PutnamEco & BDFan, your post on SKILSAW, you were looking for information on manufactures date based on Ser#. It was also this time when Skil's heavy-duty and super-duty power tools would be given the new 'SKIL HD' or 'SKILSAW HD' label. Type 17 was issued in 1993, after Skil and Bosch merged (forming S-B Power Tool Co.) Bosch would acquire Skil in full three years later. Siemens LOGO Soft Comfort V6 0 4 Multi Full Update V6 1 12 20ull Self-Driving Hardware. Customize your Model S with signature, multi. Type 16A was an incremental revision of the above, from circa 1987. lsc from v1.0 single license, 1 installation e-sw, sw and docu on cd 9-languages executable on win98se/ nt4.0/me/2000/xp/vista, mac os x10.4, suse linux,10.0, reference-hardware:logo. 1227 Views 10 Replies 5 Participants Last post by cjfarmer, Apr 9, 2019. (NOTE: The attachment I included in this reply shows this particular version of the label.) Type 16 was manufactured starting in December 1985 and has the black and silver label reading 'SKILSAW PROFESSIONAL' on the black part of the label, with the tool specs on the silver portion. I cant find Model or Age of vintage Model 77 Skilsaw. I wonder if anyone could provide any production dates as to each and every type number for the 77? And here's what I know of them so far: Type 15 was issued at some point in the late 1970s is the last 77 to use the black and red label which I believe had made its debut with Type 14.