Can anyone tell me the weight of the Skil 100?
Also, what would be a ballpark upper weight limit for a planer for shaping foam?
Did a search for this info but came up empty…
TX in advance for your response(s).
James
Just weighed mine and it came in at 10 lbs. It has a Shaper’s Australia Grit drum and the base has been shortened so it will be somewhat different than stock.
Dave_D
Did my first 30-35 thousand boards with my Skil’s, then in the later 80’s was given one of the first Clark conversion Hitachi’s.
I still have my 4 Skil’s and have fried about a half dozen or more Hitachi’s, but at maybe 4 pounds, my arms love having at least half the weight stuck on the end of my hands.
When it comes to wood or jumbo stringers, I bust out one of the Skil’s, nuttin’ beats that American horse power.
TX for the info Dave and Jim.
Reason I asked is because I’ve got one of these (attached) sitting around that I used for some doors around the house and wondered if it would be suitable for shaping. It seemed rather heavy at 11.2 lbs hence my question…
Rgds,
James
Seems like the old ads for the Skil stated about 10lbs. The big Rockwell (653) must be a couple of pounds heavier.
Aloha Dave_D:
That is an interesting looking dust chute on your Skil, care to share where you got it and ho wit was made?
-Robin
I’ve not seen that Rockwell model, but it certainly looks like a resonable tool. The old big Rockwells
with the spiral blades made 100s look like lightwights. For major rough-out jobs, they were very
popular at one time. At 11.2 lbs, that’s probably a foam-eating machine also. I hope you’re left-
handed or that exhaust chute reverses, though.
edit to add a note to DaveD: You put a grit drum on a 100??!!! You can expect a visit from the PPP
(that’s the Planer Purist Police). I’d advise you remove the evidence immediately!
Mike,
TX for the info.
It’s hardly a Rockwell of Old but one of the new “branded” models. I am a southpaw and one of the reasons I acquired it was because the dust shute is reversible. 7 amp and cuts up to 1/8" worked great for heavy solid doors. Thought it might fall right through a smaller foam blank or at least bend it enough to render the planer unusable…
Oops, that’s “chute” not “shute”. Must be getting old…
hand-shaper,
Will take pics later today and post with a description.
Dave_D
Hand-Shaper,
The dust attachment is homemade. I took a chunk of p/u foam and shaped it to fit the outlet on the Skil. Made it so that it would fit down inside a little so the outside of the foam would be the size of the Skil exhaust chute. Shaped the top of the foam to blend into piece of plastic drain pipe at the top. I put a couple of layers of glass on the foam and when this set up cut the opening in the top to match the plastic pipe. I then bedded the pipe on top and added more glass over the lip on the pipe. I had put tape over the plastic pipe before attaching it to allow for trimming the excess glass away. After this sets up I dug out the foam plug and cut it to fit the planer with some overlap on the sides. Used some pieces of aluminum angle cut down to engage the slots in the planer and attach to the chute. Left one side of the side overlap long enough to act as a stop when it is installed.
regards,
Dave_D
Aloha Dave_D:
Awesome!
I designed one on my 3D CAD system and had it run through an FDM machine with a polycarbonate, worked out really good but it was very expensive to make that way.
I have been thinking about making one out of glass and your technique has given me some good ideas of how to do it. Once I get it done I’ll post some pics to this thread.
Mahalo for sharing your idea.
-Robin
You might want to use EPS or XPS foam as your “mold.” If you make your chute out of epoxy, you can pour acetone on the foam once you’re all glassed up and it’ll virtually disappear.
Aloha surfthis:
That is exactly what I had in mind as I’m planning on using a piece of carbon fiber tube that I have for the exhaust hose connection so I was planning on using epoxy. Plus I have a chink of EPS I can use for the mold.
-Robin
I was searching tonight, and I have to say…that chute is pretty awesome. I wish i could see the photos better.
This is my dust chute I made.Took the original chute to Home Depot, found a flat piece of metal that matched the width and thickness, cost $2.00.
Cut a round hole in the center of the flat metal with a drill using small holes around perimeter then metal file the new opening.Picked up 2 PVC fittings that fit together and that the thinner one fits inside the new hole I made, cost $2.00.The thinner fitting fits up through the bottom of the metal hole and has a lip on it so it will butt up against the metal.I put the larger fitting over the the thinner one and snugged it down touching the top of the metal which you can see in the photos.The only problem was I had to take out the barrel and put the thinner fitiing up through the bottom of the planer and then secure the other pvc fitting over the top.I then used a screw to hold both together so if I need to take apart I can. Took about a 1/2 hour to make and for 4 bucks to me it was worth having to take out the blade barrel to install it. Tom
