Vintage Craftman circular saw

[Chevelle.chris]

So my parents are unfortunately having to downsize their home and lives and my dad is giving up a lot of his tools. Although I feel pretty lousy doing it I am going through his garage and picking out most of the tools and usable items and last night I scored an old craftsman skill saw that he must have gotten from my grandfather. I have not had a lot of luck tracking down info on it so far other than a parts diagram on Sears's site, anyone know when Craftsman 315.01864 would have been built?

these are the only to bad pics I have so far, I will post more tonight.

But, it works so SCORE! .

 

[DWise]

I have that exact saw. I bought it new in 1978-1979. The date on the owners manual is 9-78.

 

[Chevelle.chris]

Thanks Dwise!

 

[Outlawmws]

Sorry, I have a hard time associating late 70's with vintage...

 

[crewchief888]

Sorry, I have a hard time associating late 70's with vintage...

yea me too

especially if it came from his grandfather.....


we must be old....

 

[softailgarage]

yea me too

especially if it came from his grandfather.....


we must be old....

Sorry, I have a hard time associating late 70's with vintage...

+2....getting old *****

 

[Chevelle.chris]

Man, I'm in my 30's and I'm old. You all must be ancient. Did they have saws when you were my age, or just sharp rocks?

Edit: And for the record I thought it was older than that.

 

[Outlawmws]

Man, I'm in my 30's and I'm old. You all must be ancient. Did they have saws when you were my age, or just sharp rocks?

Edit: And for the record I thought it was older than that.

Keep a civil tongue in your head you young whipper snapper, or I'll smack you with my walkin' stick!

 

[bluebolt]

Keep a civil tongue in your head you young whipper snapper, or I'll smack you with my walkin' stick!

Are you hitting people on the ankle with that walking stick since that is as high as you can lift it?

 

[Outlawmws]

Are you hitting people on the ankle with that walking stick since that is as high as you can lift it?

Don't mess with old farts...age and treachery will always overcome youth and skill!

 

[bluebolt]

Don't mess with old farts...age and treachery will always overcome youth and skill!

I am not sure if you are older than me anyways LOL. I was born in the same year as the zip code came out.

 

[Outlawmws]

I am not sure if you are older than me anyways LOL. I was born in the same year as the zip code came out.

Still a youngster by my book!

 

[BWS]

Nuthin wrong with a good sharp rock.........they make dang nice broadheads!

 

[Hawk]

Definitely before zip codes, heck I remember four digit phone numbers on party lines. lol

 

[DWise]

I joined the Air Force when they implimented Zip codes and was 34 when I bought this Craftsman saw.

 

[kc-steve]

I'm probably one of the oldest here. I still own a vintage Black and Decker circular saw purchased by my ex-wife in 1971. So yes, I didn't see that saw as being "vintage" at first.

For the record, the term "vintage" is generally used to mean a tool that is useable yet that specific model is no longer being made or available in a retail store. Something is just "used" while you can still go buy a similar one or model at a retail store.

Something only becomes "antique" when its useability is in question and usually covered in rust. Often they are over fifty years old and older.

This is how professional estate sellers and antique dealers define them.

Steve

 

[BDFan1981]

Date code on the nameplate looks like "8021" which would mean it was built on January 21, 1978.

~Ben

 

[Hawk]

Date code on the nameplate looks like "8021" which would mean it was built on January 21, 1978.

~Ben

I was already married with my first two kids by then.

 

[woody 73]

Darn I am feeling old, back in the winter of 77/78 I was living in a dorm house; wow I remember all the Hairy buffalo parties and chasing the girls...(sorry forget where I was for the moment this is not the place) strike that young kids I was looking at all the nice tools on display!