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Stihl was founded in 1926 by Andreas Stihl, an innovator in early chainsaw production. Stihl says it is the world's best-selling brand of chainsaws and the only chainsaw manufacturer to make its own saw chains and guide bars. [4] Andreas Stihl AG is a privately held company owned by the descendants of Andreas Stihl.
Manufacturer Headquarters Brands Products Altendorf GmbH: Minden, Germany: Altendorf: Table saws, panel saws: Andreas Stihl AG & Company KG: Waiblingen, Germany: Stihl, Viking [1]: Outdoor power equipment [2]
The first electric chainsaw was invented by Stihl in 1926. [18] Corded chainsaws became available for sale to the public from the 1960s onwards, [ 19 ] but these were never as successful commercially as the older gas-powered type due to limited range, dependency upon the presence of an electrical socket , plus the health and safety risk of the ...
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Two-man saw in Oregon. A two-man saw (known colloquially as a "misery whip" [1]) is a saw designed for use by two sawyers. While some modern chainsaws are so large that they require two persons to control, two-man crosscut saws were primarily important when human power was used. [2]
An early electric vacuum cleaner by the Electric Suction Sweeper Company, circa 1908, predecessor of the Hoover vacuum cleaner (1922).. This is a list of vacuum cleaners and robot vacuum cleaner manufacturers.
According to one source, New Britain Machine was founded in New Britain, Connecticut in 1887. [2] However, according to Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center, it was founded in 1895 subsequent to the J.T. Case Engine Company, a manufacturer of steam engines. [3]
1926–1927: Portable electric (by Andreas Stihl in 1926 in Cannstatt) and the first petrol chainsaw (by Emil Lerp in 1927). [201] A precursor of chainsaws was made around 1830 by Bernhard Heine [202] 1927: Concrete pump by Max Giese and Fritz Hull [203] 1930s: Particle board by Max Himmelheber [204]