A reciprocating saw is a handheld, machine-powered saw whose cutting action comes from a push-and-pull, back-and-forth motion of the blade. Milwaukee Electric Tool first produced a saw of this kind in 1951 under the trade name Sawzall, a name still commonly used for the tool in the United States. The battery-powered or corded handheld version, also called a hognose, recip saw or sawsaw, carries a large blade resembling that of a jigsaw and a handle oriented so the saw can be used comfortably against vertical surfaces; it is widely used in construction and demolition work as well as in gardening and pruning larger trees or plants. A foot at the base of the blade, again similar to a jigsaw's, rests against the surface being cut, countering the blade's tendency to push away from or pull toward the material as it moves.
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Introduced When (Circa)Introduced in 1951 by the Milwaukee Electric Tool Company, whose original trade name for the tool, Sawzall, is still often used generically for reciprocating saws in the United States. 1 OriginThe reciprocating saw is often called a Sawzall in the United States, after the original trade name Milwaukee Electric Tool Company gave the tool it introduced in 1951, now used generically the way some trademark names become the everyday word for a whole product category. 1 Introduced era (class) In the Other Atlases
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1. Reciprocating Saw (Wikipedia)
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The original trade name, Sawzall, is often used in the United States, where Milwaukee Electric Tool first produced a tool of this type in 1951.
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