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Old Skil Saw
One of the fellas at work brought in a strange piece. It is a
Skil Saw Model J. The largest blade you could put on this saw would be 5". The shoe is about 2 1/2" wide. There is no blade guard. It does not have a trigger switch, it is an on-off ball ended toggle. Yes, this thing is dangerous by today's standards. It is a full barrel saw. The castings do not match a Model E or a 77, but the diameter and length are within fractions. Does anyone have any information about this critter? I have sent off to Skil, but have not gotten any response. -- ______________________________ Keep the whole world singing . . . . DanG (remove the sevens) |
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On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 20:44:58 -0600, "DanG" wrote:
One of the fellas at work brought in a strange piece. It is a Skil Saw Model J. The largest blade you could put on this saw would be 5". The shoe is about 2 1/2" wide. There is no blade guard. It does not have a trigger switch, it is an on-off ball ended toggle. Yes, this thing is dangerous by today's standards. It is a full barrel saw. The castings do not match a Model E or a 77, but the diameter and length are within fractions. Does anyone have any information about this critter? I have sent off to Skil, but have not gotten any response. I have a similar saw made by "Power Electric Tools" that I haven't gotten to yet other than to cut the frayed cord off. Gerry :-)} London, Canada |
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Old Skil Saw
5 1/2-inch handheld circular saws used to be common, even predominant
(before 1960 or so). I have a Black & Decker one from the 1970s that I like because it is so lightweight. Blades are still available. |
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"mc" wrote in
: 5 1/2-inch handheld circular saws used to be common, even predominant (before 1960 or so). I have a Black & Decker one from the 1970s that I like because it is so lightweight. Blades are still available. They're even back in production again. I bought one - on sale - about a year ago. Lightweight plastic housing makes it very easy to handle. For heavier work, though, I've an old Singer-made Craftsman Commercial 7 1/4" saw with a cast Aluminum housing [heavy thing] that's easier to keep going straight on long cuts. |
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Old Skil Saw
I have one of those - I dont' like the lack of blade guard, so I don't use
it - it's available if anyone wants it "DanG" wrote in message ... One of the fellas at work brought in a strange piece. It is a Skil Saw Model J. The largest blade you could put on this saw would be 5". The shoe is about 2 1/2" wide. There is no blade guard. It does not have a trigger switch, it is an on-off ball ended toggle. Yes, this thing is dangerous by today's standards. It is a full barrel saw. The castings do not match a Model E or a 77, but the diameter and length are within fractions. Does anyone have any information about this critter? I have sent off to Skil, but have not gotten any response. -- ______________________________ Keep the whole world singing . . . . DanG (remove the sevens) -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |
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William,
I would like a picture of yours, if possible. There is a hinge point at the back of shoe on this one that leaves me curious. If you truly don't want yours, what kind of shipping or whatever? -- ______________________________ Keep the whole world singing . . . . DanG (remove the sevens) "William Noble" wrote in message .. . I have one of those - I dont' like the lack of blade guard, so I don't use it - it's available if anyone wants it "DanG" wrote in message ... One of the fellas at work brought in a strange piece. It is a Skil Saw Model J. The largest blade you could put on this saw would be 5". The shoe is about 2 1/2" wide. There is no blade guard. It does not have a trigger switch, it is an on-off ball ended toggle. Yes, this thing is dangerous by today's standards. It is a full barrel saw. The castings do not match a Model E or a 77, but the diameter and length are within fractions. Does anyone have any information about this critter? I have sent off to Skil, but have not gotten any response. -- ______________________________ Keep the whole world singing . . . . DanG (remove the sevens) -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |
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Old Skil Saw
well, I looked, mine is Crafstman, not skill brand - it's under
miscellaneous for sale on my web page (www.wbnoble.com) - but the picture disappeared - I'll try to take another one and update the site "some day soon" - meanwhile - $5 plus shipping if you want it "William Noble" wrote in message .. . I have one of those - I dont' like the lack of blade guard, so I don't use it - it's available if anyone wants it "DanG" wrote in message ... One of the fellas at work brought in a strange piece. It is a Skil Saw Model J. The largest blade you could put on this saw would be 5". The shoe is about 2 1/2" wide. There is no blade guard. It does not have a trigger switch, it is an on-off ball ended toggle. Yes, this thing is dangerous by today's standards. It is a full barrel saw. The castings do not match a Model E or a 77, but the diameter and length are within fractions. Does anyone have any information about this critter? I have sent off to Skil, but have not gotten any response. -- ______________________________ Keep the whole world singing . . . . DanG (remove the sevens) -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |
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