The Beginning: The Ridge Tool Company was founded on January 5, 1923 in North Ridgeville, Ohio by Carl Ingwer, Sr. The focus of the company is to manufacture tools for tradesmen. Such as the creation of the modern pipe wrench. Founders, Ridgid 1925 - They improved on the Stillson ...

Raymond DeWalt invents the “Wonder-Worker” (Radial Arm Saw) in 1922 while working as superintendent of Seabrook Farms.  The saw targeted at home builders. This was the first use of a motor to directly drive a saw arbor. Previous versions of this type of saw had power transferred to the saw ...

The precursor to the Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation, A.H. Petersen Company, was founded in 1922 by A.H. Petersen and Albert F. Siebert.  Petersen had developed an electric drill named the Hole-Shooter.  It was light-weight (5lbs) yet powerful enough to handle heavy-duty ...