The brushes needed a bit of adjustment, but outside of that, everything worked wonderfully. 2 coats of primer, 2 coats of paint and a coat of clear coat later Finished I replaced the bearings and brushes on the saw, cleaned the seals up and added a very LIGHT coat of rtv gasket maker, put everything back together and filled it up with oil. I thoroughly cleaned the parts with solvent and a toothbrush inside and out, then took them to the wire wheel and stripped off all of the oil paint and exterior grime and then went over them again with solvent to pull any oil out of them. Front armature bearing front armature bearing prepping for paint. The front armature bearing had actually eaten the retention ring and was partially seized, but despite all of this, the worm gear and brass drive gear were unphased and seemed virtually brand new. Upon disassembling the saw, I found that both the front and back armature bearings were HEAVILY worn to the point that when I attempted to remove them, most of the ball bearings just fell out. Upon getting the saw, there was a fair amount of excess noise coming from the motor.
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Regimen General De Las Obligaciones Ospina Hernandez Pdf on this page.
Those fasteners that were badly damaged were replaced with period fasteners. Before Disassembling I let all of the screws, bolts and other fasteners soak in solvent overnight to get the HEAVY grease off and then took all of the fastener heads to the wire wheel a bit to shine them up. When I got the saw, it was in pretty rough shape. It is likely that the guard is not original to the saw because of this.
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Everything says that the saw is 1942, however, the guard lever was generally not found until the end of the blue label series / beginning of the first generation black & orange label saws (1950’s). My most recent of restorations, a vintage blue label Skil 77 7-1/4” worm drive saw, era 1942~1948. You might have some luck by making a note of the exact name as it appears on the saw, the model number, and the serial number. If you are unsure if these parts will fit your saw, please call with your model and type number ready. These parts are guaranteed to fit a Skil 77 or HD77 worm drive saw type 17 and newer.