"Do-All" is the brand name for machines made by Continental Machine Specialties Co., also known as Continental Machines, Inc., of Minneapolis, MN. See also the entry for Do-All Appliance Co. Do-All is best known for their large and well-made metal-cutting bandsaws. In their early years they also made combination machines. According to their trademark registration, the company has been around since at least 1935. They specialize in metalworking bandsaws, although they have made other products, including surface grinders, wood-cutting bandsaws and a combination scrollsaw, drill and filer.

More research is needed to determine the various companies that owned the Do-All brand. Continental Machine Specialties is probably the earliest. We do not know the timing and relationships of Do-All Appliance Co. and DoAll Co. One name used on some 1940s publications, Wilkie, was from company executives R. J. and J. W. Wilkie. We have also seen the name Savage Tool Co. as the makers of DoALL surface grinders.

Do-All sold milling machines that were made by the Fenlind Engineering Co. See that entry for more information on those "Rockford" style mills.

Information Sources

• A 1925 catalog from Woodworkers Tool Works shows machines from this company.
• The USPTO trademark database shows a Do-All logo that was first used in 1935. Their product was a combination jigsaw, drill press, and filer that was also available in jigsaw and drill press single-use configurations. Another trademark belonging to Continental Machine, "Speedmaster," was transferred from that company to DoAll Co. of Des Plaines, IL.
• Star Tribune (Minneapolis, Minnesota), Aug. 15, 1941, page 9.