HIstoire de General

Voici la petite Histoire de Général

Aussi le lien donne l'histoire de plusieurs compagnie américaine exixtante ou disparue



En Anglais mais assez Fascinant

General began in 1945 as a family business producing machines under contract from Porter Cable. When Rockwell bought PC, General was permitted to continue producing the line under their own name. Besides woodworking machinery, they produced hydro towers and highway guard rails. In 1982, their production was 5,000 machines per year. In 1987, General bought Poitras (another Quebec maker); some machines still survive from the Poitras line: the V-154 14" radial arm saw,the 2800-B 3/4" spindle shaper, the SS-032 1 1/4" shaper and the No 1 and No 4 exhausters. All of these machines are labeled with both the General and Poitras names. Poitras had, in turn, purchased Joseph Côté, ("Cote" to Anglophones), but it is not yet known which, if any, products in General's line were originally Côté products. It is obvious from looking at General's products that they were designed by a variety of different people - there is no consistent General "look" to them. General's Model 220 hollow-chisel mortiser design was purchased from Yates American. Reportedly, General made 4" and 6" jointers and an 8" tablesaw for Delta. After Delta stopped production of them, General bought the patterns and continued making them under the General name. That 6" jointer design survived until just a few years ago. (This story has been denied by a source at Delta. Please let us know if you can shed any light on the truth of the story.) General is still in business and making machinery in Canada. There is now a General International line of tools, which consists of better-quality Taiwanese imports. OWWM

Très intéressant.
Je me demandais justement pourquoi j'avais parfois vu le nom beaver seul, et d'autres fois plutot rockwell beaver ou beaver delta.

Je met le site dans mes favoris! Merci!

beaver était une compagnie ontarienne .
a été achet? par rockwell ,qui avais déjas achet? delta dans les années 40.
et les outils canadiens avais l appelation '' ROCKWELL /BEAVER ''et au usa
'' DELTA ROCKWELL '' ou DELTA manufacturing by rockwell

meme avant rockwell , le nom delta était écrit DELTA MYLWAUKEE parceque c était manufacturier a mylwaukee.

et ++++ beaucoup d histoire juste a voir sur le site owwm et voir les image de vielle machine..plus de 800 8O ...