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Obear & Sons, Inc.
Inglewood, CA, U.S.A.
Manufacturer Class: Metal Working Machinery

History

Last Modified: Aug 24 2017 8:04PM by Jeff_Joslin
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Obear & Sons, later Obear Industries, developed and manufactured the Mercury line of abrasive cut-off saws and pipe-threading machines.

Information Sources

A web turned up data points for Obear & Sons, Inc., dated 1953 to 1973. Data points for Obear Industries date from 1973 to about 1981, but the data points are sparse.

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