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Craftsman is a line of tools, lawn and garden equipment, and work wear.Originally a house brand established by Sears, the brand is now owned by Stanley Black & Decker.. As with all Sears products, Craftsman tools were not manufactured by Sears during the company's ownership, but made under contract by various other companies.
After some refinements, he shopped it around to several tool makers, who all rejected his invention. He went on to develop the garden tool himself. The first year, sales were over a half million dollars. By 1977 they were $80 million, and Ballas sold his company the following year to Emerson Electric Company. [4]
Husqvarna, Weed Eater, Poulan, McCulloch, others [15] Outdoor power equipment Ideal Industries: Sycamore, Illinois, US: Western Forge, [16] Pratt-Read, [17] SK Hand Tools. [18] [19] Hand Tools Illinois Tool Works: Paslode, Ramset, Redhead, others [20] Fastening Tools [21] Ingersoll-Rand: Swords, Dublin, Ireland: Ingersoll-Rand, others [22] Air ...
Weed Eater is a string trimmer company founded in 1971 in Houston, Texas by George C. Ballas, Sr., the inventor of the device. The idea for the Weed Eater trimmer came to him from the spinning nylon bristles of an automatic car wash. He thought that he could come up with a similar technique to protect the bark on trees that he was trimming around.
With this MTD began to manufacture pedal bikes, velocipedes, kiddie cars and playground equipment. In 1954 MTD entered the garden equipment industry with its introduction of a line of wheelbarrows. In 1958 MTD entered the lawn and garden power equipment industry with the production of an 18-inch (46 cm) power rotary mower.
Typically, these forge-marks either refer to a manufacturer, or a date of manufacture. Kythri 21:12, 28 November 2006 (UTC) [ reply ] Our wrench is marked 1731 on the opposite side of 13/16 and then reads c1 Forged in the U.S.A. would like to know the age of this wrench.
Techtronic Industries Company Limited (TTI Group or TTI) is a Hong Kong–based multinational company that designs, produces, and markets power tools, outdoor power equipment, hand tools, and floor care appliances.
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 ...