Actually (go ahead and eyeroll) those speed controllers predated electronics built into the switch. It uses a stack of carbon discs that intentionally make poor contact initially and conduct better as you squeeze the trigger harder. Very primitive by today's standards but most of the time you're only running slow to get a cut started.
I bought one of these 40+ years ago because I couldn’t afford a Sawzall. It rattled my arm nearly off and I hated it. Now I can afford a Sawzall and happily use a tool with a vibration compensator. I bolt the old saw to something with about the mass of a tank and use it only to shake spray paint cans.
Dad bought one of those when new. Wasn't ever advertised for wood fiber, but more of a replacement for a hacksaw job. PVC/EMT conduit and the like. Was super fun 20ft on an extension ladder trying to box in outdoor lighting. Got a little sporty in a few rain storms...
My makita jig saw from the same era got retired when it started making me tingle when using it on an aluminum ladder. I still have a die grinder and electric hammer from the same bak-o-lite era. They are both the same size as a hole hog and work worse the a new mini air tool.
The pin-in-slot mechanism for converting rotational motion into linear motion, such that the rod will move only straight back and forth, is called a Scotch Yoke.
@@KXKKX For those wondering: A Scotch egg is a boiled egg wrapped in sausage meat, coated in breadcrumbs and baked or deep-fried. Doesn't sound all that bad to me.
Wow, I just brought that model home from a thrift store last night. Thought I found all the info I could about it, but then I open up CZcams and saw this ! Funny stuff
I actually have an ancient Milwaukee Sawzall and Craftsman drill with the entire housing made from cast aluminum. I don't use them much anymore but, they both still work. I inherited them from my dad. No, I cannot tell a lie...I "liberated" them, as well as a Dayton bench grinder, from the "scrap pile" that my brother was forming before the estate sale!
Too funny...I left almost the same comment, just now. Yup. I feel incredibly fortunate to have been raised by a father who used, and believed in, those same tools, yet feel incredibly sad of a better time in America, that's long gone.
That's from when craftsman actually made tools! Back in the 80s my pops found a ½ chuck corded drill on the banks of the walbash river. He took it to Sears and they gave him a brand new one. He has that drill still to this day!
Technically Craftsman never made anything lol. All their stuff was rebranded, ever since the beginning. The prefix of the model number tells you who the OEM was.
It still amazes me to see how the old tools were designed, and yet, they worked!! My dad had a Craftsman circular saw, 7. 25", I think, made out of all metal, mostly aluminum, huge table on it and it weighed a good 10 lbs or more. Came in a steel carrying case with plenty of room for extra blades. No carbide tipped blades back then!! It was a beast!!!
I love my old cast aluminum power tools. I've got a jigsaw, palm sander, circular saw, angle grinder, and a real wrist breaker of a drill. all still working great, long after their modern "replacements" have been replaced at least twice. some of the brushes had to be redone, once..
I've got an old solid cast body, milled steel face electric edge planer that weighs more than any solid core wood door that it was probably ever used on! 🤣 (also not double insulted, so it's double the fun!) 😉👍
Funnily enough, I mentioned the special attachment to my partner when I bought my reciprocating saw. They immediately told me " That will never end up anywhere near my body".
That mechanism is often called a Scotch Yoke. I've used them in designs a lot. Not for the increased torque in certain areas, but they also give you increased positional accuracy (accounting for backlash). Was able to get repeatable position of 1~2 micron with COTS stepper motor
At some point Diehl was acquired by Singer and became the Diehl Division of Singer Manufacturing Co., or, more formally, Diehl Manufacturing Co., a Division of Singer Manufacturing Co. Both before and after that time, they were a supplier of handheld electric drills and bench grinders to Sears, with Sears model-number prefix 315. In 1988 the Motor Products Division of the Diehl division of Singer was acquired by Japanese power tool maker Ryobi, Ltd., becoming the basis of Ryobi's new U.S. operations, Ryobi Motor Products Corp.; Ryobi took over supply of products to Sears Craftsman, retaining the 315 manufacturer code.
My mom had one of those back in the late 70's I think it was. I used it to help her do some water damage repair in the bathroom and I burnt it out sawing through old, aged lumber. I thought it was going to start on fire in my hands. The next time she needed one, I got her a new one, a good, solid built Tiger by Porter Cable. She picked it up and said she wanter her old one, that this new one was too heavy. I kept the Tiger and found her a used Craftsman like on your bench...she was happy. As always, thanks AvE!
