[TheForge] chop saws, best currently available?

Wed Dec 4 20:27:01 2002

I have had the best success with my Ryobi. The Ridgid is too 
lightweight, despite its lifetime guarantee. Home Depot has replaced it 
three times in the first year after I bought it. Then they had a 
closeout Ryobi for $100 so I decided to retire my 7 year old Ryobi as 
it was really starting to drag on cuts. The New Ryobi is built as well 
as the first and has held up as well, but I am not as happy with the 
recent changes they made to the vise.

The Ryobi's have cast iron bases. Most of the rest are sheet metal. 
Also look at the motor ventilation, is it going to collect all the 
grinding dust? And the pivot arm assembly. On the Ridgid units if you 
lean on the cut at all it twists.

Ray Miller
Cincinnati
On Wednesday, December 4, 2002, at 02:25 PM, [email protected] wrote:

> Hello all.
>
> What is the best chop saw for the money on the market today? I know 
> that many
> have been using the same tool for 15 years or so, but as the 
> manufacturers
> change and the location of manufacturing changes, so does the quality. 
> So,
> anyone with experience in the last 5 years or so, please respond.
>
> Thanks.
>
> --Matt Holliday, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania.
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