Wanting to know more about a strange bench mounted Skil saw? Is it custom made, or a jig, or something alien?

a.herrig

I was at an auction recently where I came across a strange Skil saw that I had never seen before. I would like to think I know a little more about power tools than most, however this one has me puzzled. I have never seen anything like it. It appeared to be a standard style Skil brand hand held circular saw. The strange part was the "mount." It was a piece of angle iron, oriented perpendicular to the blade, about 2 feet wide or so with holes drilled so that it could mount to a work surface via bolts/screws. From the angle iron a piece of square tubing (1 1/2" maybe) extended straight back about a foot where it was joined by a pivoting pin to another piece of the same square tubing of similar length and size. That piece extended forward to mount to the saw itself. Also, the shoe (or base plate) of the saw had been removed or was never a part of the saw if it was manufactured with the mount. The "arm" formed by the square tubing appeared to make it possible to pull the saw towards the user to crosscut, similar to a radial arm saws motion. Also, the blade on this particular saw was a standard 7" diamond smooth rim tile cutting blade. It did not look homemade, but that doesn't mean it wasn't. Just thought it was interesting and wanted to know more about it. Google searches turned up nothing for me. I didn't think to get any model numbers while I was there. Thanks for your input!

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How can i make money from garage projects?

InvdrZim

i literally have every tool:

welder
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router
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lathe
band saw
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Your garage sounds like mine.

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