Also somewhat interesting to note that the old one is "upside down" compared to many new models. If I want to cut something flush I often put the blade in with the teeth on top and flip the body of the recip upside down, running the trigger with my pinky.
I found an old gas powered recip saw at a yard sale, she runs a treat but I wouldn't wanna use it indoors... Kinda makes me wonder why they built it but I'm really glad they did!!
I know they were actually pretty common at fisheries. Used to "clean" big fish. Take the head, tail, and the fins. When I finally saw them being used there... It made a lot of sense to me.
Yes, but not new. And I think Ave had a little brain-fart when he said it operated opposite the wrist-pin design with respect to torque at TDC. Both designs have that same property.
@@Rick_CavallaroI was looking for this comment. He was likely thinking in reverse thinking that the piston has most torque at center stroke, Which is correct, the piston has more force over the crank so vice versa the crank has less force on the piston mid stroke and most force at and near TDC and BDC. A brain fart for sure.
Love the old tools. I have a late 50s craftsman jigsaw. Polished aluminum. Was brand new in the original box. I opened it to build a 1930 model A huckster. A wooden bodied early delivery. She back in her box now. Finding blades is a bit of a challenge. My circular saw is about as old. Weighs 10,000 pounds and smells odd when running. Plate on the bottom is thick aluminum and massive. Not the stamped steel crap now.
There’s just nothing like the old tools. I’ve got 2 jig saws that I can’t even remember where I inherited from but they are surely as old as my father. I’ve used the shit out of both of them over the years, and prefer them to the one I actually bought new. Back when tools were still heavy 👍
Can you think of a greater good than raising millions out of extreme poverty in 🇨🇳 so that they could afford to develop fast shipping and coronavirus research??
I once had my chops busted for painting my sockets/wrenches to be identified! Now on this day I feel redeemed in that I have spotted a nice yellow glaze of wrenches sitting on the healing bench!
Old rotary phones were made of bakelite, which is a thermosetting resin, not ABS. I suspect that is bakelite, because I'm sure it gets hot when used hard!
Really, though…Bakelite is way different than ABS! When cutting it, it feels different, and it smells funny. Even just handling it should be obvious it's not a "modern plastic" because it's not flexible, so it feels almost ceramic. It is even more rigid than the high GC shit used for tools that are now sold. WTF bumblefuck?
I had the same era Craftsman Jigsaw (late 70s). Built a skateboard ramp with it -- 14 year olds in my area worked in scavenged wood and salvaged nails and screws. I wish that I still had that saw, it was built to last.
Another great video from Uncle AvE. It was that ear that gave Sears/Craftsman the great name they had for decades. If you're my age, and was raised right, you probably got a few of these kinds of tools left by a father that "knew better". Boy do I miss those days...
Great to see this old tool. I used to repair quite a few of them in the late 70's, and through the 80's. I never saw this beauty though, and I had never heard of Simpson Sears, even though my mom worked for Sears for many years.
I picked up a Sawzall from I think the early 80s at an auction a while back. Was used but we'll taken care of. Came with the old school metal carrying case and still had all the warranty paperwork with it. Hopped online and found I could still get the easily lost blade clamping hardware and I also picked up spare brushes. Really nicely made and still works great.
I have a Milwaukee sawzall that is around 30 years old now, and it can still run circles around anything they currently make. Cordless tools have greatly improved, but they still haven't caught up on their plug-in counterparts.
I purchased the saw that you are analyzing new many years ago. I keep it because it has a feature that I have never seen in any other reciprocating saw. A blade can be mounted in two positions - parallel to the plane of the handle and 90 degrees to the plane of the handle. In the 90 degree position , the blade is perfectly flush with the base of the saw. This allows one to make flush cuts without bending the blade. A special blade is required to accomplish this. The blade has a countersunk mounting hole that is attached with a flat (countersunk) head mounting screw that does not protrude beyond the surface of the blade. These blades are unobtainium now, but new blades can be fairly easily modified to work in the saw. Those old designers were pretty clever.
Great video as always. Rather than the difference between slide mechanism and a crank pin mechanism, I think it’s a difference of the power coming from the reciprocating part vs the rotating part. In an engine where the power comes from the reciprocating end, it loses its mechanical advantage over the rotating crank shaft as the piston comes to a stop to make its return stoke. In the case of the saw, the opposite happens, as the reciprocating part slows down to to change direction, the motors has its best mechanical advantage over the tool. Keep up the great work!
