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Oregon Tool is the largest manufacturer of saw chain in the world, with the Oregon brand holding the title of #1 saw chain in the world. Saw chain sold under the Oregon brand is sold to OEMs, dealers, and direct-to-consumer. Other products sold under the Oregon brand include: chain saw bar, sprocket, lawn mower blades, and string trimmer string.
Joseph Buford Cox (1905 – August 10, 2002), [1] was an American inventor and businessman. He invented what is now known as the chipper type chain for chain saws.He based his design on the C-shaped jaws of the larva of the timberman beetle. [2]
Safety practices generally recommend that chainsaw users wear protective clothing, also known as personal protective equipment or PPE, while operating chainsaws. [1] [2] There is general agreement worldwide on what clothing is suitable, but local jurisdictions have specific rules and recommendations.
McCulloch Motors Corporation is an American manufacturer of chainsaws and other outdoor power tools.The company was founded in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 1943 by Robert Paxton McCulloch as a manufacturer of small two-stroke gasoline engines and introduced its first chainsaw in 1948, the Model 5-49.
G.I. Joe's began in 1952 when Edward Orkney purchased army surplus sleeping bags and then set up a tent in Portland, Oregon, to sell them to the public. [3] Orkney sold out of the sleeping bags and then started selling other army surplus merchandise in a store that then doubled in size by 1956, [3] making it Portland's largest retailer of sporting goods and outdoor gear.
During World War II, 1941–45, Pendleton Woolen Mills devoted most of its production to blankets and fabric for uniforms and clothing for the US military services. In 1949, after postwar market research showed a desire for women's sportswear, the company introduced a line of wool clothing for women and the '49er jacket proved extremely popular.
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Andreas Stihl designed and hand built his first chainsaw in 1926. [5] The saw was electrically powered, and weighed about 48 kg (106 lb). [6] Stihl grew slowly initially, as the chainsaws came to the market about the same time as the Great Depression; with manpower cheap, and old two-man saws proven, there was no need for power saws.