National Band Saw was founded in 1953 by Jack Frank as a meat saw Service Company. Jack had over 30 years of in-field service and repair experience by time the National Band Saw was founded. In addition to direct service experience, Jack had a philosophy of providing the very best service to his customers. In 1954, Norman Frank joined his father and for the next ten years they serviced electric meat saws throughout California, Nevada, and Arizona. One of the challenges facing National Band Saw was the frustration of not having replacement parts readily available. The parts needed were often not available or were not priced well. Jack and Norman recognized the need to manufacture their own parts; but to maintain high standards and to be cost effective would require manufacturing in large quantities. The larger quantities were more than National Band Saw could possibly use servicing its own customers, so they began marketing their parts to other service companies. In 1960, National Band Saw featured 60 meat saw replacements parts listed on a typed one page catalog. In the early 1960s, National Band Saw established their own manufacturing facility and began manufacturing their own parts.