James L. Taylor Manufacturing Co. Inc.

James L. Taylor Manufacturing Co. Inc. has been designing and building woodworking machines in the Hudson Valley (New York) for over 100 years. They offer three lines of machinery shown below. They innovate every year and provide our customers with quality machines and superior service.

JLT Clamps is the world leader in door and panel clamping machinery for small and large custom frame shops alike. Whether you are a cabinet maker, carpenter, or run engineered millwork, JLT can provide the stock or custom clamp system to make your job easier, improve your quality, and your productivity while cutting costs.

Edge Gluing and Laminating

Machines for Clamping Panels and Laminations.

Successfully Clamp:

  • Flat Stock Panels
  • Butcher Block
  • Rails and Posts
  • Turnings
  • Top Profile Stock
  • Waste Recovery

Stile and Rail Squaring

Machines for Clamping and Squaring Stile & Rail Cabinet Doors.

Features:

  • Single Lever Valve Activation of the Clamp
  • Fast Acting 2 Second Clamping and Squaring of Doors
  • Multiple Designs for all of your Stile and Rail Cabinet Door Sizes
  • Single Units, Units Capable of Clamping Multiple Doors at a Time, and High Production Rotary Machines for any Size Shop
  • 100% Steel Construction

Miter Squaring

JLT Clamps builds machines for efficiently clamping and squaring mitered cabinet doors and frames.

JLT Miter Door Clamps Feature:

  • An Innovative Pneumatic Dial Regulator Air System for Precise Squaring of Miter Joints
  • 100% Steel Construction
  • Multiple Size Designs for Every Size Miter Door
  • Single Door Clamping Units and High Production Rotary Machines Available

JLT Buddy Systems

Combine your Edge Gluing and Laminating and your Door Clamping into one Machine with a JLT Combo Clamp Buddy System

Current Models include:

  • 8' and 12' long Panel Clamps
  • Stile & Rail and Miter Door Clamps

Increase Your Production and Take up a Smaller Footprint!!

Drawer Clamping

Machines for Clamping Dovetail & Doweled Drawer Boxes.

  • Simple and Easy to Use with Single Lever Valve and/or Foot Pedal Operation
  • Precise Squaring and Ample Clamping Pressure
  • Multiple Sizes to Fit Your Production Needs
  • Custom Sizes Available Upon Request

JLT Glue Application

Machines for Applying Glue.

Apply Glue To:

  • Stile and Rail Joints
  • Edges of Panel Stock
  • The Face for thicker
  • Glue Ups

Stile Spreaders, Different Sized Plate Spreaders, and Roller Spreaders Available!!

Entry Door Clamping

Machines for Clamping Entry Doors.

  • Large Capacity, Heavy Duty Door Clamps for Man Sized Doors
  • Clamps Feature Heavy Duty Large Diaphragm Cylinders
  • Single Lever Valve Operation that is Simple to Use
  • 100% Steel Construction
  • Custom Sizes Available upon Request

The James L. Taylor Manufacturing Company provides new ideas for edge gluing and lumber optimization technology in a wide range of applications and markets.

Edge Gluing & Laminating

The Clamp Carrier line is designed to meet all needs for sizes and volumes. The Swing Style includes packages of machines to meet the needs of many end users in the small to medium range. The Classic Line includes all sizes and allows the customer to build a machine to their specifications. The Automated, Side Loading, and Dual Automated lines all offer high production

High Production Rotary Door Clamping

Machines that Rotate for High Production:

  • (5) & (8) Section Machines Available for both Stile & Rail Clamping and Miter Clamping
  • Heavy Duty Diaphragm Cylinders Provide up to 1500 lbs. of Clamping Force
  • 3 Squaring Sizes Available
  • Features JLT's Innovative 110V Gear Motor with Variable AC Drive Control System
  • Control Box with Single Button Activation for Rotation with an Auto Index Stop feature

Cabinet Door Industries Most Successful High Production Clamping Machines

Glue Application

We have three models to choose from: The Plate Spreader, simple and durable; The Roller Spreader, a simple roller spreader with precise glue spread; and the Conveyorized Glue Applicator, high production, high quality spreader.

Return Conveyors

Putting a return conveyor on your shaper sander or edgebander is a no-brainer. At less than the annual cost of an operator to tail the machine, a return conveyor will pay for itself in less than a year!!

Glue Mixing

James L. Taylor manufactures machines for mixing catalyzed PVA resins.

Cameron Automation division builds machinery for automating and improving on some of your mill processes. Cameron Automation is located in Poughkeepsie, NY and is a division of the James L. Taylor Mfg. Co. In an effort to service customers and the industry better, Cameron Automation was developed in January 2002 to focus on the development of high tech machinery for the woodworking industry. While the company is new, the reputation and roots of this division have been firmly planted for many years.

Gang Ripping

Cameron Automation offers a wide array of gang ripping options for your Rough Mill.

Advantages of a Cameron Machine:

  • Increase in Yield due to Auto-Skewing Bent and Crooked Boards
  • Cutting Edge Software Written in House
  • The Right Sized System to fit your Mill
  • Best Value in the Industry

Vision and Scanning Systems

The Cameron Automation Rip-One is a complete lumber scanning, optimization, and gang ripping work cell designed for smaller shops. It increases productivity dramatically by transforming gang ripping into a single person operation. This is achieved by incorporating an inexpensive but extremely powerful high-resolution 3D scanning system.

Quick Chop

The Quick Chop is a Complete and Affordable Push Feed Chop Saw Optimization System.

  • Full Chop Optimizing Software with Cut List Importing Capabilities and Production Tallying
  • Crayon Marking for Defects
  • Accuracy as Low as +/- 0.010 in.
  • Welded Frame Allows the Quick Chop to Shipped Set-up, so your Up and Running in (1) day or less

Panel Layup and Color Matching

Taylor Manufacturing and Cameron Automation have developed the technology to save raw material and labor, while creating consistent sized and color matched panels at a high production rate. The Taylor Opti-Sizer and Cameron Opti-Match:

  • Use Computer Software, written in House, to Size and Color Match (Opti-Match only) Panels more Consistently than a human
  • Innovative Designs Allow the Machines to Operate at a High Production Level, sometimes Replacing Multiple People
  • Backed by the Industries Leading Service and Technical Team

Flooring Nester

Caneron Automation has taken proven technology from there Opti-Sizer (1986), and our Opti-Match (2005) to develop a machine unlike any other. Random flooring strips are fed in one end and nested bundles are produced at the other end.

Advantages:

  • Eliminates Repetitive Manual Labor
  • Controls Square Footage in Each Bundle
  • Produces More Even Bundles
  • Tallies Material Automatically