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Stories of Earl Brinkman: Trade Secrets Revealed

Ware Brothers vs. Chicago Roller Skate Dad always said, “Keep your mouth shut.” Here is one of the reasons. Dad used to sell Davenports to either Chicago Roller Skate Company or Ware Brothers, or both-Can’t remember. In any event, roller skate wheels used to be made out of hard wood

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Anderson Fittings Taps Davenport for Single-Operation Solution

Anderson Fittings, Inc., opened its doors to manufacture brass fittings, valves, and accessories for a variety of industries over 50 years ago in 1947. Since then, the company has steadily grown in its Chicago-area location, expanding its product line to include air brake and pneumatic fittings, and now employs over

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Davenport Machine Benefits from Increase in Aerospace Industry

For over 100 years, American Manufacturing has understood that the most efficient and cost effective way to manufacture large volumes of turned machine parts is on a Davenport. The American aerospace industry has always understood that the best way to get flawless quality and a repeatable process for manufacturing aerospace

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Stories of Earl Brinkman: Stories from the Plant

Coolant Blues There are many stories of things going wrong in the plant. Most were just human error or ignorance and I guess you could say this incident is both. The men in the turret lath department were plagued by dermatitis on a regular basis. The machines coolant sumps would

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Stories of Earl Brinkman: Growing Up Poor

Hiking to the Blueberry Ledges As one of fourteen kids Dad and his siblings were always put to work in one way or another. Grandma Brinkman was a great cook and had many skills that helped keep the family fed. She would send the boys off to the blueberry ledges

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Stories of Earl Brinkman: Family

Grandpa Brinkman and most of the boys either worked in the Copper mines or lumber camps. When the mines started to close Grandpa Brinkman went down to Milwaukee to find work. He sent money home to his wife on a regular basis. He eventually brought everyone down to Pierce Street

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Stories of Earl Brinkman: Dad’s Sayings

Dad was well known for many of his favorite sayings. “How are you Earl?” would invariably be answered with, “Right in the pink!” But he had many more which just keep on surfacing in my vocabulary. Here are some of the ones that I remember and sometimes practice. Sayings: Earl

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Davenport Announces 24-Hour Delivery for Cams

Davenport Machine now offers 24-hour delivery for cams. We also offer drastically reduced delivery time for custom engineered cams. All customers providing Davenport with custom requirements will receive cams in just 4 business days. For more information, contact the Davenport team today.

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Ryan Bavineau

Ryan Bavineau has been a key member of the Davenport team since 2023, specializing in advancing the Hybrid Machine product line. As a former Sales Engineer for a global leader in metrology solutions and a longstanding connection to the Brinkman International Group, his insights and expertise cultivates lasting customer relationships and propels forward-thinking solutions in the machinery sector.

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