Skil skilsaw 1616 = Which Jonsered model?

Chris J. · Nov 21, 2011

I have two Skil 1616s (one with a chainbrake!), & in my box of misc parts I have the both halves of small Jonsered with no model number. IIRC there was post stating that one of the small Jreds is the same some of the small Skil Skilsaw models.

Does anyone know which small Jonsered is a match to the Skilsaw 16xx sereis? TIA!

thomas1 · Nov 21, 2011

Which one had the chainbrake, your first one or the one you got from me? I didn't even pay attention.

taplinhill · Nov 21, 2011

As far as I know, none.
The Jonsereds were rebadged Frontiers.

Chris J. · Nov 21, 2011

thomas1 said:
Which one had the chainbrake, your first one or the one you got from me? I didn't even pay attention.

The 1616 with the CB came from you :clap:

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taplinhill said:
As far as I know, none.
The Jonsereds were rebadged Frontiers.

It looks as though some of the Canadian manufactorers borrowed each others designs.

taplinhill · Nov 22, 2011

Borrowed, yes. Are they the same, no.
Frontier (Trail Mfg.) was started by former employees of Skil.

taplinhill · Nov 22, 2011

Just thought I would post some pics of the two saws in question.
The orange one is a Jobu badged Frontier.
The other is a Partner badged Skil. (just a side note, later Partner models were Frontier saws)

SawTroll · Nov 22, 2011

taplinhill said:
Borrowed, yes. Are they the same, no.
Frontier (Trail Mfg.) was started by former employees of Skil.

Nice to see someone that really knows about those saw! :msp_biggrin:

Wasn't Trail Mfg. bought by Electrolux at some point?

Chris J. · Nov 22, 2011

Taplinhill, thanks for the photos, they show what I saw when I compared the Jonsered covers to the Skilsaw 1616.

Chris J. · May 1, 2012

There has been a recent thread or two where the incestious relationship between Skilsaw, Frontier, Trail, Jonsered, etc. was mentioned.

I ran across this Skilsaw operating guide on eBay, and thought it was worth sharing. The two Skilsaws shown (listed as models 1620, 1622, 1624, 1634) appear to be Poulans, maybe a S25CVA & a 2300CVA. I saved the image to my computer for future reference.

SKILSAW Chain Saw Operating Guide | eBay

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