OutdoorKing Repair Forum Forums Repairs and Maintenance Questions on Hand and Power Tolls Power Tools Which Ryobi???

G'day Joe and Thanks for the Input

I agree with you, it's probably a runout sale, the hard part is that these days price isn't indictive of quality and performance.

I'm leaning towards the latter, mainly because it mentions 3 bearings, I figure they will give better support and wear less as a result.

The guy in the Bunnings Tool Shop said that as far as he was concerned the only difference was the Motor, better or worse he didn't know and he recommended the former as the one I should pick, he has never led me astray before so I'm a bit torn between his pick and what my heart tells me I should pick.

I know the cheaper brands such as Ryobi aren't as accurate and nicely built as the Top End Brands, but I can't justify $800-$1,000 for something I'm not using everyday (Translation = The wife would kill me).

I've read that the Ryobi scales and accuracy leave a lot to be desired, I'm willing to live with that, making sure I measure twice, lightly score, cut and stuff it up, then get it right on the second attempt

Well I'm off to Bunnings now, I will have a play with them both, twist and turn to see how much freeplay each has and read the Motor labels if I can, then make my decision. I will post back and let you know what I decided.


Thanks again
John


P.S.
My posts are coming out aligned centrally and I have to edit in the code to get them left aligned, any idea's why anyone???

G'day jay and Thanks for the advice

I agree with you about the amount of Grunt a Motor has, nothing worse than getting stuck into a job and you have to back off because the Tool your using can't handle what you consider a acceptable amount of work. Grinders are the ones that spring to mind for me, you want to do something quick and fast and it just slows down so much that you feel like your using kid gloves to do a rough job.

I won't be using it everyday let alone every week of month, but I would like to know that when I do use it I have a reasonably good quality tool at hand. Just the way I am

Thanks again for the advice.


Regards
John

G'day All

Well I went down to Bunnings and had a play with both Models of the Ryobi SCMS.

I twisted and turned both of them, they both seemed fairly tight and there was no discernable freeplay or difference between the two. The table rotation and saw angle movements were pretty much the same, smooth and free.

The Motor label information is identical, but you can see that physically the casing is slightly different between the two of them. The D grip handles are slightly different too, but nothing to write home about. The table lock mechanism on both is different, the former has a seperate knob while the latter uses the handle you turn the table with as the locking mechanism, only time will tell which is the better system, the obvious difference being the latter is a one handed operation, you move the table using the knob and lock it using the same knob.

As for the sliding mechanisms, the former has a flat plate on each side of the housing, which without taking it apart seems to indicate bushes to me. The latter has cupped end plates which indicates linear bearings to me.

The final decision came down to how the slides operated, the former felt rough, like it was sliding over a surface that wasn't smooth, the latter had a really nice smooth movement.

With all that done and the guy at Bunnings rolling his eyes at me in a similar way the wife does I decided to buy the Ryobi EMS2026SCL for $385

I also bought a Irwin 80T blade for the neater cuts I want, a 60T might have done the job and a 100T was in my opinion an overkill, again only time and experience will tell, not cheap suckers I can tell you.

Thanks again for the responses I got.


Regards
John