Oh the days when tools would work without going online to check your subscription status and to report your current location, speed, heading, pitch, and yaw.
As my grandpa used to say..."That thing is solid as Sears." (Obviously it was back when Sears actually meant something.) ☆QUESTION: What do you reckon that thing cost when she was brand new?
AWE MAN!!! I use to have a Skill brand recip that was all cast metal a super scookum. Cira 1970 ? I guess. Worked great still when my shop burned down about 10 years ago. Wish I still had it. 😢
I myself found a tight mechanism with good fitment about seven years ago. She’s also a tool of a bygone age and partner, let me tell ya that solved most of my sewing machine problems.
I had one of those saws back in the early 1980's. I was cutting some 5" steam piping when the big aluminum casting broke into pieces. A brand new Milwaukee Sawzall finished the cutf or a little over a hundred well spent bucks.
Thanks AvE....the wife unit and I were enjoying this video...and She said that I should get her one just like his...No man knows where it may go...but I have inside knowledge. Keepum cumin Brother!
Hey! Been a follower for a long time! That being the case I’ve noticed that you must’ve made the CZcams/Canadian gods upset because I haven’t got a notification you’ve made a video in a very very long time! Glad to see you haven’t been “Clintoned!”
"They don't make them like they used to!" Thank god for that! Yes profit is a motivator, but the technology has improved well beyond what they could have imagined, and like you said, it's overbuilt
Got one of these as a hand me down from my pops abouf 15 years ago. Used it to take apart a chicken coop not too long ago. Ive got a new Milwaukee but sometimes it just doesnt fit where i need it to go so out comes the crapsman.
That's a scotch yoke for the back n forth doohickie. A new IC engine is being produced for hybrid vehicles the end of the year that utilizes a similar design.
It might be a bit slow but would have been a helluva lot better than a handsaw all day. Also its slow enough to convert to a scraper to scrape ways etc.
Purchased a 60s black n Decker sawzall and it's literally a tank. Someone cared for it because the nice quality replacement power cord. Outside of it not having a quick release it's my personal favorite
I've got a 1958 Craftsman block body bench grinder that spent it's whole life in a barn. It's covered in rust but still runs fine without having ever been serviced, just a replacement cord. I've also got a 70's Craftsman jigsaw, router, and 3/8 drill that all run great today. It was affordable to make things well back then. I like the performance and ergonomics of modern power tools enough to prefer them for the most part, but then there's things like spinning reels that I just won't touch these days. I won't use or work on any spinning reels made after the mid 70's, and pretty much only American and European made.
Instead of a wrist pin that has with sliding Channel it has a Scotch yoke I saw someone try to make an engine with that design on some video on CZcams the only reason why I know keep up the great work AvE
I have an earlier Craftsman in jigsaw version that's got the same motor control and drive innards, but all aluminum and of course, the reciprocating action is all vertical. Still works great but I do remember that Dad a replacement control trigger. RIP Sears good stuff!
I just bought a 20V generic local rebadge thing with snaplock and chooch control for 30 bakshish european. 4 pounds @ 2AH. Went to cut some aluniminunim pipe, which it dutifully turned into 2 ends and a smattering of shrapnel in about 3 seconds flat. 15 mil (half a 'claw) steel pipe met a similar fate while the missus counted to seven. With a 2x4 the saw actively tried to throw the beam around while chewing through it like the proverbial cracked out beaver in heat, forcing me to use both hands while dealing with the wood. Half inch rebar did reel it in down a little, but I have yet to notice any hesitation. I love the old kit, but they never made ’em like THAT.
I still have the 315 model Of this. I have used the shit right out of mine and it’s STILL cranking. I picked mine up for 12 buck about 10 or so years ago. Damn great tool. Unstoppable.
I bought a wood shop of tools after the owner died and stopped working with them 22 years earlier after a stroke. There were 3 Craftsman tools of the same vintage included. Sanders and electric plane.
I’ve often wondered if a heavily overbuilt tools would be worth. Here in the south, it’s pretty easy to overheat tools and blades, so more metal for heatsinking would be great.
sticker; "Tested"
me; "did it pass?"
I was a pretty stupid kid who still managed to pass all my tests. They need better tests
Its gonna be a rework im affraid. 😬
Most underrated comment I’ve seen in a while.
