Festo Chain Saw - The First?

[Sean7a]

Unsure if this has been posted and unsure if you want to move it to a different forum Shane (though it is a Festool tool).

Pretty cool!  One of the world's, if not THE, first portable chain saw made by you know who.

 

[Administrator_JSVN]

Yes, I had posted it. But that's ok because some of the members may not have seen it.

And, yes, the first gas powered portable chain saw.

 

[Tinker]

It sounds just like my old Titan.  I bet it is a heavy sucker.
I like the feature of tilting the blade.  I have never seen that before.
I would think it was tough to hang on to it all day with both handles so far forward and both at the side of the power head.
That would have broken my flimsey back in a couple of minutes.
Tinker

 

[daviszr1]

Wooohhh there.  All stop!  Where's the dust collection?!?

 

[cje]

I like the feature of tilting the blade.  I have never seen that before.

Maybe required because the engine would run/lubricate well only when in upright position?

 

[cje]

Wooohhh there.  All stop!  Where's the dust collection?!?

Dust collection was performed by the pavement, and I guess almost 100% of the sawdust was collected!

 

[Tinker]

When I was living/working on farms, one of my chores was to go to woodworking shops and saw mills of the area for loads of sawdust.  We used it for bedding for chickens and cattle.  At the WW'ing shops, we collected wood shavings as well.  Those were used in the laying boxes for the hens to settle down in comfort to lay their eggs. 

I hated going after the sawdust as it was loaded into empty feed bags.  The work of filling those bags was performed within a nearly airtight structure.  We used ensilage forks to fill the bags. The fork was nearly as wide as the bag so it was a two man job.  Every forkful created a new dust cloud that blew right into the face of the bag holder.  Actually, it was not much fun for the guy at the boom end of the fork either.

The only work i hated more was when we went after coal.  That dust was even worse.
Tinker

 

[NuggyBuggy]

And, yes, the first gas powered portable chain saw.

What's the basis for that claim ? Everything I had read suggests that either Stihl or Dolmar invented the first gas-powered, portable chainsaw.  The only references I can see to Festo being first are either Festool websites/Youtube videos, or a citation-less Wikipedia article

 

[Administrator_JSVN]

What's the basis for that claim ? Everything I had read suggests that either Stihl or Dolmar invented the first gas-powered, portable chainsaw.  The only references I can see to Festo being first are either Festool websites/Youtube videos, or a citation-less Wikipedia article

Simply stating what has been conveyed to me from our headquarters in Germany. Beyond that, I have no evidence, however I suspect Germany does if you truly want to investigate it. You could use the contact form on the international website.

 

[johninthecamper]

stihl has claimed this for a while,maybe the difference is one or two man,maybe they all worked in the same barn.I think production is used a a term,as opposed to prototype

 

[JPW]

I like the feature of tilting the blade.  I have never seen that before.

Maybe required because the engine would run/lubricate well only when in upright position?

I think it is because the carburator only works in upright position. Modern chainsaws have a different type of carburators that work no matter of orientation.

 

[semenza]

Wooohhh there.  All stop!  Where's the dust collection?!?

Dust collection was performed by the pavement, and I guess almost 100% of the sawdust was collected!

No, the official  amount is 97%. Some gets on the shoes and lower pant legs.  [big grin]

Seth

 

[greg mann]

What's the basis for that claim ? Everything I had read suggests that either Stihl or Dolmar invented the first gas-powered, portable chainsaw.  The only references I can see to Festo being first are either Festool websites/Youtube videos, or a citation-less Wikipedia article

Simply stating what has been conveyed to me from our headquarters in Germany. Beyond that, I have no evidence, however I suspect Germany does if you truly want to investigate it. You could use the contact form on the international website.

Whoever was first, prototype versus production or whatever, is largely irrelevant today. Stihl made the chainsaw truly ubiquitous, from top-of-the-line pro models to light duty homeowner models, and at a price/quality metric that is quite uncommon. They have their competition, namely Husqvarna, but their market penetration top to bottom is quite remarkable. Having said that, I think it will be a long time before we see a Stihl version of the Domino.  [wink]