Ryobi Bandsaw!

L6steel

L6steel

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Just in case there's another poor sap out there that bought one of these pieces of garbage, ugh, I thought I'd post this tip!
Yours probably, like mine, came with a 1/4" paper thin blade that skews off at the mere sight of grain when trying to cut a piece of wood and just plain looses it's feeble mind when you go at a section of g10 with it.
Well, I was visiting Lowes last night and what to my wandering eyes did appear, it twernt reindeer, if it was I woulda snagged thier antlers, it was the brand new bandsaw blade display that Lowes has. They used to only carry three or four sizes and naturally none were the one I was lookin for!
Well, now they have twenty or thirty different sizes including the one I wanted! Yeeeehaaaaaaaaaa!
My theory on this is Home Depot is diggin into thier business so much they figured they better get thier butts in gear and wise up and start offering what the customer is lookin for or they're gonna go belly up.
Anyway, I bought a 3/8" blade, slapped it on that stinkin Ryobi and now the thing cuts fine. Looks at that grain and says come on your hemorrhoid and burns right thru it without skewin off a hair!
Moral to the story, keep the saw and get the Vermont brand 3/8" blade and your skew problem is solved!
 
I've noticed the same thing Michael. The one I go to has completely reorganized their tool department and added a lot of new stock at good prices. It had gotten so the only reason I went to Lowe's was for salt treated lumber (theirs was better than HD) Now that the feds have banned it, I guess thy are trying to really give customers what they want in other areas!
 
Originally posted by peter nap
...... It had gotten so the only reason I went to Lowe's was for salt treated lumber (theirs was better than HD) Now that the feds have banned it, .......
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Out of curiosity, what is salt treated lumber used for, how is it done, and why did the feds ban it?? :confused: :)
 
Ah, pressure-treated lumber.

Yep, it never has ceased to amaze me how a manufacturer could sell a product and the consumer is IMMEDIATELY forced to change somethign on it or buy an additional item to make the <insert whatever here> perform the way it should.

Yeah I might me on a soapbox about this crap, but its an irritating fact of life sometimes. Anyone here ever own a BMW motorcycle? I don't recall BMW ever stating that the only people suitable of riding one of their bikes would also have to be a basketball player. Their doggone seats are so high! They offer three positions, but the lowest position is still too high. I might add that I am of normal build and height - 5"11" and 32" inseam. Well heck for years BMW has done this with totaly disregard of their customers comments.

So circling around to the issue at hand, its a crying shame they give you a blade that isnt worth a hoot. Would be better to take a few bucks off the saw and let you buy your own. At least one wouldn't be stuck with a useless blade!

Heh! okay I'll step down off the box now.
 
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