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Manufacturers Index - Combination Woodworking Machine Co.
Last Modified: Aug 5 2008 8:53PM by Jeff_Joslin
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This company was active in the 1920s. They made the Simplicity Woodworker, an eight-function combination machine (tablesaw, jointer, thickness planer, mortiser, "speed spindle", bandsaw, upright spindle shaper, lathe).

The combination machine was patented by one John D. Pierce in 1927. In 1925 Pierce had patented a mattress-making machine. Both patents were assigned to this firm.

Information Sources

  • Late 1920s booklet on this company's Simplicity Woodworker. The company address is given as 549 W. Randolph St., Chicago.
  • 1925 and 1927 patents for this company. In searching patents from 1920 onwards, these are the only two patents assigned to this maker.