Some months back whilst looking for a used tablesaw, I came across a
Ryobi Band Saw. I had thought it was one of the standard blue ones you
pick up at the BORG for $99.00 and the seller was a bit high in the $100
for a used one range.
After a couple of missed visits to see the bandsaw, I caught up with it
on Monday this week. I wrote down the model number to be BS-50N which
comes up with exactly one hit on Google as being capable of a 2" resaw
blade.
Intrigued I made a few calls to find out if parts are still available,
maybe. You can get part numbers but BORG is the only one that you order
them through.
I picked up the saw for $100. There is a tiny bit of rust under the
table and on the metal of the switch itself. The cool blocks are
unused. There was NO sawdust anyplace.
A page with photos here:
http://alan.firebin.net/bs50n.html
Great score! I could only find one previous newsgroup reference to it on the
wreck, back in 1996 but there was no real info. I checked the Ryobi product
online manuals - nothing available and nothing in their forums either.
AltaVista, Google, Yahoo and a few other come up with nil returns. It's a
bit of a mystery, let us know how it performs.
Greg
"A Womack" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Some months back whilst looking for a used tablesaw, I came across a
> Ryobi Band Saw. I had thought it was one of the standard blue ones you
> pick up at the BORG for $99.00 and the seller was a bit high in the $100
> for a used one range.
>
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> I picked up the saw for $100. There is a tiny bit of rust under the
> table and on the metal of the switch itself. The cool blocks are
> unused. There was NO sawdust anyplace.
My butcher has one just like it.
Seriously with the stainless table it looks like it is one design for
butchering meat.
"A Womack" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Some months back whilst looking for a used tablesaw, I came across a
> Ryobi Band Saw. I had thought it was one of the standard blue ones you
> pick up at the BORG for $99.00 and the seller was a bit high in the $100
> for a used one range.
>
> After a couple of missed visits to see the bandsaw, I caught up with it
> on Monday this week. I wrote down the model number to be BS-50N which
> comes up with exactly one hit on Google as being capable of a 2" resaw
> blade.
>
> Intrigued I made a few calls to find out if parts are still available,
> maybe. You can get part numbers but BORG is the only one that you order
> them through.
>
> I picked up the saw for $100. There is a tiny bit of rust under the
> table and on the metal of the switch itself. The cool blocks are
> unused. There was NO sawdust anyplace.
>
> A page with photos here:
>
> http://alan.firebin.net/bs50n.html
Dude - you sucketh.
Great score - thats a nice machine.
"A Womack" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Some months back whilst looking for a used tablesaw, I came across a
> Ryobi Band Saw. I had thought it was one of the standard blue ones you
> pick up at the BORG for $99.00 and the seller was a bit high in the $100
> for a used one range.
>
> After a couple of missed visits to see the bandsaw, I caught up with it
> on Monday this week. I wrote down the model number to be BS-50N which
> comes up with exactly one hit on Google as being capable of a 2" resaw
> blade.
>
> Intrigued I made a few calls to find out if parts are still available,
> maybe. You can get part numbers but BORG is the only one that you order
> them through.
>
> I picked up the saw for $100. There is a tiny bit of rust under the
> table and on the metal of the switch itself. The cool blocks are
> unused. There was NO sawdust anyplace.
>
> A page with photos here:
>
> http://alan.firebin.net/bs50n.html