Recently, by a stroke of good fortune from God, I found a Skill 100 and a Rockwell 653 Versaplane. Does anyone know of a trusted tool repair man who is qualified to modify these to open and close with the knobs, instead of the lever? I live in st. Petersburg Fl., where the men are strong, the women are pretty, and the children can surf above average.
Recently, by a stroke of good fortune from God, I found a Skill 100 and a > Rockwell 653 Versaplane. Does anyone know of a trusted tool repair man who > is qualified to modify these to open and close with the knobs, instead of > the lever? hey john, sounds like you want to make them into a couple of hitachis!
hey john, sounds like you want to make them into a couple of hitachis! It ain’t broke, so lets break it.
It ain’t broke, so lets break it. Mr. Phillips, thank you for your reply. How can we go about modifying these things? I’m afraid to try, but with your help, I know I can find a way. Please help! your friend John traceweski.
Mr. Phillips, thank you for your reply. How can we go about modifying > these things? I’m afraid to try, but with your help, I know I can find a > way. Please help! your friend John traceweski. Brom is yelling from the building next door : Hey P.V. You can always just peddle on down to your local thrift shop, ask the girl behind the counter to show you one of those older dusty second hand Skill 100 planers that people have donated. Kick down a few bucks, and your out of there. Get it home, get out dads hack saw and lop of the bed just behind the handle, hog out the depth control slider slot at each end, pull the shoe off (it’s easy) unscrew that clicker plate, toss it in the can, file the hacksaw edges smooth, tin snip the crossface off the chip chute, tape the trigger to the on position, tuck the cord in the back of your pants, get a grip on it, plug it in, and shazzam, your blank will be foam dust, lick-ity split. Oh By The Way, don’t forget to unplug the cord. Good luck! We’ll see ya
Mr. Phillips, thank you for your reply. How can we go about modifying > these things? I’m afraid to try, but with your help, I know I can find a > way. Please help! your friend John traceweski. Why would anyone smash a perfectly good guitar? Unless you have access to a trained machinist, let it go. I have disassembled Skils to the raw parts and the is no way to achive what the Hitachi’s plastic casting are designed to do. I have a small Skil that is similar to the Hitachi. It uses the same method of bed adjustment. 8,000 turns lock to lock, useless for surfboard shaping in the sense of the word. Sure, it can be used to scratch away at foam, but not be a useful tool. If the knob is what you need, get a Hitachi. They work so damn good that I’ve worn out 5 of them (plastic is the down fall of this tool)
Brom is yelling from the building next door : Hey P.V. You can always just > peddle on down to your local thrift shop, ask>>> the girl behind the counter to show you one of those older dusty second>>> hand Skill 100 planers that people have donated. Kick down a few bucks, > and>>> your out of there. Get it home, get out dads hack saw and lop of the bed > just>>> behind the handle, hog out the depth control slider slot at each end, pull > the>>> shoe off (it’s easy) unscrew that clicker plate, toss it in the can, file > the>>> hacksaw edges smooth, tin snip the crossface off the chip chute, tape the>>> trigger to the on position, tuck the cord in the back of your pants, get a > grip>>> on it, plug it in, and shazzam, your blank will be foam dust, lick-ity > split. Oh>>> By The Way, don’t forget to unplug the cord. Good luck! We’ll see ya I had a Skil, it was stolen, had no trigger, it was hot wired. On my bench was an outlet and switch combo box diectly above my plane, as I picked up the planer I’d flip the switch with the tip of the front shoe and flip it off as I sat the machine down. This meant once the machine was on it was time to get down to work, but isn’t that the point. No time for cigarettes or small talk. It was also a time in history that there was a pretty little black bird around and work was all I had time for, no time to stop, gotta go, 'scuse my dust.
I had a Skil, it was stolen, had no trigger, it was hot wired. On my bench > was an outlet and switch combo box diectly above my plane, as I picked up > the planer I’d flip the switch with the tip of the front shoe and flip it > off as I sat the machine down. This meant once the machine was on it was > time to get down to work, but isn’t that the point. No time for cigarettes > or small talk. It was also a time in history that there was a pretty > little black bird around and work was all I had time for, no time to stop, > gotta go, 'scuse my dust. Thank you for all of your help, your insight and experience are greatly appreciated.