co.'s agent for Canada 1856-57 Mackay's Montreal Directory
11/16/2011 1856 ad - William Hobson of Toronto, agent for J. A. Fay & Co. Lovell's Canada Directory, 1857
02/01/2011 1856 Ad-J. A. Fay & Co., Wood Working Machinery Historical Picture Gallery 1856 pg 374
10/27/2023 1857 ad - Fay & Co.'s Farrar planer 1857 Prominent Mercantile & Manufacturing Firms
03/25/2010 1857 ad - Woodworth Planers and Matchers September 18, 1857 Scientific American
10/27/2019 1860 ad - Builders of Daniels & Woodworth planers... 1860 Worcester Directory
09/02/2018 1861/62 ads - William Hodson, sole agent for J. A. Fay & Co. in Toronto 1861-63 Toronto Directories
11/25/2007 1865 (approx.) Broadside - Richards' patent scrollsaws From an advertising broadside in the collection of the Hagley Museum. The latest patent dates are from 1863 so the broadside is assumed to be from the mid to late 1860s. Scans courtesy Dave Potts.
03/25/2010 1865 ads - Patent Machinery; Wheel, Felly & Spoke / Barrel Machinery 1865 Scientific America
01/20/2011 1870 ad - Salesroom, 183 Lake street, Chicago 1870 Chicago Directory
10/27/2023 1872 ad - Bandsaw 1872-06-22 Scientific American
03/28/2006 1872 Envelope: New patent band saw Courtesy Tim Kuist, who got it from an eBay auction some time ago.
03/25/2010 1873 ad - Molding, Mortising, Tenoning, Shaping, Planing Machines... 1873 Railway Buyers Guide; May 1873 Journal of the Franklin Institute
12/20/2018 1875 Article-J. A. Fay & Co., Factory View Kenny's Illustrated Cincinnati, 1875, pg. 273
08/27/2003 1876 Article - Exhibit of Woodworking Machinery at the Centennial Scientific American. Vol. XXXV - No. 22. Nov. 25, 1876. pp. 335, 344.
04/17/2010 1878 ad - Band saw, planer 26 October 1878 Scientific American, courtesy Mark Conley
04/16/2010 1881 article—Band Log Saw Mill August 13 1881 "Scientific American" courtesy Mark Conley
03/25/2010 1882 ad - Band Saw and Band Saw Blades Grimshaw's Saws, 1882
02/29/2012 1882 Image-J. A. Fay & Co., Band Resaw Grimshaw on Saws, 1882 pg 90
02/29/2012 1882 Image-J. A. Fay & Co., Band Resawing Machine Grimshaw on Saws, 1882 pg 88
03/01/2012 1882 Image-J. A. Fay & Co., Band Saw Setting Machine Grimshaw on Saws, 1882 pg 261
02/29/2012 1882 Image-J. A. Fay & Co., Band Scroll Saw Grimshaw on Saws, 1882 pg 89
02/29/2012 1882 Image-J. A. Fay & Co., Circular Resawing Machine Grimshaw on Saws, 1882 pg 72
10/18/2014 1882 Image-J. A. Fay & Co., Mulay Scroll Saw Grimshaw on Saws, 1882 pg 25
02/28/2012 1882 Image-J. A. Fay & Co., Reciprocating Resawing Machine Grimshaw on Saws, 1882 pg 20
05/23/2018 1882 Images- J. A. Fay & Co., Factory Views Scientific American, V47, 30 Dec 1882, pg. 415-418
11/27/2011 1883 Ad - J. A. Fay & Co. Wood Working Machinery "Scientific American". Vol. XLVIII, No. 12, March 24, 1883. Pg. 188
04/16/2010 1884 article—Improved Heavy Four-Sided Moulding Machine December 20 1884 "American Machinist" courtesy Mark Conley
04/16/2010 1885 article—New Sand-Papering Machine (elbow sander) May 1885 "Builder and Wood-Worker" courtesy Mark Conley
04/01/2004 1886 Ad - Patent Wood Working Machinery "Ohio Valley Furniture Journal". Vol. 2, No. 1. Aug. 1886. Pg. 21.
04/26/2010 1886 article - "Pacific" Patent Planer-Matcher November 1886 American Mail & Export News, courtesy Joel Havens
04/17/2010 1886 article - Circular Re-Sawing Machine October 1886 Power & Transmission, courtesy Mark Conley
02/21/2003 1887 Ad - Best and Most Improved Wood Working Machinery "Carpentry and Building", Vol. IX, No. 5. May, 1887. pg. vi.
03/25/2010 1887 ad - Best and Most Labor-Saving Wood-Working Machinery October 1887 Carpentry & Building
03/25/2010 1887 ad - Patent Improved Wood-Working Machinery December 1887 American Mail & Export Journal
03/25/2010 1887 article - No. 6 Endless Bed Surface Planer July 1887 American Mail and Export Journal
02/17/2006 1889 Ad - Pat. Improved Wood-Working Machinery "The Wood-Worker". Vol. VIII, No. 3. May, 1889. Pg. 26.
10/22/2021 1889 Images- J. A. Fay & Co., #4 Patent Re-Sawing Bandsaw Courtesy of the Noble & Cooley Center for Historic Preservation
02/20/2006 1890 Article - Improved Fret Scroll Saw "Carpentry and Building". Vol. XII, No. 4. Apr. 1890. Pg. xxii.
