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Classic Power Tools => Classic Power Tools => Topic started by: genog on July 04, 2022, 01:48:28 PM

Title: Vintage Skil belt sander
Post by: genog on July 04, 2022, 01:48:28 PM

Here's a nice cool old Skil sander

Previous owner repurposed a Craftsman tool box and did a nice stenciling job.
It fooled me at first...

Works well

By the way, Happy Independence Day!

(http://i.imgur.com/NkpSTCsl.jpg) (https://imgur.com/NkpSTCs)

(http://i.imgur.com/kep75Rtl.jpg) (https://imgur.com/kep75Rt)

(http://i.imgur.com/CoCUyIGl.jpg) (https://imgur.com/CoCUyIG)

(http://i.imgur.com/NJINoh9l.jpg) (https://imgur.com/NJINoh9)

Title: Re: Vintage Skil belt sander
Post by: lptools on July 04, 2022, 02:56:34 PM

Wow!  I have never seen that one before!! Very cool!

Title: Re: Vintage Skil belt sander
Post by: Bill Houghton on July 07, 2022, 05:38:12 PM

Very nice.  There should be a black plastic knob on the front by which to grip the front; but, even without that, it's a fine looking tool.

Christian Becksvoort (https://www.chbecksvoort.com/ (https://www.chbecksvoort.com/)), a major furnituremaker focused on Shakerish furniture, uses or used to use, one of these as his standard belt sander.

Title: Re: Vintage Skil belt sander
Post by: genog on September 14, 2022, 01:50:16 AM

Quote from: Bill Houghton on July 07, 2022, 05:38:12 PM

Very nice.  There should be a black plastic knob on the front by which to grip the front; but, even without that.....

There's a knob.
Look at the pics :grin:

Title: Re: Vintage Skil belt sander
Post by: Bill Houghton on September 25, 2022, 01:10:52 PM

Quote from: genog on September 14, 2022, 01:50:16 AM

Quote from: Bill Houghton on July 07, 2022, 05:38:12 PM

Very nice.  There should be a black plastic knob on the front by which to grip the front; but, even without that.....

There's a knob.

Ah.  Missed it.  I'd sworn that Skil put the knob on the very front of the sander in that design, so I didn't look closely enough.

Title: Re: Vintage Skil belt sander
Post by: genog on September 25, 2022, 01:38:25 PM

The knob is very hard to see in my pics
You had me worried for a minute...