@@juangonzalez9848it's been 7 hours. Some of us were asleep. Give us a chance to rate stuff first man. Sheesh. 😅
That's what has always went through my head when reading that 😂 .
Calling us gentleman is rather presumptuous on your part. I've seen how we behave in public.
According to my wife, I'm usually pretty well behaved in public...UNTIL a "gentleman" irritates me too much!
@@MikeBrown-ii3ptsome prefer it rougher than others.
Public? Why would you go there? Just a bunch of animals!
@@MikeBrown-ii3pt aint it allways like that 😂
I'd like to add to this "after seeing how we drive" 😂
The opposite of planned obsolescence…
Nice.
Yes, much as if made by the Sovjetskaya Onion, the O.S.S.R.
In case anyone wants to look up more about the AC variable speed circuit, its called a Phase-Fired Controller.
Actually (go ahead and eyeroll) those speed controllers predated electronics built into the switch. It uses a stack of carbon discs that intentionally make poor contact initially and conduct better as you squeeze the trigger harder. Very primitive by today's standards but most of the time you're only running slow to get a cut started.
Big Clive loves the things. They keep showing up in his teardowns.
I bought one of these 40+ years ago because I couldn’t afford a Sawzall. It rattled my arm nearly off and I hated it. Now I can afford a Sawzall and happily use a tool with a vibration compensator. I bolt the old saw to something with about the mass of a tank and use it only to shake spray paint cans.
@@tmeinc there was a previous BOLTR on using those to shake your better three quarters. 🤣🤣🤣
Dad bought one of those when new. Wasn't ever advertised for wood fiber, but more of a replacement for a hacksaw job. PVC/EMT conduit and the like. Was super fun 20ft on an extension ladder trying to box in outdoor lighting. Got a little sporty in a few rain storms...
My makita jig saw from the same era got retired when it started making me tingle when using it on an aluminum ladder. I still have a die grinder and electric hammer from the same bak-o-lite era. They are both the same size as a hole hog and work worse the a new mini air tool.
My dad's old school all metal Milwaukee Sawzall gets sporty sometimes too. Will make ya do the floppy tuna dance.
And you still got all your fingers and toes?
@@dragonbutt Doesn't even rank on the top hundred sketchy jobs or tools
@@dragonbutt 'And you still got all your fingers and toes?' Lawn darts had already culled most of the weak..
The pin-in-slot mechanism for converting rotational motion into linear motion, such that the rod will move only straight back and forth, is called a Scotch Yoke.
And in German "Kurbelschleife" or crank slide. ;)
@@yvinddahle7714 And I suppose in Scottish... they just call it a Yoke.
In America we call it drunk yoke
Less disgusting than a Scotch egg.
@@KXKKX For those wondering: A Scotch egg is a boiled egg wrapped in sausage meat, coated in breadcrumbs and baked or deep-fried.
Doesn't sound all that bad to me.
Looks like a conversion from a hedge trimmer.
I was gonna say my grandpa had a hedge trimmer that looked almost identical.
This was my first thought as well.
I use my Sawzall as a hedge trimmer with a demolition blade.
@@goneutt same. You can also get pruning blades for them.
Trim bush 🤭
Wow, I just brought that model home from a thrift store last night. Thought I found all the info I could about it, but then I open up CZcams and saw this ! Funny stuff
Welcome to the channel!
Stick around, you won't regret it 😉🍻🙂
Sparks from inside big-ass brushed motors are the best, especially if you also get that burning carbon & ozone stank with it...
My grandma worked at Sears for 27 years. She got one for yard work and it outlasted her. Skookum indeed, sir.
I actually have an ancient Milwaukee Sawzall and Craftsman drill with the entire housing made from cast aluminum. I don't use them much anymore but, they both still work. I inherited them from my dad. No, I cannot tell a lie...I "liberated" them, as well as a Dayton bench grinder, from the "scrap pile" that my brother was forming before the estate sale!
You're smarter than your brother!
I hope you threw your brother on the scrap pile for trying to throw away good tools 🤬!
Too funny...I left almost the same comment, just now. Yup. I feel incredibly fortunate to have been raised by a father who used, and believed in, those same tools, yet feel incredibly sad of a better time in America, that's long gone.
Old tools that work best in the rain on a ladder.
Me too. Totally works still. It's slow, but it works. I got the case too.
