Photo Index - J. W. Majek Manufacturing Co. - Disc sander

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Manufactured/Badged by:
J. W. Majek Manufacturing Co.
Portland, OR

Machine Specifications
Machine Class:	Wood Working Machinery
Machine Type:	Sander
Machine Size:	14"
Submitted By:	Reuben Deumling

Machine Specifications
Description/Model:	Disc sander
Date of Manufacturer:	1928
Serial Number:	XXXVI
Last Updated	10/2/2019 10:05:07 AM

Comments:

Discovered this machine within thirty miles of its place of origin, Portland. Although the original motor (see the other sander posted here) was exchanged for this Brown-Brockmeyer B-Line, this sander did come with a spare OEM iron disc for use as a swap in with a second grit. The well designed table stops for 90 degrees do not yield 90 which is still a mystery, but not too hard to fix.
We suspect that J.W.Majek may have been inspired by the designs of Elmer Knight, a fellow Portlander who was building similar machinery (mostly out of aluminum) at Benson Polytechnic High School around this time. http://www.vintagemachinery.org/photoindex/detail.aspx?id=13874
The two bandsaws, the one by Elmer Knight and the one by Majek are even closer than the two disc sanders.

Photo 1:

Comments: Overhead view
Source: Own photo

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Photo 2:

Comments: The back side of the spare disc
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Photo 3:

Comments: Side-by-side with its sibling, No. XXXVII
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Photo 4:

Comments: With the only other hitherto known example
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Photo 5:

Comments: Serial number
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Comments: The Majek
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