Greetings!
Any opinions regarding the Ryobi BT3100 Table Saw?
I DAGS, and seem to have found that about half the worlsd hates it,
and the other half likes it. No help there. So I thought I'd turn to
"the group", and see if any of you have any experience with it, or
opinions to share.
Why? A friend has offerd his to me, at about half the cost new ($150
to me). He's moving to an apartment, and has no home for it anymore!
:( *He* liked it, but he also had NO other reference point. Any
opinions would be appreciated.
AtDhVaAnNkCsE,
Hal
I don't know too much about this saw but I've got to believe it's worth
$150 if you need a saw and have none. This is the only saw that I know
of that has it's own newgroup. Can't remember where it is but there is
a big user community and they have a newsgroup somewhere.
I'll bet you could buy it and sell it in that group for $200.
BW
I have had a BT3000 for fifteen years. It does the job, it is easy to
get repair parts when it breaks. The fence and table have a little
more play than I would like. I have also missed having a mitre slot
but there are work arounds. For $150 it will provide a good beginning
to your workshop. Although I could replace it with a better table saw
now, I won't bother. I find I use my bandsaw for a lot of sawing tasks
that I used to do on the table saw. I use hand saws for other tasks.
However, when I want to make parallel cuts, like when I am squaring up
a board, a table saw it hard to beat, even a BT3100.
SonomaProducts.com wrote:
> I don't know too much about this saw but I've got to believe it's worth
> $150 if you need a saw and have none. This is the only saw that I know
> of that has it's own newgroup. Can't remember where it is but there is
> a big user community and they have a newsgroup somewhere.
>
> I'll bet you could buy it and sell it in that group for $200.
>
> BW
In article <[email protected]>, WillR
<[email protected]> wrote:
> I have the BT3000SX. I made a miter slot for it. Have a look at the shop
> section on my web page.
That's pretty much how I've envisioned modifying mine, but I think I'd
prefer a single slot on each side.
Kevin
On 19 Jul 2005 15:06:46 -0700, [email protected] wrote:
>Greetings!
> Any opinions regarding the Ryobi BT3100 Table Saw?
>
> I DAGS, and seem to have found that about half the worlsd hates it,
>and the other half likes it. No help there. So I thought I'd turn to
>"the group", and see if any of you have any experience with it, or
>opinions to share.
>
> Why? A friend has offerd his to me, at about half the cost new ($150
>to me). He's moving to an apartment, and has no home for it anymore!
>:( *He* liked it, but he also had NO other reference point. Any
>opinions would be appreciated.
>
>AtDhVaAnNkCsE,
> Hal
I'm reasonably fond of mine, but I wouldn't buy it again as my only
table saw. The lack of a fixed miter-slot is *not* made up for by the
sliding table. For $150, though, I might buy another one and fix it
up as a dual saw with the one I have. :)
PK
Hi Hal.
Unless you plan on throwing it into the back of the pickup and taking it
from job to job, buy it. Spend some time setting it up ( and checking the
settings once in a while) and you will be able to make a lot of nice
things. JG
[email protected] wrote:
> Greetings!
> Any opinions regarding the Ryobi BT3100 Table Saw?
>
> I DAGS, and seem to have found that about half the worlsd hates it,
> and the other half likes it. No help there. So I thought I'd turn to
> "the group", and see if any of you have any experience with it, or
> opinions to share.
>
> Why? A friend has offerd his to me, at about half the cost new ($150
> to me). He's moving to an apartment, and has no home for it anymore!
> :( *He* liked it, but he also had NO other reference point. Any
> opinions would be appreciated.
>
> AtDhVaAnNkCsE,
> Hal
Did you try this site: http://www.bt3central.com/
They seem to have lots of good info.
Darrell
<[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Greetings!
> Any opinions regarding the Ryobi BT3100 Table Saw?
>
> I DAGS, and seem to have found that about half the worlsd hates it,
> and the other half likes it. No help there. So I thought I'd turn to
> "the group", and see if any of you have any experience with it, or
> opinions to share.
>
> Why? A friend has offerd his to me, at about half the cost new ($150
> to me). He's moving to an apartment, and has no home for it anymore!
> :( *He* liked it, but he also had NO other reference point. Any
> opinions would be appreciated.
>
> AtDhVaAnNkCsE,
> Hal
>
[email protected] wrote:
> Greetings!
> Any opinions regarding the Ryobi BT3100 Table Saw?
>
> I DAGS, and seem to have found that about half the worlsd hates it,
> and the other half likes it. No help there. So I thought I'd turn to
> "the group", and see if any of you have any experience with it, or
> opinions to share.
Half the people will 'hate' it and the other 'half' will like it. The
'half' that likes it will own one or have owned one. I own a 3000 -
essentialy the same saw. Sears sold them for a while under their own name
and parts are still available there. Though I 'like' the saw, I would not
buy it again knowing what I know now. The sliding table kind of sucked me
in, but I don't find it all that useful and the lack of a mitre slot was
so annoying that I bought the mitre slot add on. The saw does work, does
what I need it to do, sometimes bogs down on 8/4 HW, and has the best
dust collection I've ever seen except for my Dewalt DW621 router.
>
> Why? A friend has offerd his to me, at about half the cost new ($150
> to me). He's moving to an apartment, and has no home for it anymore!
>:( *He* liked it, but he also had NO other reference point. Any
> opinions would be appreciated.
>
> AtDhVaAnNkCsE,
> Hal
>
I love mine. It does everything I need and at a reasonable cost. There
may be better ones out there for a lot more, who knows, but I'm
extremely pleased with mine. I can cut small stuff or rip a 4x8 sheet
of plywood no sweat!
John
[email protected] wrote:
> Greetings!
> Any opinions regarding the Ryobi BT3100 Table Saw?
>
> I DAGS, and seem to have found that about half the worlsd hates it,
> and the other half likes it. No help there. So I thought I'd turn to
> "the group", and see if any of you have any experience with it, or
> opinions to share.
>
> Why? A friend has offerd his to me, at about half the cost new ($150
> to me). He's moving to an apartment, and has no home for it anymore!
> :( *He* liked it, but he also had NO other reference point. Any
> opinions would be appreciated.
>
> AtDhVaAnNkCsE,
> Hal
>
[email protected] wrote:
> Greetings!
> Any opinions regarding the Ryobi BT3100 Table Saw?
>=20
> I DAGS, and seem to have found that about half the worlsd hates it,
> and the other half likes it. No help there. So I thought I'd turn to
> "the group", and see if any of you have any experience with it, or
> opinions to share.
>=20
> Why? A friend has offerd his to me, at about half the cost new ($150
> to me). He's moving to an apartment, and has no home for it anymore!
> :( *He* liked it, but he also had NO other reference point. Any
> opinions would be appreciated.
>=20
> AtDhVaAnNkCsE,
> Hal
>=20
I have the BT3000SX. I made a miter slot for it. Have a look at the shop =
section on my web page.
I have added the extension table, and made an outfeed table as well. The =
router table gets a lot of use as well.
As long as you take some time to learn the setups it works great. Dust=20
collection is excellent. I use a shop vac with a HEPA filter and the .1=20
micron filter bags.
Check out... Great BT3K site.
http://www.bt3central.com/
This fellow uses a BT3K as well as I recall. His stuff seems ok to me.
http://www.australianwoodart.com/
--=20
Will R.
Jewel Boxes and Wood Art
http://woodwork.pmccl.com
The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those=20
who have not got it.=94 George Bernard Shaw