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Chainsaw

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A chainsaw is a portable, mechanical saw which cuts with a set of teeth attached to a rotating chain that runs along a guide bar. [1]

71 relations: Alloy steel, Andreas Stihl, Architectural conservation, Bandsaw, Bernhard Heine, Bicycle chain, Carbon monoxide poisoning, Centrifugal clutch, Centrifugal force, Chain, Chainsaw carving, Chainsaw mill, Chainsaw safety features, Chainsaws in popular culture, Circular saw, Diamond blade, Dolmar, Dragsaw, Electric motor, Emil Lerp, Feller buncher, Felling, Festo, Festool, Firebreak, Firefighter, Friction, Germany, Gigli saw, Harvester (forestry), Hydraulic machinery, Ice sculpture, Internal combustion engine, Jigsaw (power tool), Joseph Buford Cox, Limbing, List of decorative stones, Log bucking, Lubrication, McCulloch Motors Corporation, Military engineering, Occupational noise, Osteotome, Outboard Marine Corporation, Personal protective equipment, Portable sawmill, Pruning, Roller chain, Root, Saw, ..., Saw chain, Sawyer (occupation), Skidder, Small engine, Sprocket, Steel, Stihl, Stone sculpture, Symphysiotomy, Tackifier, The Runaways, Tinnitus, Tooth, Tungsten carbide, Two-stroke engine, United States Forest Service, Vibration white finger, Viscosity, Water, Wildfire suppression, Winter swimming. Expand index (21 more) »

Alloy steel

Alloy steel is steel that is alloyed with a variety of elements in total amounts between 1.0% and 50% by weight to improve its mechanical properties.

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Andreas Stihl

Andreas Stihl (November 10, 1896 in Zürich, Switzerland – January 14, 1973 in Rohrbronn, Baden-Württemberg, Germany) was an engineer and important inventor in the area of chainsaws, and the founder of Andreas Stihl AG & Company.

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Architectural conservation

Architectural conservation describes the process through which the material, historical, and design integrity of any built heritage are prolonged through carefully planned interventions.

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Bandsaw

A bandsaw (also written band saw) is a saw with a long, sharp blade consisting of a continuous band of toothed metal stretched between two or more wheels to cut material.

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Bernhard Heine

Bernhard Heine (August 20, 1800, Schramberg (Black Forest) – July 31, 1846, Glockenthal near Thun (Switzerland)) was a German physician, bone specialist and the inventor of the osteotome, a medical tool for cutting bones.

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Bicycle chain

A bicycle chain is a roller chain that transfers power from the pedals to the drive-wheel of a bicycle, thus propelling it.

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Carbon monoxide poisoning

Carbon monoxide poisoning typically occurs from breathing in too much carbon monoxide (CO).

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Centrifugal clutch

A centrifugal clutch is a clutch that uses centrifugal force to connect two concentric shafts, with the driving shaft nested inside the driven shaft.

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Centrifugal force

In Newtonian mechanics, the centrifugal force is an inertial force (also called a "fictitious" or "pseudo" force) directed away from the axis of rotation that appears to act on all objects when viewed in a rotating frame of reference.

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Chain

A chain is a serial assembly of connected pieces, called links, typically made of metal, with an overall character similar to that of a rope in that it is flexible and curved in compression but linear, rigid, and load-bearing in tension.

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Chainsaw carving

The art of chainsaw carving is a fast-growing form of art that combines the modern technology of the chainsaw with the ancient art of woodcarving.

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Chainsaw mill

An Alaskan mill or chainsaw mill is a type of sawmill that is used by one or two operators to mill logs into lumber for use in furniture, construction and other uses.

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Chainsaw safety features

This article is about risk control methods specific to chainsaws and chainsaw operations.

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Chainsaws in popular culture

Chainsaws, the common logging and woodworking tool, are also a common sight in popular culture.

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Circular saw

A circular saw is a power-saw using a toothed or abrasive disc or blade to cut different materials using a rotary motion spinning around an arbor.

