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What was the original purpose of the chainsaw?
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[QUOTE="256bits, post: 6855407, member: 328943"] If given the question, I would not have fathomed that the chainsaw device with a continuous 'blade' was originally a medical device from the late 18th century. An effort saving machine for lumberjacks cutting wood would have been my first guess. But wrong. But when one thinks about it, the hand held powered chainsaw the average homeowner can buy is a recent ( 50 years or so ) machine. For quite some time engines were heavy. So heavy that a handheld was out of the question until technology improved to give weight savings such as aluminium blocks. Lumberjacks would necessarily have stuck with the trusty two man straight blade to cut down a tree, as that could be carried around and manueuvred much more easily than a cumbersome heavy machine that hurt your ears when running. Effort saving was not to be had until after the middle of last century. read on..... [URL]https://www.msn.com/en-ca/foodanddrink/foodnews/why-were-chainsaws-invented-let-s-cut-to-the-chase-the-answer-may-leave-you-a-little-queasy/ar-AA17xlmE?ocid=entnewsntp&pc=U531&cvid=36d61fcabddc4954843451cbe583f957[/URL] [URL]https://chainsawlarry.com/when-were-chainsaws-invented/[/URL] [ATTACH type="full"]322358[/ATTACH] Early chain saw muscle powered for cutting bone in medical operations. [/QUOTE]
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