This company was in business from at least 1917 through 1954. They made combination woodworking machines and sanding machines. It seems that for a brief period in 1928 they were known as Master Woodworker & Floor Sander Co.

There is an as-yet poorly understood connection with Cresson-Morris Co. of Philadelphia. We have several reports of Cresson-Morris combination machines matching the Master Woodworker design and carrying patent numbers that had been assigned to Master Woodworker Manufacturing Co.

Information Sources

• Machine label with copyright dates of 1917 and 1924.
• A 1924 patent was to The Woodworker Manufacturing Co., Inc.; a 1930 improvement to that patent was assigned to Master Woodworker Manufacturing Co. The patent has been seen on a combination machine from Cresson-Morris Co.
• 1925 catalog.
• A listing of pamphlets in the June 1926 issue of Building Age and National Builder includes one for this company: "Master Woodworker Mfg. Co., 614 Brush St. Detroit, Mich. Master Woodworker. 18 pp. Describes model no. 7"
• An ad in the January 1928 issue of Building Age and National Builder is from Master Woodworker and Floor Sander Co., 612 Brush St. Detroit. The ad itself is for the Master Woodworker.
• Listed in 1955-56 Hitchcock's Wood Worker's Digest Directory, which adds an "Inc." to the name.