First Ryobi tools…

Tell your wife you’ll need one or two more to catch up to me…

I doubt I’ll ever own that many Ryobi tools but that’s a nice collection you have. My yellow tools are bright enough – I can’t have that many fluorescent green tools. 🙂

I have the Black & Decker 36v yard tools and am really happy with them. I do see Ryobi has a bunch though too in the One + line. I might pick up the pole saw soon.

The table on the miter saw already drags too much for my liking. I need to see if there’s any adjustment. I’ll probably cut up a few pieces of scrap today just to see how it does.

Hey DY, does the laser look like it lines up alright with the cut line? I am going to bite the bullet and buy the Ryobi Airstrike but so far, other than my Ryobi router table (which actually is pretty nice with a huge work area) my shop is devoid of Ryobi tools.

Ryobi serves a purpose. When the Drill/Driver Impact Combo was $99 bucks or even $129 we couldnt even keep it in stock. Ryobi serves a purpose and very very rarely ever had any negative feedback about ryobi other than the batteries. But lets be honest with ourselves, thats the problem with all powertools.

ChrisK1970 wrote:

Hey DY, does the laser look like it lines up alright with the cut line? I am going to bite the bullet and buy the Ryobi Airstrike but so far, other than my Ryobi router table (which actually is pretty nice with a huge work area) my shop is devoid of Ryobi tools.

It lines up dead on the middle of the blade/cut. The manual does say it’s adjustable if you want to leave the mark on the left or right though.

Joe M wrote:

Ryobi serves a purpose. When the Drill/Driver Impact Combo was $99 bucks or even $129 we couldnt even keep it in stock. Ryobi serves a purpose and very very rarely ever had any negative feedback about ryobi other than the batteries. But lets be honest with ourselves, thats the problem with all powertools.

I’m going to be honest….the thing sounds like a beast. But when I was making test cuts yesterday, it kept not wanting to come on. I’d depress the safety trigger, depress the main trigger and it would kick on for a millsecond and then kick off. It did this repeatedly. I took the handle apart to see if there was a short, checked all the wires, everything looked fine. Put it back together and it didn’t do it again after that. A little frustrating, but it seems to be fixed. So maybe a wire was pinched or some such thing. I have no idea. Wifey got it off eBay, but I don’t want to have to pay the cost to return it, yada yada. So hopefully the issue doesn’t pop up again down the road. I really like the saw, but for a few minutes yesterday, I was ready to run it over with my truck.

Do you use it with a high capacity battery? If not it could have been the overload kicking in due to the high amp draw.

No, I’m using the smaller battery. Never even thought about the overload. I’ll read and see what’s recommended. Thanks Nicholas!

Just a thought. If most saws draw 15 amps at 120 volts who knows what they draw 18 volts. The smaller battery might not discharge at a quick enough rate to get it spinning/started. Electric motors can draw six times more than what they are rated at to get moving. With the high capacity battery you have twice the cells doing half the work.

Yea I was going to ask how you found the cordless miter saw it only pops up at certain times for sale at Home Depot. I have one and its just super handy to have around to do small jobs like small casing or cutting a small piece of wood for something. It’s been awhile sense the last time I used mine I can’t remember if a had an issue with the slim pack batteries causing problems.

My miter saw is finicky sometimes with the Lithium batteries, every once in a while it cuts off, like the battery is dead but it’s not. It’s not enough of an annoyance to bother worrying about it. I just figured maybe I was going too fast, some of the wood I cut is pretty tough and I’m a little heavy-handed with the pressure.

That 7 1/4″ is probably a great saw for trim, it’s so small it’d be a dream to just carry it around room-to-room and plop it down to make cuts.

Did you use the compact or full size batteries?

Who, me or Yankee? I use the compact batteries.

You Kato. I think that the compact batteries can’t handle the load and shut off. The overload is built into the batteries on the ryobi tools.

Woah I never knew that Ryobi had a cordless miter box! Does anyone know how well they work and how many cuts you get  on average? 

My boss has that cordless miter saw, works great when u are doing a quick fix somewhere.

The overload protection on the Ryobi Miter saw is very sensitive. I know when I used it just recently I had it kick in a few times if I tried to hurry a cut. My suggestion to save your sanity is to just let the saw do the work, and also pick up a better blade. A good 7 1/4″ inch blade isn’t expensive at all, My personal favorite brand is the Diablo by Freud. Any other premium brand will work just as well over the stock Ryobi blade. I will say I wish it did have a slide function for added cut capacity.I love that mean green Ryobi timber eating machine

I want that fan, and the cordless jigsaw.

quit the fancy work bench there moze……

ryobi makes good stuff i have one of their drills as a back up in my truck

Snagged the new Ryobi work light today. Holy cow is that thing bright! I have a pretty large yard and it lit up the whole thing (much better than it appears in the picture).

