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Basic consumer units use a curved shaft, similar to a basic line trimmer. More professional units use a straight shaft with a gearbox at the cutting head end. Top-of-the-line units use a straight "split" shaft with a disconnection point partway along the shaft, allowing the cutting head to be replaced by other accessories such as pole pruners ...
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.
A string trimmer, also known by the portmanteau strimmer and the trademarks Weedwacker, Weed Eater and Whipper Snipper, [1] [a] is a garden power tool for cutting grass, small weeds, and groundcover. It uses a whirling monofilament line instead of a blade, which protrudes from a rotating spindle at the end of a long shaft topped by a gasoline ...
In 1929, Andreas Stihl married Mia Giersch (1903-2002), [2] with whom he had four children, among them Hans Peter Stihl (born 1932) and Eva Mayr-Stihl (born 1935), who succeeded her father in managing the company and remaining Vorstand until 2002. [9] Stihl divorced his first wife in 1960, and married Hannelore Wegener-Doberg (1927-2009) the ...
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A split shaft PTO is mounted to the truck's drive shaft to provide power to the PTO. Such a unit is an additional gearbox that separates the vehicle's drive shaft into two parts: The gearbox-facing shaft which will transmit the power of the engine to the split shaft PTO; The axle-facing shaft which transmit the propelling power to the axle.
Chainsaws can be modified to suit different use-cases. Pictured is a hedge trimmer attachment fixed to a chainsaw bar, with teeth that catch hedge branches. Different bar types are available: [citation needed] Laminated bars consist of different layers to reduce the weight of the bar. Solid bars are solid steel, intended for professional use.
Stephen Carrie Blumberg (born 1948 [1] in Saint Paul, Minnesota) is best known as a bibliomane who lived in Ottumwa, Iowa.After being arrested for stealing more than 23,600 books worth US$5.3 million in 1990 (equivalent to about $13M in 2024), he became known as the Book Bandit and was recognized as the most successful book thief in the history of the United States.