Est. 1998 — 27 years of woodworking knowledge
Blustery Humpday Triviola
Well, it had to eventually happen here in the foothills...winter. Thank goodness for my trusty shop heater! Had to get out "the big coat" this morning.
This one might be a softball, but here goes.....
In 1830 some German guy invented a surgical instrument that is now known as the first of its kind and used by many woodworkers today. What was the instrument?
Do I...
Have to give up whittling with my pocket knife to give the answer?
Lee
Re: Do I...
or will my heart skip a beat.
Nice Guesses...but no.
WAG
I think that I read about this somewhere in another galaxie far, far away. If my memory serves, it was unusual to connect this with medicine, although the modern version probably causes many a doctor visit. I and going to guess a chainsaw.
Re: Blustery Humpday Triviola
Perhaps a band-clamp, or more precisely, the mechanism for tightening said clamp. (Today, the invention is used medically only in the event of amputations, as it is said to cause undue trauma to blood vessels and muscle tissue on its own - the Scouts are counseled against its use in the event of poisonous snakebite, f'rinstance.)
Fred
Under gray skies and flurries of nasty, disgusting white stuff in Eastern Missouri
The Answer....
As we speak...Elves are insulating a Golden Uni for shipment to Dan for knowing the answer of Chainsaw.
"Orthopedics became a specialty with the help of a new instrument, the osteotome, invented around 1830 by the German Bernard Heine. This illustration from a contemporary inventory of surgical tools shows clearly that this clever master of prosthetics had in fact invented the chain saw. The links of the chain carried small cutting teeth with the edges set at an angle; the chain was moved around a guiding blade by turning the handle of the sprocket wheel."
Several major manufacturers of chain saws claim to have invented the first chain saw and all their claims point to the 1920s. However, the 1830 osteotome would pre-date them all.