Hi all

 

I keep eyeing up the Ryobi multi material saw. It's like a mini plunge saw. It would be useful for trimming things and cutting sheets of material outside Wickes etc to get in the car.

 

Does anyone have one or have any experience with one?

 

For reference I have a quite a few Ryobi tools a batteries. Also some Milwaukee M12 bits. The only cordless saw I have is an M12 jigsaw so not great for cutting sheets up. I have a table saw, a circular saw and a track saw, which are all corded so not suitable for breaking down sheets in a car park.

Hello Mark - is it similar to the DeWalt multi tool? Very handy tool. 

Hi warrior. Not really. It's a small circular saw (85mm blade) that has a plunge function. It comes with a selection of blades for metal, wood or stone. My main usage will be rough breakdown of sheet material. I do wonder if a full size cordless saw is a better option due to the power.

I guess it really depends on workload, hard to beat the portability of cordless tools - provided you have spare batteries.

I don't know what a plunge saw is but if you mean reciprocating saw then I'd say go for it. I've had my eye on one myself but I need a way to justify the purchase to 'er indoor 🤣

Plunge saw AKA track saw.  Its a circular saw not dissimilar to a normal circular saw but has a plunge function and a depth stop.  Its so you can place is on something plate down and the blade returns back into the body.  My description sounds a lot more basic than it is.  They are very capable tools and usually run along a guide track.

This ryobi one I'm looking at is a kind of mini one that doesn't use a track.  I have a small portable guide rail that is perfect for in the car alongside it.  Just don't want to get the saw if it's a novelty use once type of tool.

2 hours ago, MarkyG82 said:

 Just don't want to get the saw if it's a novelty use once type of tool.

 

I think that's a voice you shouldn't be listening to 😁

 

3 hours ago, MarkyG82 said:

Just don't want to get the saw if it's a novelty use once type of tool.

 

53 minutes ago, Gaz said:

I think that's a voice you shouldn't be listening to 😁

If you need it once and buying it is cheaper than hiring it, or if the hire shops only have dodgy stuff, then buy it!

I've got a Makita one, basically what I'd call a floorboard saw. It's a handy little tool, just don't expect too much out of it. I go with the rule that if I can bend the material with my fingers, it will do it, or in other terms, if the jigsaw will cut it, this will, just a bit quicker. Ryobi stuff's alright for occassional DIY use. 

I think with my roof rack for full size sheets and a bit of mail order material I can cope without this new tool.  This makes me sad.  We all need a new tool day!!

I carry a hardpoint Jacksaw, a hacksaw and a bowsaw under the variofloor for such occasions amongst a multitude of other "just on case" stuff.

 

I understand the desire to take something portable and battery powered along when you know you will need something, my stuff is for when I come across something worthwhile at salvage yards etc.

 

I take a 2 stroke Italian 350mm cut of saw whenever I go to the steel stockholders, their cutting charge gives me the s***s 😒 and also if you want say 3m they will charge you for 3.1m yet set the saw to exactly 3.0m so you end up undersize by half the sawblade width and paying more than you would for a stock 6m length and cutting it yourself.

6 minutes ago, MarkyG82 said:

I think with my roof rack for full size sheets and a bit of mail order material I can cope without this new tool.  This makes me sad.  We all need a new tool day!!

 

My (not) retirement present to myself was a Bosch drywall screwdriver and bandolier feed (called a mitrailleuse = machine gun in French).

 

I havn't done any drywalling yet but an unfinished unjointed section now has hundreds of screws in one of the uprights, takes me back to my childhood when my carpenter father fixed a piece of wood on the side of one of his workbench legs and said that I was allowed to bang nails in there and nowhere else.

 

Well into his retirement he was cutting wood by hand and coming across the infant JR's hidden nails punched under the surface 😒

 

Edited 16 July, 20241 yr by J.R.

I have a mains powered mini plunge saw and have to say it’s fantastic for cutting sheet materials down to size.

I have one of these, and it's far better than I expected it to be. Very useful and surprisingly easy to get it to cut in a straight line.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Circular-HYCHIKA-Blades-4500RPM-Plastic/dp/B07RZZMR7J