G'day All
Well I went down to Bunnings and had a play with both Models of the Ryobi SCMS.
I twisted and turned both of them, they both seemed fairly tight and there was no discernable freeplay or difference between the two. The table rotation and saw angle movements were pretty much the same, smooth and free.
The Motor label information is identical, but you can see that physically the casing is slightly different between the two of them. The D grip handles are slightly different too, but nothing to write home about. The table lock mechanism on both is different, the former has a seperate knob while the latter uses the handle you turn the table with as the locking mechanism, only time will tell which is the better system, the obvious difference being the latter is a one handed operation, you move the table using the knob and lock it using the same knob.
As for the sliding mechanisms, the former has a flat plate on each side of the housing, which without taking it apart seems to indicate bushes to me. The latter has cupped end plates which indicates linear bearings to me.
The final decision came down to how the slides operated, the former felt rough, like it was sliding over a surface that wasn't smooth, the latter had a really nice smooth movement.
With all that done and the guy at Bunnings rolling his eyes at me in a similar way the wife does I decided to buy the Ryobi EMS2026SCL for $385
I also bought a Irwin 80T blade for the neater cuts I want, a 60T might have done the job and a 100T was in my opinion an overkill, again only time and experience will tell, not cheap suckers I can tell you.
Thanks again for the responses I got.
Regards
John
