<P> DeWalt (trademarked as DᴇWALT) is an American worldwide brand of power tools and hand tools for the construction, manufacturing and woodworking industries . DeWalt is a trade name of Black & Decker (U.S.) Inc., a subsidiary of Stanley Black & Decker . </P> <P> The original company was started in 1923 by Raymond E. DeWalt, the inventor of the radial arm saw . The company grew quickly and was reorganized and re-incorporated in 1947 as DeWalt Inc . </P> <P> After buying the company in 1949, American Machine & Foundry Co., Inc. sold it to Black & Decker in 1960 . </P> <P> Black & Decker divested itself of the radial arm saw manufacturing branch in 1989, selling it to two executives . Radial arm saws that use the original DeWalt design can still be obtained from the Original Saw Co . </P>

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