That's from when craftsman actually made tools! Back in the 80s my pops found a ½ chuck corded drill on the banks of the walbash river. He took it to Sears and they gave him a brand new one. He has that drill still to this day!
Technically Craftsman never made anything lol. All their stuff was rebranded, ever since the beginning. The prefix of the model number tells you who the OEM was.
Per the 1976 tool catalog, that cost $59.50, or about $318 today adjusted for inflation.
Inflation update 12 hours later: $736 now
@@GG-ns4st
Update another 12 hours later, $1576 now
As always it's the commentary that keeps this subscriber coming back. Never fails to include some humor in with the edumacation
It still amazes me to see how the old tools were designed, and yet, they worked!! My dad had a Craftsman circular saw, 7. 25", I think, made out of all metal, mostly aluminum, huge table on it and it weighed a good 10 lbs or more. Came in a steel carrying case with plenty of room for extra blades. No carbide tipped blades back then!! It was a beast!!!
Somehow it feels sacrilegious to not have that in a museum, as a sawsall is one of the handyist tools ever made.
Plenty of old tools already in museums not being looked at in underground vaults, better to enjoyed by millions.
for ten Bucks no less
I love my old cast aluminum power tools.
I've got a jigsaw, palm sander, circular saw, angle grinder, and a real wrist breaker of a drill.
all still working great, long after their modern "replacements" have been replaced at least twice.
some of the brushes had to be redone, once..
I've got an old solid cast body, milled steel face electric edge planer that weighs more than any solid core wood door that it was probably ever used on! 🤣 (also not double insulted, so it's double the fun!) 😉👍
Dude, you’ve got a treasure chest of tools. Don’t make them that well anymore. They were made to be bought once and repaired when broke.
Yes son. I have some old ones still going and news ones died a few times over
Wife would like that with a different attachment… at least the stroke would feel familiar.
Run silent run shallow
Just don't plug into a 220V socket.
Funnily enough, I mentioned the special attachment to my partner when I bought my reciprocating saw.
They immediately told me " That will never end up anywhere near my body".
@@jeffshackleford3152Partner?
They?
The joys of vac-u-lock.
That mechanism is often called a Scotch Yoke. I've used them in designs a lot. Not for the increased torque in certain areas, but they also give you increased positional accuracy (accounting for backlash). Was able to get repeatable position of 1~2 micron with COTS stepper motor
Doesn’t it get more sloppy as the mechanism wears? Seems like it would create a lot of friction wear.
a BOLTR ?! it's like xmas and my birthday all rolled into one!
Happy birthday 🎉
I think that mechanism is called a Scotch Yoke
That's correct.
For me, 35 years after engineering school, beer and Johnson, statics and dynamics covered the scotch yoke
It's creation required some Scotch for sure.
There’s a young fella here on CZcams who fabbed up a bicycle to use a scotch yoke instead of a crank and it worked pretty well. Much more efficient.
You beat me to it, they are bringing the scotch yoke back for hybrid vehicles the end of the year.
At some point Diehl was acquired by Singer and became the Diehl Division of Singer Manufacturing Co., or, more formally, Diehl Manufacturing Co., a Division of Singer Manufacturing Co. Both before and after that time, they were a supplier of handheld electric drills and bench grinders to Sears, with Sears model-number prefix 315.
In 1988 the Motor Products Division of the Diehl division of Singer was acquired by Japanese power tool maker Ryobi, Ltd., becoming the basis of Ryobi's new U.S. operations, Ryobi Motor Products Corp.; Ryobi took over supply of products to Sears Craftsman, retaining the 315 manufacturer code.
wow that's suprising. thanks for the knowledge. if you have more, i'm willing to listen lol XD
My mom had one of those back in the late 70's I think it was. I used it to help her do some water damage repair in the bathroom and I burnt it out sawing through old, aged lumber. I thought it was going to start on fire in my hands. The next time she needed one, I got her a new one, a good, solid built Tiger by Porter Cable. She picked it up and said she wanter her old one, that this new one was too heavy. I kept the Tiger and found her a used Craftsman like on your bench...she was happy.
As always, thanks AvE!
I love it! More old tool BOLTRs please!
Also somewhat interesting to note that the old one is "upside down" compared to many new models. If I want to cut something flush I often put the blade in with the teeth on top and flip the body of the recip upside down, running the trigger with my pinky.
I found an old gas powered recip saw at a yard sale, she runs a treat but I wouldn't wanna use it indoors... Kinda makes me wonder why they built it but I'm really glad they did!!
