The Miller Machine Co. was a maker of wide belt sanding machines for the woodworking industry. The company also made a chair seat sanding machine. In 1978 the firm acquired the McKnight Machinery Co. of Gardner, MA (successor to L. G. McKnight & Son Co.) A new company was formed, McKnight-Miller Co., Inc. with all operations centered in Statesville, NC.
Information Sources
- The history above is courtesy of Albert Shane, curator of the Museum of Our Industrial Heritage in Greenfield, MA.
- We have a report of a tenoner from a Miller Machine Co., which may or may not be from a different, unrelated company.