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Thread: Ryobi cordless tools
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4th May 2022, 07:47 PM #1
Ryobi cordless tools
strange situation or maybe its me thats strange.
Due to industrial accident many years ago, I lost most of my index finger on left hand, this makes me useless at hand held computer controller based games and using power tools where one is required to press 2 buttons/switches at same time. I digress
I also like watching where blade or drill or whatever is actually heading and never been comfortable with the old circular saw that died today, To see where it was cutting meant trying to use the left hand or peering around the motor when using right hand.
So to Bunnies thinking of adding to my Ryobi One collection saws etc all looking great except for their larger one that needs the left hand to see the blade clearly bugga.
I have contacted Ryobi suggesting they could be discriminating with disabled people, see what they say
Didnt buy one wanted to think this through more.
If I am planning on using it only to cut down large sheets ply MDF etc do I really need the big one
KEY FEATURES
Part Of The HP™ Series, Speed: 4,500RPM Depth Of Cut: 62MM, Brushless Motor, Bevel Cuts Up To 56° To 44MM Deep, Die Cast Metal Upper Guard, Dust Extraction Port, Depth Gauge
or smaller model
Cutting depth of 52mm, Fully adjustable depth, Bevel angle adjustable to 56 degrees, 165mm kerf blade, Edge guide included, Dust port to keep your work area cleaner.I would love to grow my own food, but I can not find bacon seeds
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4th May 2022, 08:17 PM #2
Just to clarify; are you left-handed?
If so… when I first came across cordless circ saws nearly 20 years ago the majority of them were -backwards with the motor on the wrong side of the blade. At the time I wondered if it was some sort of plot by lefties to force normal folk into tasting some of the annoyances that their lifestyle choice had led to As the years went by slowly the manufacturers various realised that they’d sell more units if they were constructed correctly, but most of the big brands retained a left-handed option.
Urine extraction aside; if you’re left handed and struggling to use a normal saw check on the Ryobi website or ask them if they list a LH model like the bigger brands.
Lurching back to the original question though… no you don’t need the bigger saw to cut up MDF, ply etc BUT you will find that either saw chews through the battery. I have the 185mm AEG and although I’ve used it to cut up 32mm kitchen benchtops, 16mm melamine coated particle board and 17mm formply it does struggle and get bogged down easily causing the battery run time to drastically shorten.Nothing succeeds like a budgie without a beak.
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4th May 2022, 08:40 PM #3
Chief, I am right handed, left hand is not useless but trying to push knobs etc with lack of index finger isbloody near impossible.
Are you indicating that perhaps
1 stay with corded circular saw
2 have a backup supply of batteries.....I do.I would love to grow my own food, but I can not find bacon seeds
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I think you will find that they have changed the handing of the motor because you use these saws with one ( right) hand so you want the blade on the LHS of the unit. You stand to the side of the saw not over it.
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5th May 2022, 08:10 PM #6
fair go what a mine field Ive discovered about left - right handed tools and circular saws. I reluctantly bought the smaller Ryobi motor on the right saw.
I keep thinking Ive done the wrong thing, have an unsettled mind about this purchase. Hopefully Ryobi tech dept come back and offer me a free sample of their new to be released right handed large saw, to try out.I would love to grow my own food, but I can not find bacon seeds