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   gregb | Feb 20, 2004 05:29am | #1

   Jonesy, if you don't mind coming up with the big bucks, ebay currently has at least 4 listed. The bids are currently $400-$700. I'm a finish carpenter by trade, & have wanted to know for years why these things are in such demand, & why they bring such big bucks on ebay. Never having used anything but my Porter Cable porta-plane for the past 15 years, am I missing something?

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   pksinpector | Feb 20, 2004 10:40pm | #2

   Hi Greg - the skil planer was made in the 50's, 60's ,and early 70's it's purpose was simply for the installation of wood door slabs. What Skil tool company made was a very versatile tool which surfboard shapers and boatbuilders love. This planer works like no other planer on the market today. The portacable and rockwell planes are similar, but not as user friendly as the skil model 100. The reason these planes are selling for such a price on e-bay is the fact that skil does not manufacture this plane any longer, and the fact that people get caught up in a bidding war over the skil planer. If you come across the  skil 100 buy it , you'll never get over how good this planer works and feels when working on a piece of wood or foam.

   Chris