Raymond Elmer DeWalt (October 9, 1885 – May 8, 1961) was an American inventor and entrepreneur, who invented the

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in 1922. In 1924, he founded

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Products Company in Leola, Pennsylvania, to manufacture and sell the “Wonder-Worker” (his name for the radial arm saw). As the company was reaching an early pinnacle of success, he sold it to found a religious communal order. He later went on to become a shop teacher at Mechanicsburg Highschool. He was born in Oakville

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and died in Mechanicsburg.

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History of DeWalt
1885 births 1961 deaths 20th-century American inventors {{US-business-bio-1880s-stub