Recent content by Sanderguy777

Ok. I called Ridgid and they told me I have to drive an hour and a half to a service center! What have your experiences been with other brands and getting them serviced? Specifically in the Northern Arkansas area.

The saw wasn't expensive, but it's from the 50s or 60s, so it's not junk, either. I would also argue that once the blade isn't wobbling and the fence is parallel, the blade IS the major factor since it's what does the cutting. The whole system is important, but my experience with multi tools...

Someone made a 24" saw once too, and that one handles 8x8s 😂 I've been tempted to try putting a 12" blade on it, but never thought it would end well.

Oh, for sure. If I started over or was planning on doing a big job, that would be perfect. I just don't have anything to draw me to spend that much on individual tools.

I should have been more clear. I was talking about the m12 non-fuel tools I have. Ridgid did offer 12v tools at one time, but they went the way of the dodo and the Jobmax and Octane tools. Yeah, my dad and friend both love Ryobi for yard tools. I don't do it often enough to be able to get...

Ah, those are really good points! I didn't know the riving knife issue or the battery issue. There is a CMT (I think it was) blade that Wittworks recommended with one of his track saw videos that looked really good. It worked on his Milwaukee ,iirc. I would argue that I have to use 6ah...

Porter Cable was MAYBE Ryobi quality. Flex was a newcomer that died off for whatever reason. Ridgid is a plumbing company with a good rep that lease the rights to their power tools to TTI. I agree that they aren't reliable for keeping a tool line around (subcompact, octane, gen5, etc), but if...

I was tempted.

You talking about 12v? Cause that's was I was saying (maybe that wasn't clean). Bauer does seem like a decent tool. My issue with HF tools is I didn't see them till after I had all the other ones 😂. I also really like the little stupid tools from Ryobi like the glue gun and blower. If I had to...

LOL. Yeah, but the last cut I was trying to make was an angled rip through the 3.5" dimension of a 2x4. The 10" blade didn't even do it, much less an 8"

Yeah. completely agree with the 12v. No one even comes close to m12 that I've seen. I own Ridgid (about 6 batteries, impact driver, drill, hammer drill (not a rotary hammer), circ and recip saws, and a flood light). I also own some non fuel m12 (NEVER buy those. The drill and impact have...

Interesting. I was not aware that the action on the base was that strong. I suppose it would have to be to support the weight of all but the base plate. And yeah, angle grinders and circ saws are probably the scariest tools I've used. The miter saw seems like about as safe a tool as you can...

Yeah, I don't need anything more than the $50 blade for this project, but I've noticed how much better the $15-20 diablo demo demon blades are than the cheapo basic so Diablo framing blades that it made me wonder if they made a bigger version for nail embedded wood. It's not like this isn't a...

Exactly! 😄 And what's worse is that I've used the old $10 diablo 7.25" blades and the $60+ Diablo 10" blades and still had the same experience. I know they MAKE blades that theoretically work for nails, but I think they're CMT and are multi material or something iirc. As someone pointed out...

Nice work! What are IGUs? Yeah, 18ga is terrible imo. you have a hole you have to fill (or at least work to cover with paint) and still have no holding power! I know it does actually work and has a use, but it seems like a terrible product on its own 😂 I'm not sure how it would work, but...