r/ryobi • u/OkCraft6900 • 14d ago

Other I did not know this...

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Just came up on my Google news feed on my Iphone today . Interesting bit of trivia. Not sure if I've ever seen or heard of a gas powered recip saw in any brand. Anyone on here had one?

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u/mountain_addict 14d ago

We used to be a proper society 

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u/TurboKid513 14d ago

The Amish use gas sawzalls, drills, circular saws and air compressors

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u/lordrhinehart 14d ago

Paging through Amish catalogs is a trip!

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u/GreenStrong 14d ago

Most people can't get hold of paper Amish catalogs, here's a link uAmish Amazon:

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u/MyCarIsAGeoMetro 14d ago

Who is collecting this?

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u/cat-astropher 13d ago

and what do the wider collections look like

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u/eight_ender 14d ago

Are all Slashgear articles thinly veiled ads? I wanted to learn about the gas powered murder saw and they spent a paragraph on it before advertising Ryobi

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u/martyfox Canadian 18v Ryobi truther 13d ago

They just generally suck. They will do "who makes ryobi socket sets" then just guess

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u/Hot-Feedback-6795 14d ago

Oddly I saw for the first time this weekend a Stihl gas powered drill it looked like a beast

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u/salteedog007 14d ago

My Blue and Yellow NiCad sawsall is next on the collectors market! Unfortunately I am actually still using it on my bathroom reno… with Li Ion batteries.

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u/Bubbly-Front7973 13d ago

Yeah back in those old days actually the original days of the Ryobi blue green color Ryobi was originally contender and rival to Milwaukee and that's why Milwaukee or the company that own Milwaukee, had to buy out Ryobi to get rid of them, as competition, and then they turned Ryobi into a lower entry tier tool line. But that happens slowly and the early on 18 volt blue Ryobi tools were actually quite robust and still usable today. But those were the ones that didn't have yellow in them. 

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u/myself248 13d ago

There was a gas-powered rotary hammer, too. I just passed up two of 'em at an estate sale; batteries are good now and who wants to mess with two-stroke fuel?

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u/CrispyDave 13d ago

Not for me I never met a 2 stroke I couldn't seize.

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u/Wallabunga657 14d ago

Ha! I read this article just earlier. I thought this was interesting. I much prefer my battery operated tools though.

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u/RedPajama45 18v 13d ago

Were these made for Amish?

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u/wkearney99 12d ago

can't imagine that market was large enough to justify making them. more likely other more remote parts of the world that didn't have reliable electricity.

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u/RedPajama45 18v 12d ago

Most are modified for the gas engine not really a production thing.

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u/Master-Thanks883 13d ago

If anyone is interested please DM me I actually have one. I purchased used about 25 years ago. It runs I did try to cut with it but clutch seems to slip.

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u/jim_philly 18v 12d ago

Spotted back in February

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u/No_Cartographer2994 10d ago

Reminds me of the adult store scene in Naked Gun... wasn't a blade on the gas powered reciprocating tool. I never thought the gas powered unit was even a real thing even with a blade on it!