Reciprocating saw. Ryobi one Plus

The Weegie · Post by **The Weegie** » Sun Sep 14, 2008 7:42 pm

Thinking of buying the Ryobi one plus saw. Anybody got one?

How is the battery life with the saw. I have three 1.7 A/hr batteries.

Hoovie · Post by **Hoovie** » Sun Sep 14, 2008 7:46 pm

Not got the recip saw, but got the Jigsaw and Circ saw and TBH I am a bit disapointed with how much life I get from the batteries using those two saws compared to the other Ryobi kit I have.

Not sure if that helps or if I am just whinging

The Weegie · Post by **The Weegie** » Sun Sep 14, 2008 7:52 pm

I have the jigsaw as well Hoovie and like yourself I have been disappointed with the battery life.

I was thinking of purchasing the corded Ryobi however it is considerably dearer than the cordless.

Where is Big ALL

big-all · Post by **big-all** » Sun Sep 14, 2008 8:53 pm

well funny enough i have the recip saw and its awsome for demolition
it wont cut in a strait line without battons to cut against

tell me what you want to use it for and will tell you its sutability

i liked mine so much i bought a dewalt 18v as well

The Weegie · Post by **The Weegie** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 7:09 am

Thanks for the replies guys.

Big-All. I'll be needing it to cut the tops of fence posts. I ve got 12 in total to cut. I,m to lazy to use a manual saw.

The wife bought me one of those Scorpion saws of off one of those shopping channels about 3 years ago

. The make was Nu-tool. Never used it. Gets it out yesterday to cut the posts. Onto the fourth post and smoke begins to come out of the saw. Within seconds the saw completely dies. The thing was roosting hot.

Due to having one plus batteries I thought of the recip saw.

Hoovie · Post by **Hoovie** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 7:31 am

I have a Bosch reciprocating saw (mains powered) and that is very good - used it for rough cuts in wood and branch lopping, etc.

if it is just 12 cuts (now only 9 as done 3 ;) ), use a normal saw you lazy *****

Just an excuse to get another Power Tool I reckon

The Weegie · Post by **The Weegie** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 7:34 am

Hoovie wrote:I have a Bosch reciprocating saw (mains powered) and that is very good - used it for rough cuts in wood and branch lopping, etc.

if it is just 12 cuts (now only 9 as done 3 ;) ), use a normal saw you lazy *****

Just an excuse to get another Power Tool I reckon

SShh Don't tell the wife

lockie · Post by **lockie** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 8:01 am

I have an erauber one with 2 18v batteries and that works well enough with a new sharp blade.As mentioned before they do like to wander a bit when cutting unless your blade is brand new or really sharp.Ive used mine a lot for cutting metal with good results.

big-all · Post by **big-all** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 10:17 am

yes a recip saw will easily cut the top off your posts
i would secure one or 2 battons and cut accross them

when i removed my old fence i just cut down the join between the posts and pannel to cut the nails took seconds
also because the old posts had long metposts attached and we couldnt lift them out the clay soil we cut them off at the top off the metpost in seconds this includes a couple of occasions where the saw on the front edge cut down and through the metal of the metpost as well lol

i have used the recip saw for many things including cutting soffits still in situ without removing the tiles i just affixed 2 battons the correct length to guide the blade and support the saw so it just tickles the underside of the slates

The Weegie · Post by **The Weegie** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 11:26 am

big-all wrote:yes a recip saw will easily cut the top off your posts
i would secure one or 2 battons and cut accross them

when i removed my old fence i just cut down the join between the posts and pannel to cut the nails took seconds
also because the old posts had long metposts attached and we couldnt lift them out the clay soil we cut them off at the top off the metpost in seconds this includes a couple of occasions where the saw on the front edge cut down and through the metal of the metpost as well lol

i have used the recip saw for many things including cutting soffits still in situ without removing the tiles i just affixed 2 battons the correct length to guide the blade and support the saw so it just tickles the underside of the slates

Thanks for the advice mate.

The Weegie · Post by **The Weegie** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 11:30 am

lockie wrote:I have an erauber one with 2 18v batteries and that works well enough with a new sharp blade.As mentioned before they do like to wander a bit when cutting unless your blade is brand new or really sharp.Ive used mine a lot for cutting metal with good results.

Erbauer tools seem to get quite a few good write ups on forums.