WANTED: Crescent Information

Keith Rucker, the webmaster of this OWWM web site, is currently conducting research on the Crescent Machine Company. He is looking for any information or help in discovering more about the history of this company. If you have ANY material related to this company, including old catalogs, manuals, pictures, postcards, histories, etc., please contact Keith so that he can include this information in his study. You can contact Keith Rucker by e-mail at krucker@owwm.com

Do you have a Crescent Machine?

If you own a Crescent machine, please visit our Crescent Machine Registry. Keith Rucker, webmaster of owwm.com, is currently involved in a project to try and determine the age of Crescent machines based on their serial number. Even if you do not know the age of your machine, please submit your serial number information to the registry so that a timeline of when machines were made based on serial numbers can be established.

History

For more information on the history of The Crescent Machine Company, see the following links:

• Crescent Serial Number Information Where to look for the serial number on a crescent machine.
  
• Crescent Machine Registry This is an ongoing project to identify Crescent Machines and their Serial Numbers. If you have a Crescent Machine, please contribute this information to the registry!
• History of the Crescent Machine Company A reprint of A Brief History of the Crescent Machine Company, written by Keith Rucker and published in The Gristmill, the journal of The Early American Industries Association.

Sources for Parts and Manuals:

When Crescent was sold to Rockwell in the 1940's all of the machines—except for the 8" jointer, 12/14" tilting-arbor saw, and 20" wood-cutting bandsaw—were sold to the William K. Stamets Co. Since then, the franchise has passed through The Jeffco Company and J.E.S. Technologies of Columbiana Ohio. Sometime in 2005, the company once again changed names and/or merged with Alloy Machining. Intrestingly, Jeffco, J.E.S. and Alloy Machining all have had the same address in Columbiana, OH indicating that they only changed names.

Alloy Machining has had some limited parts and manuals for Crescent machinery. They can be contacted at:

Alloy Machining
1028 Lower Elkton Road
Columbiana, OH 44408
Phone: 330-482-5543 (ask for Ed Keating)

Information Sources

• The information in this section was collected by Keith Rucker. Thanks to the many people who have contributed manuals, serial numbers, and other information.