Made back when men were men and their kids had birth defects..
I'd love to see that thing going at full chooch, maybe put a wee turbo on it!
Jobsites with no power, no doors, no windows, they're still a thing
I know they were actually pretty common at fisheries. Used to "clean" big fish. Take the head, tail, and the fins. When I finally saw them being used there... It made a lot of sense to me.
Sears called it the recipro saw because Milwaukee tools is The Inventor and creator of the Sawzall
The mechanism turning circular motion into linear is absolute genius. Simple but genius.
Yes, but not new. And I think Ave had a little brain-fart when he said it operated opposite the wrist-pin design with respect to torque at TDC. Both designs have that same property.
It's called a Scotch Yoke.
@@Rick_CavallaroI was looking for this comment. He was likely thinking in reverse thinking that the piston has most torque at center stroke, Which is correct, the piston has more force over the crank so vice versa the crank has less force on the piston mid stroke and most force at and near TDC and BDC. A brain fart for sure.
@@9morrical I believe that's exactly what happened. Easy mistake.
@@Rick_Cavallaro Soo, who has the fart! "will develop more torque through TDC and BDC" !!!!
Great shot of the angry pixies from the brush to the commutator. Science is cool when you have a visual.
Love the old tools. I have a late 50s craftsman jigsaw. Polished aluminum. Was brand new in the original box. I opened it to build a 1930 model A huckster. A wooden bodied early delivery. She back in her box now. Finding blades is a bit of a challenge. My circular saw is about as old. Weighs 10,000 pounds and smells odd when running. Plate on the bottom is thick aluminum and massive. Not the stamped steel crap now.
Always loved the floating point model numbers. Precision Craftsman parts, accurate to 5 decimal places.
vendor code is the first 3 digits
I recently got one of these from my father when he & I cleaned out his garage. He seemed very surprised that it was there.
There’s just nothing like the old tools. I’ve got 2 jig saws that I can’t even remember where I inherited from but they are surely as old as my father. I’ve used the shit out of both of them over the years, and prefer them to the one I actually bought new. Back when tools were still heavy 👍
I have one that's some of the first plastic Sears version, and the other is straight metal, and heavy as can be.
5:47 You had Me at "Hardened Bush"
Quality was sacrificed for a noble cause: creating value for the shareholders.
Can you think of a greater good than raising millions out of extreme poverty in 🇨🇳 so that they could afford to develop fast shipping and coronavirus research??
@@Metapharsicaldidn't they just change the definition of poverty meaning millions were no longer considered below the poverty line?
@@AlGoYoSu Preposterious! The People's Party made it *easier to get out of poverty* !
$3.50 a day? Naaah 👋
That's a Western definition
👉$1.75 a day
Putting quality before profits, is extremely anti-semitic
Anyone who has a 401k account or basically any other retirement account/plan is counting on that value for shareholders
I once had my chops busted for painting my sockets/wrenches to be identified! Now on this day I feel redeemed in that I have spotted a nice yellow glaze of wrenches sitting on the healing bench!
Old rotary phones were made of bakelite, which is a thermosetting resin, not ABS.
I suspect that is bakelite, because I'm sure it gets hot when used hard!
Really, though…Bakelite is way different than ABS! When cutting it, it feels different, and it smells funny. Even just handling it should be obvious it's not a "modern plastic" because it's not flexible, so it feels almost ceramic. It is even more rigid than the high GC shit used for tools that are now sold.
WTF bumblefuck?
Bakelite is quite brittle, no?
@@bobert4522 more brittle than ABS, but nowhere near as brittle as glass or ceramics.
I had the same era Craftsman Jigsaw (late 70s). Built a skateboard ramp with it -- 14 year olds in my area worked in scavenged wood and salvaged nails and screws. I wish that I still had that saw, it was built to last.
Another great video from Uncle AvE. It was that ear that gave Sears/Craftsman the great name they had for decades. If you're my age, and was raised right, you probably got a few of these kinds of tools left by a father that "knew better". Boy do I miss those days...
Love to see how much we've evolved in such little time. Beautiful tool.
No zero crossing circuit. It should produce some pretty lines on the TV during its time. 😁
Ive got a really old drill that has one of those motors in it, always wondered why it sparks like that. Thanks for the vid!
Great to see this old tool. I used to repair quite a few of them in the late 70's, and through the 80's. I never saw this beauty though, and I had never heard of Simpson Sears, even though my mom worked for Sears for many years.
