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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.
A polesaw (also pole saw or giraffe saw) is a saw attached to a pole or long handle that is used for pruning tree branches that are beyond arm's reach. [1] [2] A polesaw allows its user to cut high branches without the use of a ladder. [3] Polesaws can be manual or motorized.
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]
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.
The chain has to be properly matched to the guide bar and the saw. Chainsaw manufacturers specify a selection of suitable chains for each model of saw. Best safety requires that the chain is properly sharpened. One key sharpening parameter is the depth gauge setting. The depth gauge is the small steel protubera
The original powered head saw was composed of long, narrow blades that used an up-and-down motion, a reciprocating saw. Each blade was set at a fixed width meaning each log was cut identically, regardless of flaws. This design was not energy efficient and around 1860 sawmills began to adopt the more efficient circular saw. In the 1870s, the ...
A ten-blade saw demonstrated by FirstEnergy in 2017. An aerial saw is a saw which is flown through the air. The aerial saw may also be known as a helicopter aerial saw.. Large aerial saws are flown by helicopter to trim trees in remote locations when they overgrow power lines, pipelines or other infrastructure.
SawStop is an American table saw manufacturer headquartered in Tualatin, Oregon.The company was founded in 2000 to manufacture table saws that feature a patented automatic braking system that stops the blade upon contact with skin or flesh.