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It was estimated at the time that about 75,000 of them were still in operation on a daily basis. Still, even through some turbulent years Oliver’s production continued, and by 1994 the company had manufactured some 150,000 machines here in the United States. For a variety of reasons, the company filed for bankruptcy in 1986. New woodworking machines sourced from Asia were less expensive for woodworkers to buy. There were labor issues and even a few lawsuits,” Clark recalls.

Oliver fell into harder times as the costs of production rose. “By the late 1970s into the mid 80s, more woodworking machinery companies were closing their American manufacturing plants and sending production overseas. The plant churned out bread slicers during the Depression, metal-cutting saws during World War II and even packaging and printing machinery during the 1950s and 60s. From its factory in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Oliver also produced a variety of woodworking machines as wells as other tools as the market presented new opportunities. It’s a design other companies would emulate in the years to come. There was also his Straitoplane, introduced in 1923 as a combination jointer/planer, which could surface a warped board straight and flat in one pass. In 1908, Oliver introduced a cylindrical cutterhead that would eventually replace the square - and more dangerous - cutterheads used commonly in certain machines of the time. But it was just the first of many innovative woodworking products that would come from the Oliver Machinery Company. Oliver’s wood trimmer won him a gold medal for merit at the 1900 World’s Fair in Paris. Oliver thought he could make a better tool, and he did.” He was a machinist by trade who developed his own version of a wood (miter) trimmer machine after selling another company’s wood trimmer for a number of years. “Our company was founded by Joseph Oliver around 1890. So recently, Lisa Clark, Oliver’s marketing manager, was happy to bring me up to speed. I was impressed by the variety of offerings because, honestly, it’s a product line I didn’t know very well.

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It includes both the standby offerings you’d expect - table saws, band saws, jointers and planers, shapers, drum sanders, dust collection and more - plus a few things you wouldn’t necessarily anticipate, like a membrane press for laminating sheet goods as well as CNC machines. The booth was substantially sized and crowded with the company’s current machinery line. But, while there are various reasons why some big brands have pulled out, Oliver was there, and in force. What I mean by that is, a number of popular machinery manufacturers no longer include national trade shows like IWF in their marketing agendas for the year, and those absences are conspicuous. Oliver’s presence at IWF impressed me for a couple of reasons. Here’s a video from that visit which highlights the tool. Last month, while attending the International Woodworking Fair (IWF) in Atlanta, I stopped by Oliver Machinery’s booth to check out one of their new 1013 intelliCarve CNC machines.

But the next time you’re in the market for a new machine, consider Oliver it’s an iconic brand that’s been a staple in the wood shops of schools, military bases and industry for more than 100 years. Or possibly, the first brands that come to mind are those you own or whose ads come to mind from your favorite woodworking publications, blogs and websites. Is Oliver Machinery on your list? If it isn’t, maybe that testifies to how broad the machine tool industry has become. For concerns, please contact us.Here’s a quiz: name five of today’s major woodworking machinery manufacturers. However, B2B Network respects the intellectual property, copyright, trademark, trade secret or any other personal or proprietary third party rights and expects the same from others. Do not pay anything to any member who states your money will be added to safety deposit account!Īll Trade Leads / Offers / Products / Company Profiles / Images and other user-posted contents are posted by the user and and B2B Network shall not be held liable for any such content. Important Notice! B2B Network does not provide an escrow service! Any member who asks you to pay for their products by Western Union to an agent of ' B2B Network' is fraud and should be immediately reported to us. There are currently 1242 users online browsing our B2B network.