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and Alloy Machining all have had the same address in Columbiana, OH indicating that they only changed names.Īlloy Machining has had some limited parts and manuals for Crescent machinery. Sometime in 2005, the company once again changed names and/or merged with Alloy Machining. Since then, the franchise has passed through The Jeffco Company and J.E.S. If you have a Crescent Machine, please contribute this information to the registry!Ĭrescent has gone through many hands since being sold to Stamets in 1953. Crescent Machine Registry This is an ongoing project to identify Crescent Machines and their Serial Numbers.Crescent information in the Wiki including information repairing and restoring Crescent machines.Crescent Serial Number Information Where to look for the serial number on a crescent machine.

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( PDF format) Reprinted from: The Chronicle, Vol.

A Short History of the Crescent Machine Company Part II: 1920 to Present.

A Short History of the Crescent Machine Company Part I: 1894 to 1920.

Detailed History of the Crescent Machine Companyįor a detailed history of the Crescent Machine Company, please see the following publications as they appeared in The Chronicle of the Early American Industries Association, Inc.: At that time, Rockwell sold off the Crescent name and the rights to manufacture all of the machines made by Crescent -except for the 8" jointer, 12/14" tilting-arbor saw, and 20" wood-cutting bandsaw-to the William K. Production at the Leetonia plant continued until 1953, when Rockwell decided to close the factory and sell off most of the Crescent brand due to a long unresolved employee strike. In 1945, Crescent was sold to the Pittsburgh Equitable Meter and Manufacturing Company, which later became the Rockwell Manufacturing Company and the Crescent line was merged into the lines of other Rockwell owned woodworking machinery manufacturers, including Delta and Red Star. Best known for their line of band saws and jointers, Crescent made a complete line of woodworking machinery during their 60 year history, including table saws, planers, shapers, sanders, mortisers, tenoners, swing saws, radial arm saws, boring machines, and combination machines.ġ925 advertisement showing some of Crescent's line of machinery. Over the next few years, the company began focusing solely on woodworking machinery and adding new machines to their line.

In 1897, the company designed and built a small band saw for a local cabinet maker and was launched into the business of manufacturing woodworking machinery.Īdvertisement from 1897 showing the first model band saw made by Crescent The Crescent Machine Company was founded in 1894 as a general machine shop by founders Elmer Harrold and Clint Wilderson of Leetonia, Ohio.