Wow that’s nice man!

Yeah Moze, that looks like an awesome light. I am not sure if I’m going to get it it but I might. I really want the finish nail gun and stapler though.

I think Ryobi has finally updated most of their cordless tools to the green color now. I need to get one of those new led work lights they are better than the Milwaukee M18 flood light I have the Ryobi pushes out more lumens.

Yeah my first collection was the old ryobi Blues in the rolli cart. The batteries failed me to many times. So I switched to Dewalt.

I have the older “blue” miter saw as well. It has not failed me in the 10 or so years I’ve had it. I have a Ryobi angle grinder I bought about 12 years ago. I use it on commercial sites all the time. I have seen guys with Metabo and dewalt grinders burn up but mine still keeps going, best $30 I ever spent.

Picked up their flood light yesterday. 2800 lumens for $40 isn’t bad…

How do you guys who have the miter saw like it? Poison, it seems like you have a lot of hours on yours.. I’ve always been tempted to buy it. I’m not in the ryobi platform but I can’t justify spending 500+ on the cordless makita.. it seems like there would be so many times for non critical stuff when it would be so much more convenient then setting up the corded

For what is is intended for its awesome. It will not do what your 10-12″ sliders will but it’s not in the same ballpark. That being said though I have done hardwood floor jobs and many trim jobs with it. Take it from room to room and plop it right on the floor. Just make sure you have a quality blade and always have a battery or two charging.

Poisonfangs85 wrote:

For what is is intended for its awesome. It will not do what your 10-12″ sliders will but it’s not in the same ballpark. That being said though I have done hardwood floor jobs and many trim jobs with it. Take it from room to room and plop it right on the floor. Just make sure you have a quality blade and always have a battery or two charging.

thats what i figured.. ill keep it on the list for now.     will it cut an accurate, tight miter in something like door casing?

thanks

my father is on the ryobi platform as a painting contractor..   

i just bought him the fan and new led worklight.. he seemed pretty excited.     they seem like great tools

NERemodeling wrote:

my father is on the ryobi platform as a painting contractor..

i just bought him the fan and new led worklight.. he seemed pretty excited. they seem like great tools

The hybrid LED is awesome. I had to show some restrain at Depot yesterday and put is down, but I will have one. As for the accuracy of the saw. It cuts casing just fine. You have to take it apart and clean up the base every now and then (year or so depending on jobs) and lube it up. Also make sure to work with a fresh battery, don’t try to run it on a dying batt cause it will start to labor and get a little sloppy. I still run old NiCad batts on mine, I need to get it a lithium or two.

Kato wrote:

 

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The miter saw looks nice, I have the 8 1/4″ “blue” miter saw and love it. Every couple of years I have to take it apart and smooth the slide areas out and grease them, and then make sure it’s all square, but it’s been working great for me since I bought it…which was back in ’02 I think. Haven’t had a Ryobi tool fail me yet, except for the old “blue” leaf blower. Plastic flywheel broke and I didn’t want to replace it with another plastic one so I ditched the whole unit. But, other than that I’m still using the tools I bought way back when without any problems.

 

8 1/4″? That seems like an odd size. Do you have trouble finding blades for it?

The only ryobi tool i will ever own is the air strike and thats still a maybe lol i couldnt see myself posting pics of my ryobi collection…. lol but hey to each the own no hate just an opinion

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Cliu wrote:

8 1/4″? That seems like an odd size. Do you have trouble finding blades for it?

Not typically, the hard part is remembering the size of it. Every time I want a new blade I have to look at the manual because I forget the size. I don’t know how popular the size is, but there’s quite a few brands that make it…Dewalt, Diablo, Milwaukee, etc..

torontotoolman wrote:

The only ryobi tool i will ever own is the air strike and thats still a maybe lol i couldnt see myself posting pics of my ryobi collection…. lol but hey to each the own no hate just an opinion

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I actually could care less about brand, if it works it works, the name on it doesn’t mean squat. Take apart half the tools out there and they’ll all have the same motor, gears, chucks, etc.. Brand these days doesn’t mean diddly, it’s all made by a small handful of manufacturers and branded with whatever name they want.

Kato wrote:

I actually could care less about brand, if it works it works, the name on it doesn’t mean squat. Take apart half the tools out there and they’ll all have the same motor, gears, chucks, etc.. Brand these days doesn’t mean diddly, it’s all made by a small handful of manufacturers and branded with whatever name they want.

