ʻO kekahi o nā palapala hōʻailona mua loa no ka "ʻike kaulahao pau ʻole" me ke kaulahao o nā loulou e lawe ana i nā niho ʻike i hāʻawi ʻia iā Frederick L. Magaw o Flatlands, New York i ka makahiki 1883, ʻike ʻia no ka hana ʻana i nā papa ma ka hohola ʻana i ke kaulahao ma waena o nā pahu grooved.Ua hāʻawi ʻia kekahi palapala hōʻailona i hoʻokomo ʻia i kahi papa alakaʻi iā Samuel J. Bens o Kapalakiko ma Ianuali 17, 1905, ʻo kona manaʻo e hāʻule i nā lāʻau ʻulaʻula nunui.Ua hoʻomohala ʻia a patent ʻia ka chainsaw portable mua i ka makahiki 1918 e ka millwright Kanada ʻo James Shand.Ma hope o kona ʻae ʻana i kāna mau kuleana e hala i ka makahiki 1930, ua hoʻomohala hou ʻia kāna mea i hana ʻia e ka mea i lilo i ka hui Kelemania ʻo Festo ma 1933. ʻO ka hui, e hana nei i kēia manawa ʻo Festool, hana i nā mea hana uila.ʻO Joseph Buford Cox lāua ʻo Andreas Stihl nā mea kōkua nui ʻē aʻe i ka chainsaw hou;ʻO ka mea hope i hoʻopaʻa ʻia a hoʻomohala i kahi kaulahao uila no ka hoʻohana ʻana ma nā kahua bucking ma 1926 a me kahi chainsaw i hoʻohana ʻia i ka ʻaila i ka makahiki 1929, a hoʻokumu i kahi hui e hana nui iā lākou.I ka makahiki 1927, ua hoʻokumu ʻo Emil Lerp, ka mea nāna i hoʻokumu iā Dolmar, i ka chainsaw-powered gasoline mua loa o ka honua a hana nui ia mau mea.

Ua hoʻopau ke Kaua Honua II i ka hoʻolako ʻana o nā kaulahao Kelemania i ʻAmelika ʻĀkau, no laila ua kū mai nā mea hana hou, ʻo ia hoʻi ʻo Industrial Engineering Ltd (IEL) i ka makahiki 1939, ka mea mua o Pioneer Saws Ltd a me kahi ʻāpana o Outboard Marine Corporation, ka mea hana mua loa o nā kaulahao ma North. ʻAmelika.

I ka makahiki 1944, ke kiaʻi nei ʻo Claude Poulan i nā paʻahao Kelemania e ʻoki ana i ka pulpwood ma East Texas.Ua hoʻohana ʻo Poulan i kahi pale kaʻa kahiko a hana ʻo ia i ʻāpana pihi i hoʻohana ʻia e alakaʻi i ke kaulahao.Ua ʻae ke "alakaʻi kakaka" i kēia manawa e hoʻohana ʻia ka chainsaw e kahi mea hoʻohana hoʻokahi.

Ua hoʻomaka ʻo McCulloch ma ʻAmelika ʻĀkau e hana i nā kaulahao i ka makahiki 1948. ʻO nā hiʻohiʻona mua he mea kaumaha, ʻelua kanaka me nā kaola lōʻihi.ʻO ka pinepine, kaumaha loa nā ʻuala i loaʻa nā huila e like me nā ʻauki.Ua hoʻohana nā lole ʻē aʻe i nā laina i hoʻokele ʻia mai kahi huila huila e hoʻokele i ka ʻoki ʻoki.

Ma hope o ke Kaua Honua II, ua hoʻomāmā ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ka alumini a me ka hoʻolālā ʻenekini i nā kaulahao a hiki i kahi kanaka ke lawe iā lākou.I kekahi mau wahi, ua hoʻololi ʻia nā ʻauamo kaulahao a me ka skidder e ka feller buncher a me ka ʻohi.

Ua hoʻololi ʻo Chainsaws i nā ʻili maʻalahi i hana ʻia e ke kanaka ma ka ulu lāʻau.Hana ʻia lākou i nā ʻano nui, mai nā ʻili uila liʻiliʻi i manaʻo ʻia no ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka home a me ka māla, a i nā ʻili "lumberjack" nui.Hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻia nā lālā o nā pūʻali ʻenekini koa e hoʻohana i nā kaulahao, e like me nā mea kuni ahi e hakakā i ke ahi o ka nahele a me ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i ke ahi.

Hoʻohana ʻia ʻekolu ʻano nui o nā mea hoʻokala kaulahao: faila paʻa lima, nā kaulahao uila, a me ka pahu-kau.

Ua hana ʻia ka ʻuala uila mua e Stihl i ka makahiki 1926. Ua loaʻa ke kūʻai aku i nā kaulahao kaula i ka lehulehu mai ka makahiki 1960 mai, akā ʻaʻole i kūleʻa maikaʻi kēia ma ke kālepa ʻana e like me ke ʻano o ka mana kinoea kahiko ma muli o ka palena palena, hilinaʻi i ke alo o kahi kumu uila, me ka pilikia olakino a me ka palekana o ka pili o ka lau i ke kaula.

No ka hapa nui o ke kenekulia 21, ʻo nā kaulahao i hoʻokele ʻia i ka petrol i hoʻomau ʻia ke ʻano maʻamau, akā ua kū lākou i ka hoʻokūkū mai nā kaulahao uila uila lithium cordless mai ka hopena o 2010s ma luna.ʻOiai ʻo ka hapa nui o nā kaulahao cordless he liʻiliʻi a kūpono wale no ka ʻoki ʻana i ka pā a me ke ʻoki lāʻau, ua hoʻomaka ʻo Husqvarna lāua ʻo Stihl i ka hana ʻana i nā kaulahao piha piha no ka ʻoki ʻana i nā lāʻau i nā makahiki 2020.Pono e ʻike ʻia ka nui o ka māhele mākeke ma Kaleponi ma muli o nā palena mokuʻāina i manaʻo ʻia e hoʻokō ʻia i ka makahiki 2024 ma nā mea hana kīhāpai.