"Dave In Texas" wrote in message
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"Larry Blanchard" wrote in message
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On Mon, 22 Feb 2010 08:59:34 -0800, Evodawg wrote:

Ryobi has always been junk.

Not true. It may well be junk now, but my ancient Ryobi AP10
planer is
still going strong. And I know a few other woodworkers who can
say the
same.

Several weeks back when someone posted that HD had the TEK 4
system at half price (plus free shipping) on their website I
jumped on it. Went straight to the shooting range with the ear
muffs. They worked like a charm. The flashlight is one of the
brighter ones that I've owned, not to mention how compact it is.
The tin snips cut flashing with no problem. Haven't tried the
screw gun nor have I tried charging my cell phone with the
universal charger gizmo.
$53 and change. What can you lose?

The first Ryobi product that I recall being panned was their bench
top reciprocating spindle sander from the early 90's. Here in
rec.woodworking, it really got blasted. Later, it was reported
that they'd cured the breakage issue (spindle up-down movement
broke), but from then on I saw a lot of anti-Ryobi comments.


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