The first chainsaw

The modern chainsaw market offers a huge variety of models. You can choose the appropriate option for any purpose, operating conditions and wallet. In fact chainsaw has a huge history. It has come a long way to its modern appearance. It is worth understanding how the instrument appeared and what stages of improvement it went through.

The history of the appearance and development of the first chainsaw

The key parts that were subsequently installed on the instrument appeared at the end of the 19th century. The “relative” of the modern chainsaw arose at the beginning of the 20th century. The invention belongs to a mechanical engineer of German origin. He presented his brainchild in 1926. It was during this period that he filed a patent intended for a mechanical chain saw. The device had an electric motor.

The equipment turned out to be quite heavy. It weighs about half a hundredweight and requires several physically strong people to use.

A short time later, in 1929, a lightweight model was introduced. However, despite all the efforts of the engineer, the weight dropped only by a few kg. Experiments to increase power and reduce weight continued. The inventor decided to replace the electric motor with a gasoline one. In the same year he showed a new model. It was a chainsaw with a power of 6 hp. s., and weighed 46 kg.

It was the model released in 1929 that subsequently evolved to the modern device.

In 1943, on a special order from the Wehrmacht, engineer Shtil created a two-handed version of the chain saw. The unit turned out to be especially light and weighed 36 kg. In 1947, a lumberjack decided to modernize his sawing equipment by changing the chain, adding a C-shaped teeth. But due to their heavy weight, chainsaws were used only for professional purposes.

In 1950, STIHL introduced a new, ultra-light model. Her weight was 16 kg. A few years later, an even more improved version was released. He weighed only 11 kg. It was from this moment that the equipment began to be used not only in the professional sphere, but also in the household. Subsequently, the instrument was constantly modernized. As a result, many models have appeared with varying power, weight and feature sets.

Chainsaws in the USSR

In the late 1920s, the USSR began to purchase chainsaws from foreign companies. With the advent of 1935, the company began its own production of this equipment. But at first, in the pre- and post-war periods, the unit did not receive much demand in forestry. But work on the models did not stop. A plant was launched that was engaged in the development and production of saws.

During this period, tools were not in demand due to the fact that most of the logging fell on the shoulders of prisoners serving their sentences in correctional camps. The mechanization of their work was not intended.

In the early 1950s, chainsaws were rarely used for felling wood. Then electric saws weighing 12 kg gradually began to be introduced. But the forest fellers refused such equipment. They even held competitions to see who could do the job faster—a feller or a chainsaw. With the advent of 1954, the old methods of felling wood came to an end.They were gradually replaced by more modern and functional equipment.