If any of you need anything done to your Skil planers (or any planer for that matter), I HIGHLY recommend sending a PM to Pete C! He is very prompt about pickup and drop off. He knows his $!@# about Skil planers. And he’s just a super cool guy to talk surf with. He did all of this for me at a moments notice, and it’s already complete and ready to be delivered to me on Wednesday:
Skil 190, 5.5A
Serial #A-730889
ITEM DESCRIPTION AMOUNT:
1 Bead-blast all housings and cutter drum, paint steel covers No charge
2 Disassemble, clean, check mechanical and electrical; Clean motor communtator;
Modify/adjust depth lever for free operation; Resurface and remove sharp edges on
baseplate and shoe; Reassemble, test. $ 50.00
3 Install new bearing set (4 bearings) $ 45.00
4 Straighten cutter drum and motor shafts. $ 25.00
5 Install and align new blade set. $ 10.00
6 Remove knob stud and install Skil 100 front knob. $ 5.00
Well actually the carpenter that owned it before me had spray painted it florescent orange for ID purposes. The orange faded to pink by the time I got it. Pete glass beaded it though and now it looks “Manly”. Lowel
This is Dave’s 190 after overhaul, it was in very good condition for approx. 55 years old.
This 100 belongs to Salted; original box, fence, manual, blade tools. Was only used maybe 40 hours or less, type 4 from about 1975. Came from Oklahoma.
thanks for posting this thread,kinda weird, i use a second skil 100 for roughing blanks with alot of extra glue around the stringer and just yesterday,as i was doing this,and listening to the motor whine a bit,was thinking it would be nice for an overhaul.i have taken a few hitachi’s apart and succesfully gotten em ’ all back together but do not have the courage to fool heartedly dive into the skil and “hope” i can get it to work again properly.so there i was thinking" i wonder if that guy in california who everybody praises for work on their Skil’s would be into it?"
Some guys do ship their Skil’s to me, but the shipping costs can get expensive (about $45 one way from the East Coast). You have to be very careful in packaging it also. PM me and let me know.
Exactly! That’s why I love swaylocks. It’s like walking into your favorite Irish pub, to a room full of your friends, and various other characters who’ve had a good head-start on you with the Guinness… ready to comment on anything and everything.
Now… back to the Skil 190. I can’t believe I’ve been shaping for so long with a crap-ass Hitachi… I didn’t know there’d be such a difference in the way they cut and handle… but now it is aparant.
Two nights ago, I started shaping a 7’0" Modified displacement hull, just to get the feel of the Skil 190. Then last night I shaped a 7’6" out of a 9’9" HTM for a heavier guy, and I feel more comfortable with the 190 than I’ve ever felt with a power tool. The depth control, quality of cut, smoothness, flow, and overall performance are unlike anything else I’ve ever experienced in a planer. I’m sold. This planer is my sole shaping tool now (along with my blocks, paper, screen, and surform). I don’t want to use anything else. This is the planer of choice for me.