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Diamond blade

A diamond blade is a saw blade which has diamonds fixed on its edge for cutting hard or abrasive materials.

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Dolmar

Makita Engineering Germany GmbH (Dolmar) is one of the oldest manufacturers of portable gasoline chainsaws and is headquartered in Hamburg, Germany.

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Dragsaw

A dragsaw is an early reciprocating saw using a long (for example 1.8 m, 6-foot) steel crosscut saw to buck logs to length.

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Electric motor

An electric motor is an electrical machine that converts electrical energy into mechanical energy.

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Emil Lerp

Emil Lerp (1886–1966) was a German businessman and inventor of the first mass produced transportable gasoline chainsaw.

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Feller buncher

A feller buncher is a type of harvester used in logging.

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Felling

Felling is the process of downing individual trees,"Feller" def.

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Festo

Festo is a German multinational industrial control and automation company based in Esslingen am Neckar, Germany.

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Festool

Festool is a brand of power tools from Germany.

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Firebreak

A firebreak is a gap in vegetation or other combustible material that acts as a barrier to slow or stop the progress of a bushfire or wildfire.

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Firefighter

A firefighter is a rescuer extensively trained in firefighting, primarily to extinguish hazardous fires that threaten life, property and the environment as well as to rescue people and animals from dangerous situations.

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Friction

Friction is the force resisting the relative motion of solid surfaces, fluid layers, and material elements sliding against each other.

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Germany

Germany (Deutschland), officially the Federal Republic of Germany (Bundesrepublik Deutschland), is a sovereign state in central-western Europe.

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Gigli saw

A Gigli saw is a flexible wire saw used by surgeons for bone cutting.

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Harvester (forestry)

A harvester is a type of heavy forestry vehicle employed in cut-to-length logging operations for felling, delimbing and bucking trees.

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Hydraulic machinery

Hydraulic machines are machinery and tools that use liquid fluid power to do simple work.

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Ice sculpture

Ice sculpture is a form of sculpture that uses ice as the raw material.

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Internal combustion engine

An internal combustion engine (ICE) is a heat engine where the combustion of a fuel occurs with an oxidizer (usually air) in a combustion chamber that is an integral part of the working fluid flow circuit.

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Jigsaw (power tool)

A jigsaw power tool is a jigsaw made up of an electric motor and a reciprocating saw blade.

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Joseph Buford Cox

Joseph Buford Cox (1905 – August 10, 2002), was an American inventor and businessman.

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Limbing

Limbing (also known as "chasing") in logging is the process of removing branches from the trunk of a fallen tree.

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List of decorative stones

This is a geographical list of natural stone used for decorative purposes in construction and monumental sculpture produced in various countries.

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Log bucking

Bucker measuring and swamping or knot bumping Bucker - Making the Cut Bucking is the process of cutting a felled and delimbed tree into logs.

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Lubrication

Lubrication is the process or technique of using a lubricant to reduce friction and/or wear in a contact between two surfaces.

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McCulloch Motors Corporation

McCulloch Motors Corporation is an American manufacturer of chainsaws and other outdoor power tools.

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Military engineering

Military engineering is loosely defined as the art, science, and practice of designing and building military works and maintaining lines of military transport and communications.

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Occupational noise

Occupational noise is the amount of acoustic energy received by an employee's auditory system when they are working in the industry.

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Osteotome

An osteotome is an instrument used for cutting or preparing bone.

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Outboard Marine Corporation

Outboard Marine Corporation (OMC) was a maker of Evinrude, Johnson and Gale Outboard Motors boat motors and many different brands of boats.

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Personal protective equipment

Personal protective equipment (PPE) refers to protective clothing, helmets, goggles, or other garments or equipment designed to protect the wearer's body from injury or infection.

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Portable sawmill

Portable sawmills are sawmills small enough to be moved easily and set up in the field.

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Pruning

Pruning is a horticultural and silvicultural practice involving the selective removal of certain parts of a plant, such as branches, buds, or roots.