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Ryobi definitely has its place in the world of tools.. for the money I think their quality is very respectable.. it allows homeowners and non demanding users to get into a massive cordless line that should satisfy most of their needs

NERemodeling wrote:

Ryobi definitely has its place in the world of tools.. for the money I think their quality is very respectable.. it allows homeowners and non demanding users to get into a massive cordless line that should satisfy most of their needs

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I really can’t comment on that but my Airstrike brad nailer is pretty sweet.mid add I’ve had that nail gun longer than a couple of my M tools that I’ve had to send back under warranty. A good friend of mine is a pro contractor and all he uses for cordless tools are Ryobis and he swears by them as does my Dad who uses them professionally. Truthfully they might not be premium and have the power of some other lines but they are a respectable brand. I am not a huge fan of the whole line but I do love my nail gun and will ad the finish nail gun soon.

ChrisK1970 wrote:

I really can’t comment on that but my Airstrike brad nailer is pretty sweet.mid add I’ve had that nail gun longer than a couple of my M tools that I’ve had to send back under warranty. A good friend of mine is a pro contractor and all he uses for cordless tools are Ryobis and he swears by them as does my Dad who uses them professionally. Truthfully they might not be premium and have the power of some other lines but they are a respectable brand. I am not a huge fan of the whole line but I do love my nail gun and will ad the finish nail gun soon.

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Honestly befor i get a bad rap on this form for talking shit about dewalt and ryobi i should explain im just stuck in my ways and i talk my power tools seriously not saying anybody on here doesnt take them seriously lol thats why were here to talk about tools and shit but ya ryobi isnt rhe worst thing out there i mean it is a little better the. Black and decker sooo yaaaa i can see some serious contractors using ryobi just not my self

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torontotoolman wrote:

Ya i am considering the air strike but thats all i really want from that line isnt the air strike a finishing nailer already?

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As far as your opinion on tools, they’re your opinion. I don’t get too hopped up about people making fun of my tool lines. Everybody has an opinion dude. And this IS a power tool forum so guys (and gals) take their stuff pretty seriously. Pro or DiYer, hobbiyist and beginners spend a lot of cash on this stuff to improve their home life or work life. That what’s so great about this place, everybody has an opinion!

One of my posts shows my shop under renovation. I got some heat because next to my $450 Festool drill is a Black and Decker AutoSense 20v drill. I use that thing all the time. You’d be harder pressed to find a simpler drill for using the Kreg and not overdriving screws.

I own some Ryobi tools and I love them. Although I’m more of a Milwaukee guy, a good tool is a good tool.

torontotoolman wrote:

The only ryobi tool i will ever own is the air strike and thats still a maybe lol i couldnt see myself posting pics of my ryobi collection…. lol but hey to each the own no hate just an opinion

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I started my business with Ryobi. First set was a DIY NiCad 4-5 piece set in the BIG gray case. Drill, recip, vac, light, circ saw, charger and two batteries. I ran that thing til every tool had no life left.

Kato wrote:

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The miter saw looks nice, I have the 8 1/4″ “blue” miter saw and love it. Every couple of years I have to take it apart and smooth the slide areas out and grease them, and then make sure it’s all square, but it’s been working great for me since I bought it…which was back in ’02 I think. Haven’t had a Ryobi tool fail me yet, except for the old “blue” leaf blower. Plastic flywheel broke and I didn’t want to replace it with another plastic one so I ditched the whole unit. But, other than that I’m still using the tools I bought way back when without any problems.

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NaluRash wrote:

I had no idea Ryobi made a lunchbox planer

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I’m really happy with my Dewalt but I almost bought this one. My local HD carried it for quite a while but when I decided to drop the coin they had stopped carrying it. Ryobi still has the machine listed on their website.

only relation to ryobi I have is was helping a buddy one day and he had a ryobi mitre saw …I used it while we were doing what we were doing ……

RickyMcGrath wrote:

I started my business with Ryobi. First set was a DIY NiCad 4-5 piece set in the BIG gray case. Drill, recip, vac, light, circ saw, charger and two batteries. I ran that thing til every tool had no life left.

I still have that big case which contained what were also some of the first cordless tools I’d had. The drill took some abuse before being replaced by a green one and I still use the little circular saw because it’s so handy being so small and lightweight. The later addition of lithium batteries really rejuvenated many of those tools. I love the new Airstrike brad nailer and its kinda crazy it’s based on such and ancient battery platform. Props to Ryobi for keeping the upgrade path so wide open and seamless over the years.

Very cool and fortunate to have a wife that listens to your wants and needs. I asked for tools and got levis. Lol oh well.

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