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Manufactured/Badged by:
Joseph Côté, Inc.
St-Éphrem Beauce, QC, Canada

True Manufacturer:
Joseph Côté, Inc., St-Éphrem Beauce, QC, Canada
Machine Specifications
Machine Class: Wood Working Machinery
Machine Type: Mortising Machine
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Submitted By: Jacques Lagueux
Machine Specifications
Description/Model: CO-T 212
Date of Manufacturer: early 50s
Serial Number: S-123
Last Updated 11/11/2015 7:03:27 AM

Comments:
I bought the machine from a 94 years old man. When I asked him where the machine came from, he said from a wood shop which used to be on the corner of "Des Écoles and St-Jean" In Drummondville Qc. The plant is long gone but I went to Drummondville Historical Society. They told me the wood shop belonging to J.A.Nadeau was sold in 1925 to Gustave Mercure, a wood merchant. At the time they were making doors and windows in addition to drums for silk and cotton. In 1955, 33 employees were working there. In 1960, Mr. Mercure shut down the plant, nobody to take over.

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Comments: after restoration
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Comments: left side view . the cover has been taken out to see the secondary motor
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Comments: the mortiser has a mechanism that makes the down stroke and return under power from the motor rather than foot power
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Comments: right side view as I found it
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Comments: details of the automatic mechanism
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