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Roller chain

Roller chain or bush roller chain is the type of chain drive most commonly used for transmission of mechanical power on many kinds of domestic, industrial and agricultural machinery, including conveyors, wire- and tube-drawing machines, printing presses, cars, motorcycles, and bicycles.

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Root

In vascular plants, the root is the organ of a plant that typically lies below the surface of the soil.

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Saw

A saw is a tool consisting of a tough blade, wire, or chain with a hard toothed edge.

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Saw chain

The saw chain, or "cutting chain", is a key component of a chainsaw.

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Sawyer (occupation)

Sawyer is an occupational term referring to someone who saws wood, particularly using a pit saw either in a saw pit or with the log on trestles above ground or operates a sawmill.

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Skidder

A skidder is any type of heavy vehicle used in a logging operation for pulling cut trees out of a forest in a process called "skidding", in which the logs are transported from the cutting site to a landing.

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Small engine

A small engine is the general term for a wide range of small-displacement, low-powered internal combustion engines used to power lawn mowers, generators, concrete mixers and many other machines that require independent power sources.

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Sprocket

A sprocket or sprocket-wheel is a profiled wheel with teeth, or cogs, that mesh with a chain, track or other perforated or indented material.

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Steel

Steel is an alloy of iron and carbon and other elements.

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Stihl

Andreas Stihl AG & Company KG ("pronounced like steel") is a German manufacturer of chainsaws and other handheld power equipment including trimmers and blowers. Their headquarters are in Waiblingen, Baden-Württemberg, near Stuttgart, Germany. Stihl was founded in 1926 by Andreas Stihl, an important innovator in early chain saw production. Stihl claims to be the world's best-selling brand of chain saws, and the only chain saw manufacturer to make its own saw chains and guide bars. Andreas Stihl AG is a privately held company owned by the descendants of Andreas Stihl.

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Stone sculpture

A stone sculpture is an object made of stone which has been carved or assembled to form a visually interesting three-dimensional shape.

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Symphysiotomy

Symphysiotomy is a surgical procedure in which the cartilage of the pubic symphysis is divided to widen the pelvis allowing childbirth when there is a mechanical problem.

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Tackifier

Tackifiers are chemical compounds used in formulating adhesives to increase the tack, the stickiness of the surface of the adhesive.

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The Runaways

The Runaways were an all-female teenage American rock band that recorded and performed in the second half of the 1970s.

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Tinnitus

Tinnitus is the hearing of sound when no external sound is present.

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Tooth

A tooth (plural teeth) is a hard, calcified structure found in the jaws (or mouths) of many vertebrates and used to break down food.

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Tungsten carbide

Tungsten carbide (chemical formula: WC) is a chemical compound (specifically, a carbide) containing equal parts of tungsten and carbon atoms.

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Two-stroke engine

A two-stroke (or two-cycle) engine is a type of internal combustion engine which completes a power cycle with two strokes (up and down movements) of the piston during only one crankshaft revolution.

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United States Forest Service

The United States Forest Service (USFS) is an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture that administers the nation's 154 national forests and 20 national grasslands, which encompass.

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Vibration white finger

Vibration white finger (VWF), also known as hand-arm vibration syndrome (HAVS) or dead finger, is a secondary form of Raynaud's syndrome, an industrial injury triggered by continuous use of vibrating hand-held machinery.

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Viscosity

The viscosity of a fluid is the measure of its resistance to gradual deformation by shear stress or tensile stress.

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Water

Water is a transparent, tasteless, odorless, and nearly colorless chemical substance that is the main constituent of Earth's streams, lakes, and oceans, and the fluids of most living organisms.

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Wildfire suppression

Wildfire suppression is a range of firefighting tactics used to suppress wildfires.

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Winter swimming

Winter swimming is the activity of swimming during the winter season, typically in outdoor locations (open water swimming) or in unheated pools or lidos.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chainsaw

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