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Manufactured/Badged by:
Skil Corp.
Chicago, IL

Machine Specifications
Machine Class:	Wood Working Machinery
Machine Type:	Radial Arm Saw
Machine Size:	16"
Submitted By:	JB Lenzi

Machine Specifications
Description/Model:	315
Date of Manufacturer:	pre-1950?
Serial Number:
Last Updated	7/18/2005 12:43:03 AM

Comments:

I picked this saw out of a retired contractor's storage yard in semi-basketcase condition. It had been left out in the weather along with several other saws for the many years since he had retired. There was also a Comet and two DeWalt GEs--all trailer mounted. I chose the Skil because it was in slightly better (a relative term) condition, was single-phase, and I already had a DeWalt GE in better condition. The price was the cost of gas for my truck to haul it away. After complete restoration, including replacement of most of the knobs, handles and bearings, a NOS C-H switch, and making decent table-leveling rails, it runs like a charm--the 2-HP motor with a 16" blade has more than enough power to feed through 4X or 6X lumber as fast as you could possibly want to pull it. Accuracy is excellent for what is essentially a framing saw. The trailer had been built from the front end of a 1938 Ford car, but is somewhat similar to the factory trailer Skil actually offered as an accessory. With the addition of new tires (one of the existing tires still had Ford script on it--probably original to the car), fenders, and levelers, it became an excellent jobsite saw for several projects I was working on at the time. Almost everywhere I hauled it, I received compliments and/or offers to buy it--most of them excellent offers considering I had about $200 invested in the saw and trailer. One guy offered $1500 cash on the spot (I probably should have taken that one, but we were using the saw a LOT at the time). Now it sits at my warehouse and does odd-jobs of construction work or crate-building on occasion. The trailer tongue and arm take up a lot of space, hence the pile of storage behind it, but it also has an advantage sitting where it does in that it lines up with the doorway for clearance to run long stock. If the guy with $1500 ever turns up again, I'd be willing to haggle now...:-)

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Comments: Right quarter
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Comments: Left quarter
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