Havinago Posted April 17, 2012 Report Share Posted April 17, 2012 Gday All Well I have lurked this forum and other forums for a long time despite not owning a scroll and having all of a 5 min go of the father in laws scroll saw (he makes kids furniture and pull wagons etc from recycled timber) I finally went out and got a scroll saw yesterday and settled on a Ryobi 16 inch as it accepts both plain and pin blades and also came with a built in flex shaft rotary tool and a big box of rotary tool bits... sanding cutting engraving etc... I also like that the blade can be side mounted for side cutting if the work piece is over 16inch in depth... I know it is not a high end saw but for the price of $220AU and the features it has I thought that this is a great saw for me to learn the skills required and most of all as my forum name suggests to be HAVIN A GO! Got hold of a sheet of MDF for $2 so have been practicing cutting shapes and circles etc. I have also just quit smoking and today is my 2nd day of no smoking so have found this a welcome distraction... Look forward to getting to know everyone and learning from you all Havinago Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WolfmoonCT Posted April 17, 2012 Report Share Posted April 17, 2012 A few folks here have been using a Ryobi for many years. Your sounds like it has some great features on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havinago Posted April 17, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2012 I can honestly say I am really happy with this saw at this price for my current skill level (read no skil yet) I did not even know it came with the built in rotary flex shaft and bits until I removed it from the box... The box just said "with accessories" so I was thinking accessories such as an alan key and a few blades... So a really pleasant surprise indeed. Will try to get some pics of the machine to post on here later... As I would honestly reccomend this saw to any one like myself who is new to scroll saws and does not want to have a big entry cost... I have spent a while trying to figure out any set backs on the saw that would require me to upgrade to a higher end machine but can not find any at this stage... Seems Ryobi really thought this model through! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombatie Posted April 18, 2012 Report Share Posted April 18, 2012 Hi Trev, welcome to the Village. I'm Marg from Australia. Good luck with quitting smoking, I gave up 17 years ago, it does get easier, I promise. Marg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xray Posted April 20, 2012 Report Share Posted April 20, 2012 Nothing wrong with Ryobi, any saw beats no saw. Hands on practice is the best way to learn - Especially since scroll saws are one of the very few power tools where its almost impossible to injure yourself. MDF is very hard on blades, plus the fine dust is toxic. Pine or plywood would be better to practice on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshall Posted May 5, 2012 Report Share Posted May 5, 2012 Trev welcome to the village -- sorry for being so slow at getting around to this ...............MB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amazingkevin Posted October 17, 2012 Report Share Posted October 17, 2012 Me too had low end scroll saws and havwe had an absolute ball 5 years with them and would not trade that time for anything.Practice makes perfect and learn all t=you can here in the village .plenty of very helpfull people here willing to bend backwards to help.just ask! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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