J. Sagar and Co

Exhibit at the National Slate Museum.

(Detail). Exhibit at the National Slate Museum.

1891.

1893.

1893.

Band saw, from catalogue c.1900

Wright's patent (Charles E. Wright, USA) band saw guide, from catalogue c.1900

Band saw, from catalogue c.1900. Roller feed, with variable speed through friction drive. Feed roller table etc can be swung aside

Steam engine, from catalogue c.1900

'American patent automatic lathe for turning wooden spindles, from catalogue c.1900

Machine for shaping lids, etc., for pianos, from catalogue c.1900

Power-fed rounding machine, for dowels, handles, etc, from catalogue c.1900

Single copying machine, to produce spokes, gun stocks, etc from a metal pattern, from catalogue c.1900

March 1911.

Wood planing machine at Gayle Mill

December 1926.

See Sagar (Developments).

J. Sagar and Co of Canal Works, Halifax, Yorkshire.

Established 1875 by Joe Sagar and his brother Donald Sagar

1888 Issued catalogue of wood-working machinery.

1894 Wood-working machines.

A catalogue from J. Sagar and Co about Wood-Working Machinery (undated, but c.1900) includes horizontal steam engines with cylinder bore sizes from 6 to 14 inches diameter.

1922 Manufacturers of Woodworking Machinery, Canal Works, Halifax Yorks. Incorporated 1901. Employees: 500. Manufactures.—Circular, band and fret sawing machines; planing and moulding machines; boring mortising and tenoning machines; sandpapering grinding and dovetailing machines.

1959 Acquired by the Asquith Machine Tool Corporation.

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