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Schedule a Demo Today! Sign In. Viewing 1 - 30 of Type Machining Centers, Horizontal. Year Not specified. Condition Used. Location Texas. Type Boring Mills, Vertical. Condition Not specified. Location Ohio. Year Condition Very Good. Location Michigan. Location Not specified. Type Angle Plates. Type Facing Heads. Type Tool Holders. Type Drills, Radial. Type Tables, Rotary. Location Minnesota. Logs were stripped and sawed in preparation for shipment to the growing American markets, and a large number of saw mills were established throughout the area.

Moreover, the surrounding farmland proved extremely fertile, prompting the establishment of grist mills to prepare grain for shipment to other states. Such industrialization led to the need for machining and repair work, which Bonnell supplied. In , having successfully run his shop for six years, Bonnell sold it to George and Horace Trowbridge.

In , the Trowbridge brothers sold the business to Colonel C. DeGroat, A. Bosworth, and Walter Bigelow. When Bigelow died in , his share of the investment was placed with his estate, and Bonnell sold his interest in the company to David Giddings, who in turn sold it to a relative, George Giddings.

In , Giddings purchased Bigelow's interest after his estate was settled, and subsequently sold it to O. Having continued its saw mill machinery business and having expanded into the manufacture of steam engines, the company was rapidly becoming an industry leader. A standard practice for the firm was to make complete installations whenever it was contracted for business.

With an emphasis on the quality of its products and a willingness to serve its customers well, the company soon gained national recognition and made installations in Michigan, Minnesota, Maine, Texas, and Washington, as well as Canada. In , the lumber industry peaked and began to rapidly decline. By the turn of the century, almost all the lumbering activity in the region had ceased, and the company decided to sell its saw mill machinery operation.

Contracted by the municipal government of Fond du Lac, the company provided the city's casting needs for lamp posts, catch basins, and a variety of other items. The firm's first machine tools were also produced during these years, including and inch engine lathes. The Ruepings had lived in Fond du Lac for years and had built one of the largest tanneries in the country. Under the new president, F. During the early years of World War I, the British government contracted the company to make a large amount of shell lathes.

In addition, the firm began to manufacture horizontal boring, drilling, and milling machines. Under his direction, the firm expanded its line of boring mills and horizontal lathes to include floor and table type machines with 2 -inch to five-inch spindle diameters. During this time, H. Kraut was appointed general manager and immediately implemented a program for modernizing the plant's equipment and developing several new product lines. Brand new, state-of-the-art machine tools and shop equipment had been installed along with a redesign and expansion of the company's full line of horizontal boring, drilling, and milling machines to include machines with 2 -inch to eight-inch spindle diameters, and floor, table, multiple, and planer head types that ranged from approximately 10, to , pounds.

In spite of the company's success, however, the Rueping family decided to withdraw from active management of the company. Kraut's financial acumen and administrative abilities impressed management, and he was asked to serve as board chairperson and president. Under his direction, the company initiated a thorough modernization of its buildings with the construction of a power house and modern assembly facility.

The stock market crash of and the Great Depression of the s had little effect on the company. The additional capitalization helped the company to complete construction on the machine shop and provided the financial resources for updating machine tool equipment. By , the firm was able to introduce an entirely new and modern design of unusually large horizontal machines with main spindle diameters of six and seven inches, available in floor, table, and planer types.

In , the company's old administrative building and several shop buildings were torn down and replaced with newer structures. When the war started, the government contracted the company to build a War Department Emergency Plant Facility adjacent to its own plant for the purpose of increasing production of large horizontal drilling, boring, and milling machines.

One of the most modern and sophisticated machine tool plants in the United States during that time, the plant covered seven acres and had approximately , square feet of working space. The s were successful years for the company. Having purchased the Davis Tool Company in the mids, sales of its product line of double cutter block-type tools, rotary tool holders, and boring bars began to increase dramatically. Relocated to Fond du Lac from St. Louis in , the Davis Tool plant underwent a major expansion to meet the ever-growing demands of machine tool manufacturing.