Thread: RYOBI 125W Scroll Saw (405mm) (RSW1240G)

Hi Kryn. The adapters 'hook' over the blade holders, top and bottom. It does work although it's quite cumbersome. I actually gave it quite a good work out today and the bottom adapter stayed in place even though I was wriggling and bending the top adapter, and blade, to get it through a work piece. If you mean could the bottom adapter 'jam' in place at the bottom no, I can't see how that would work.

Picked up the ryobi last week and today was quite frustrated with the pinless blade system. Did you manage to find a solution?

Hi Andrew. I've discovered that you get what you pay for, I wasn't prepared to pay $650 for the Carbatec model that I considered to be the next one up from the Ryobi/Ozito.

That said I've got used to using the little clamps that come with the saw and find that they work well on pin-less blades. The hard part is getting the bottom clamp fitted over the flange (?) and I'm very grateful for the suggestion that someone made to take off the left side cover. With that off you can fit the clamp comparatively easily.

However, for pierced work it's still a pain in the bum and there's just no easy solution to the problem. I was making a dollhouse and one of the features is a balcony which has a number - 24 - of cut outs that need to be done to make it look like balusters. I didn't even try to feed the blade through for each one I just started at one end, cut out the shape then cut through the remaining bit to get to the next shape then cut that out - and so on. I ended up with the effect that I wanted and just had to put a bit of filler in the through cuts and sand them down. You couldn't tell.

If your intention is to do a lot of pierced work that requires more care then I'm afraid this saw is not for you. In short having drilled pilot holes in your work pieces there is no easy way to detach the blade and feed it through: you have to undo the top - just the top if you're lucky - clamp and try to manipulate the blade through the piece before re-attaching the clamp and starting to cut.

Wish I could have been the bearer of good tidings: sorry I'm not.

Simon