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| Ray Smith, Sr., and sons, Ray Smith, Jr., and W. Douglas Smith, founded the business, first known as Smith Machine Tool Co., in McMinnville, Tennessee, in 1967. Ray, Sr., and his brothers were the owners and managers of Powermatic, the McMinnville-based manufacturer of wood and metal working machinery, which was established by their father, Leonard F. Smith, Sr., back in 1928. Beginning as a specialty fabricator, SMT rapidly moved into manufacturing and was offering a full range of arbor presses by mid-1968.
By 1969, the company was manufacturing foot shears under the brand name Tennsmith Mfg. |