I picked up a Sawzall from I think the early 80s at an auction a while back. Was used but we'll taken care of. Came with the old school metal carrying case and still had all the warranty paperwork with it. Hopped online and found I could still get the easily lost blade clamping hardware and I also picked up spare brushes. Really nicely made and still works great.
My dad has one of them, loved using it when I was younger.
I have a Milwaukee sawzall that is around 30 years old now, and it can still run circles around anything they currently make. Cordless tools have greatly improved, but they still haven't caught up on their plug-in counterparts.
I purchased the saw that you are analyzing new many years ago. I keep it because it has a feature that I have never seen in any other reciprocating saw. A blade can be mounted in two positions - parallel to the plane of the handle and 90 degrees to the plane of the handle. In the 90 degree position , the blade is perfectly flush with the base of the saw. This allows one to make flush cuts without bending the blade. A special blade is required to accomplish this. The blade has a countersunk mounting hole that is attached with a flat (countersunk) head mounting screw that does not protrude beyond the surface of the blade. These blades are unobtainium now, but new blades can be fairly easily modified to work in the saw. Those old designers were pretty clever.
Great video. I used to love mine back in the day. Too bad I couldn't hear it running at full chooch.
Great video as always. Rather than the difference between slide mechanism and a crank pin mechanism, I think it’s a difference of the power coming from the reciprocating part vs the rotating part. In an engine where the power comes from the reciprocating end, it loses its mechanical advantage over the rotating crank shaft as the piston comes to a stop to make its return stoke. In the case of the saw, the opposite happens, as the reciprocating part slows down to to change direction, the motors has its best mechanical advantage over the tool. Keep up the great work!
Completely agree. From a kinematic perspective I think these two mechanisms (scotch yoke and connecting rod) are equivalent
Holy Schmoke!!! You cleaned your workbench. I can't believe it
Oh the days when tools would work without going online to check your subscription status and to report your current location, speed, heading, pitch, and yaw.
As my grandpa used to say..."That thing is solid as Sears." (Obviously it was back when Sears actually meant something.)
☆QUESTION: What do you reckon that thing cost when she was brand new?
>> What do you reckon that thing cost when she was brand new?
If my parents are to be believed, everything cost a nickel back then.
Your workbench was looking way too clean bud
Aaaah, I can smell that 'old electric motor scent' from here.
This is the kind of content that got me into the channel in the first place. Nice to see a good old fashioned teardown review from Uncle Bumblef*ck.
I love my Milwaukee brushless. Great for stumps. Thanks for the vijeos.
Very satisfying. Thank you.
AWE MAN!!! I use to have a Skill brand recip that was all cast metal a super scookum. Cira 1970 ? I guess. Worked great still when my shop burned down about 10 years ago. Wish I still had it. 😢
I myself found a tight mechanism with good fitment about seven years ago. She’s also a tool of a bygone age and partner, let me tell ya that solved most of my sewing machine problems.
.... Genuinely can't tell if you're taking about a tool, or your better three-quartars! 😅
@@DUKE_of_RAMBLE I’ll take that as a compliment. 😁
@@-Jeremiah- 😅🍻😁
Have you been watching train videos again? Nice piece of work, the Sawzall thing. All the best. Cheers!
I had one of those saws back in the early 1980's. I was cutting some 5" steam piping when the big aluminum casting broke into pieces. A brand new Milwaukee Sawzall finished the cutf or a little over a hundred well spent bucks.
Thanks AvE....the wife unit and I were enjoying this video...and She said that I should get her one just like his...No man knows where it may go...but I have inside knowledge. Keepum cumin Brother!
I bet it works better than my much newer Hazard Fraud one!
8:40 protected hand onto item
8:50 Nice photography of electromagnetic induction
Thank You AvE
That was cool. I'd like to see more old tool Boltrs.
Probably the best enginerd comments section on the internet! Thanks for sharing!
I can almost smell the angry pixies from here. Smells like 80's hotwheels tracks and/or 70's train engines.
Hey! Been a follower for a long time! That being the case I’ve noticed that you must’ve made the CZcams/Canadian gods upset because I haven’t got a notification you’ve made a video in a very very long time! Glad to see you haven’t been “Clintoned!”
