These old SkilSaw brand, have real gear oil bathed reduction gears, from an overbuilt motor. I inherited one from my dad, that he got in the early 1950s, from a pawn shop in Lincoln Nebraska. I think he said the price back then for the used one was >$300 (don't think my memory was wrong). It needed a new switch and cord, which I found online from an authorized Skill Tool dealer. Amazingly affordable, and fit in the casting location as it should. But my dad used this for cutting concrete holes in the basement floor, as well concrete crack control joints. I use it for the same. It needs a new seal for the shafts in the gear box, as it needs refilling when used. As I'm old, and procuring new seals, after disassembling something that is working, and 'burns a little oil', seems stupid, so I will leave it alone, as I may never use it again. But I did cut two basalt black granite slabs that I got off FBmarketplace, 4" thick, 2'x3' foot rectangle, polished ultra shiny on one side (formerly the outside of some local bank that went out of biz), in half so I could put them on the different benches, to give a place for sandpaper flattening of stuff.
I'm a hoarder, it's true.

LinkBack URL
About LinkBacks
Reply With Quote

Bookmarks