I had to cut a lot of 6 inch thick timbers and this big saw would do it with ease. Vintage Skil saw model 77 all metal heavy duty carpenters framing tool wood saw - 383488426296 - (). Description/Model: Skilsaw Model 77: Date of Manufacturer: 1964: Serial Number: 743727: Last Updated: 8:59:28 PM. Only problem you could not get the thing to zero out and make a 90 degree cut. and I have not found any evidence to agree or disagree. He really seems to know a ton about vintage hand held power tools, so I am taking him at his word. Been looking for one for a while and happy to have found this. You could get it to about 89 degrees, then, after a few minutes, it would be at 88 degrees. Always had to adjust it and it just did not want to cut at 90 degrees. Man that thing was a beast when you lit it up! Because of centrifugal force, if you were standing there holding the thing with it running, you could hardly turn around. I had a buddy who owned the local hardware store, he had a sort of tool museum up high on the walls with old time adzes, broad axes etc hanging up there. I own two old big wormdrive Skilsaws, a model 107 ten inch blade and a model 127, twelve inch blade. I donated the Makita to him and he hung it up there on the wall. Like their modern descendants, the model 77 variants, they use a diamond shape arbor. Its really difficult to find that type blade in either size, especially with carbide teeth. Its not mentioned or shown in the Amazon description, but.
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