"They don't make them like they used to!" Thank god for that! Yes profit is a motivator, but the technology has improved well beyond what they could have imagined, and like you said, it's overbuilt
Got one of these as a hand me down from my pops abouf 15 years ago. Used it to take apart a chicken coop not too long ago. Ive got a new Milwaukee but sometimes it just doesnt fit where i need it to go so out comes the crapsman.
That's a scotch yoke for the back n forth doohickie. A new IC engine is being produced for hybrid vehicles the end of the year that utilizes a similar design.
Keep the vidjeos coming I love your insights and jokes my friend!
Thanks for the upload AVE
Amazed that you are fascinated by a simple scotch yoke mechanism.
It might be a bit slow but would have been a helluva lot better than a handsaw all day. Also its slow enough to convert to a scraper to scrape ways etc.
Purchased a 60s black n Decker sawzall and it's literally a tank. Someone cared for it because the nice quality replacement power cord. Outside of it not having a quick release it's my personal favorite
I've got a 1958 Craftsman block body bench grinder that spent it's whole life in a barn.
It's covered in rust but still runs fine without having ever been serviced, just a replacement cord.
I've also got a 70's Craftsman jigsaw, router, and 3/8 drill that all run great today.
It was affordable to make things well back then.
I like the performance and ergonomics of modern power tools enough to prefer them for the most part, but then there's things like spinning reels that I just won't touch these days.
I won't use or work on any spinning reels made after the mid 70's, and pretty much only American and European made.
Great video 👍 You could give it to the wife as a bread knife 😊,or turn it into a metal scraper.
Back when B+D made quality tools. They used to be quite the name in tools. I've got a later model of their recip saw and it's still a beast.
That was a Craftsman...
That was made by Ryobi
AvE, you can use this one if you like.
Harder than a priest at a boys' youth camp.
She might be old but she is chugging your wood like a champ.
Holy old motor oil, 9:00 almost made me change my shop rag. That jiggle is magic
Looks like a submarine with an extra large conning tower!
Looks like my ancient Moulinex electric carving knife which seemed a good idea at the time - now resides somewhere at the back of a cupboard.
If you need a power tool to slice your chook, you're cooking it wrong! Useful tool for cutting foam though
wonderful examination and comparison
Instead of a wrist pin that has with sliding Channel it has a Scotch yoke I saw someone try to make an engine with that design on some video on CZcams the only reason why I know keep up the great work AvE
Looks like what Grandma used to carve the Thanksgiving turkey with back in the day.
I have an earlier Craftsman in jigsaw version that's got the same motor control and drive innards, but all aluminum and of course, the reciprocating action is all vertical. Still works great but I do remember that Dad a replacement control trigger. RIP Sears good stuff!
Back when grease was cheap ;-)
The Ol Tinkler Tapper 3000. Haven't seen one of those since Debbie does Dallas where I had to please be kind, rewind.
That's awesome. We got to see the angry pixies at work.
I just bought a 20V generic local rebadge thing with snaplock and chooch control for 30 bakshish european. 4 pounds @ 2AH. Went to cut some aluniminunim pipe, which it dutifully turned into 2 ends and a smattering of shrapnel in about 3 seconds flat. 15 mil (half a 'claw) steel pipe met a similar fate while the missus counted to seven. With a 2x4 the saw actively tried to throw the beam around while chewing through it like the proverbial cracked out beaver in heat, forcing me to use both hands while dealing with the wood. Half inch rebar did reel it in down a little, but I have yet to notice any hesitation.
I love the old kit, but they never made ’em like THAT.
It looks like you lost some weight!! Good job dude!!
My late Father in law used to say "Harder than the hubs of Hell." I always got a kick out of that.
A diode only limits the direction of current it doesn’t alter it. That’s a full wave rectifier FWR. It uses diodes but it’s a circuit. 😊
Give it more POWER! Make Tim Proud!
I still have the 315 model
Of this. I have used the shit right out of mine and it’s STILL cranking. I picked mine up for 12 buck about 10 or so years ago. Damn great tool. Unstoppable.
I bought a wood shop of tools after the owner died and stopped working with them 22 years earlier after a stroke. There were 3 Craftsman tools of the same vintage included. Sanders and electric plane.
I would like to repurpose that tool to a metal scraper. Any chance I could get it after you're done with it?
I’ve often wondered if a heavily overbuilt tools would be worth.
Here in the south, it’s pretty easy to overheat tools and blades, so more metal for heatsinking would be great.
That’s freaking awesome!