10/20/2014 1890 Image-J. A. Fay & Co., 30 in. Double-Cylinder Endless-Bed Dimension Jointing & Planing Machine Iconographic Encylopædia, 1890, Plate 14, Fig. 8
10/23/2014 1890 Image-J. A. Fay & Co., Automatic Car-Gaining & Boring Machine Iconographic Encylopædia, 1890, Plate 18, Fig. 6
10/23/2014 1890 Image-J. A. Fay & Co., Automatic Gauge-Lathe Iconographic Encylopædia, 1890, Plate 18, Fig. 10
10/21/2014 1890 Image-J. A. Fay & Co., Combined Power & Hand-Feed Surface Planer Iconographic Encylopædia, 1890, Plate 15, Fig. 7
10/20/2014 1890 Image-J. A. Fay & Co., Double Blind-Slat Planing Machine Iconographic Encylopædia, 1890, Plate 14, Fig. 4
10/21/2014 1890 Image-J. A. Fay & Co., Double-Cylinder Endless-Bed Surface Planer Iconographic Encylopædia, 1890, Plate 15, Fig. 5
10/18/2014 1890 Image-J. A. Fay & Co., Fret Scroll-Saw Iconographic Encylopædia, 1890, Plate 11, Fig. 4
10/21/2014 1890 Image-J. A. Fay & Co., Heavy Large Car-Sill & Timber Dressing Machine Iconographic Encylopædia, 1890, Plate 16, Fig. 1
10/20/2014 1890 Image-J. A. Fay & Co., Improved Smoothing Planer Iconographic Encylopædia, 1890, Plate 14, Fig. 7
10/19/2014 1890 Image-J. A. Fay & Co., Large Band Re-Sawing Machine Iconographic Encylopædia, 1890, Plate 12, Fig. 5
10/21/2014 1890 Image-J. A. Fay & Co., Large Double-Cylinder Endless Bed Surface Planer Iconographic Encylopædia, 1890, Plate 15, Figs. 8 & 9
10/21/2014 1890 Image-J. A. Fay & Co., Large Endless Bed Surface Planer Iconographic Encylopædia, 1890, Plate 15, Fig. 1
10/18/2014 1890 Image-J. A. Fay & Co., Power-Feed Carriage Edging Machine Iconographic Encylopædia, 1890, Plate 11, Fig. 7
10/17/2014 1890 Image-J. A. Fay & Co., Surface Ornamenting Machine Iconographic Encylopædia, 1890, Plate 17, Figs. 1-5
10/21/2014 1890 Image-J. A. Fay & Co., Universal Woodworker Iconographic Encylopædia, 1890, Plate 16, Fig. 9
10/21/2014 1890 Image-J. A. Fay & Co., Vertical Car-Tenoning Machine Iconographic Encylopædia, 1890, Plate 16, Fig. 3
10/20/2014 1890 Image-J. A. Fay & Co., Vertical-Feed Matching Machine Iconographic Encylopædia, 1890, Plate 14, Fig. 2
04/17/2010 1892 ad - Patent Wood Working Machinery for car, railroad and bridge shops 1892 Poor's Railway Directory
01/12/2015 1892 Article-J. A. Fay & Co., Knapp Dovetailing Machine Modern Mechanism, 1892, pg. 178
04/17/2010 1893 article - Automatic Mortising Machine November 16 1893 American Machinist, courtesy Mark Conley
04/17/2010 1893 article - Large Self-Feeding Ripping Saw August 10 1893 American Machinist, courtesy Mark Conley
03/13/2006 1894 Ad - Wood Working Machinery "Carpentry and Building". Sep. 1894. Courtesy of Jeff Burks.
10/27/2023 1895 ad - No. 3 Variety Wood-Worker; No. 9 Extra-Heavy Flooring Machine February 1895 American Exporter page 16
06/26/2011 1895 Article-J. A. Fay & Co., Car Mortising, Recessing & Boring Machine Modern Mechanism 1895 pg 533
12/04/2011 1895 Article-J. A. Fay & Co., Endless-Bed Wood Surface Planer Modern Mechanism 1895 pgs 631-632
06/21/2011 1895 Article-J. A. Fay & Co., Gauge Wood-Turning Lathe Modern Mechanism 1895 pgs 468-469
06/13/2011 1895 Article-J. A. Fay & Co., Groover Head Modern Mechanism 1895 pg 387
06/09/2011 1895 Article-J. A. Fay & Co., Mitering Machine Modern Mechanism 1895 pg 178
12/04/2011 1895 Article-J. A. Fay & Co., Wood Planers Modern Mechanism 1895 pgs 628-630
02/26/2016 1897 Article-Fay, J. A., & Co., Spoke-Throating, Tenoning & Mitering Machine The Hub, V39, May 1897, pg. 124
10/27/2023 1898 ad - Car Shop wood tools January 1898 Street Railway Journal
06/06/2004 1898 Ad - To Make Every Dollar Count "The Wood-Worker" Vol. XVII, No. 3. May 1898. Pg. 8.
02/25/2003 1899 Ad - High Grade Wood Working Machinery "Carpentry and Building". Vol. XXI, No. 3. March 1899. Pg. iv.
04/01/2004 1899 Ad - High Grade Wood Working Machinery "The National Builder". Vol XXVIII, No. 6. June 15, 1899. Pg. 3.
11/22/2012 1899 Ad-J. A. Fay & Co., Double Tenoner Engineering Magazine, 06 Jan 1899, pg. 78
04/01/2004 1899 Article - Automatic Blind Stile Borer and Mortiser "The National Builder". Vol XXIX, No. 1. July 15, 1899. Pg. 22.
01/05/2012 1901 ad - New No. 4 triple drum sander January 1901 The Wood Worker
03/31/2006 Advertising premium - J. A. Fay & Co.'s Patent Band Saw Photos from ebay listing.