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Manufacturers Index - Bett-Marr Manufacturing Co.

Bett-Marr Manufacturing Co.
Hopkins, MN, U.S.A.
Manufacturer Class: Wood Working Machinery & Metal Working Machinery

History
Last Modified: Nov 19 2020 10:25AM by Jeff_Joslin
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Bett-Marr Manufacturing Co. made a 14-inch two-wheel bandsaw and a 24-inch three-wheel bandsaw. Bett-Marr was in business from at least 1942 and possibly earlier. Home-shop machinery seller Foster Manufacturing Co. sold the Bett-Marr 14-inch saw under the "Foster" brand name.

In the late 1950s the Bett-Marr company was acquired by Lockformer Co., who continued to manufacture both Bett-Marr saws for several years.

Information Sources

  • Mentioned in a 1942 Lockformer Co. catalog.
  • A 1953 issue of "Machinery" magazine mentions that "Bett-Marr Co." of Hopkins, Minn., had brought out an improved bandsaw for cutting sheet metal.
  • 1956 catalog of the Bett-Marr Manufacturing Co., "cheek benders and band saws".
  • Seen on owwm.org: a bandsaw labeled, "The Lockformer / Bett-Marr Saw / Manufactured exclusively by The Lockformer Company / Chicago, Illinois".