BT3100 Compact 4-Wheel Dolly By Rick Slaugh (rslaugh) I live in a townhouse with a single car garage (which is an oxymoron because the garage will never house a car) that I share with my wife’s vintage clothing business. Needless to say sawdust and vintage clothing doesn'’t mix very well so my “shop” needs to be portable and move to the driveway when I actually want to use it. I bought the accessory kit for my BT primarily for the 4” casters. I soon learned that the casters are a poor solution for me because of the location underneath a storage cabinet where the saw gets stored. ...
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BT3100 Compact 4-Wheel Dolly
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BT3100 Compact 4-Wheel Dolly
Originally Posted by Rick Slaugh in the category Mobile BT3000s
BT3100 Compact 4-Wheel Dolly By Rick Slaugh (rslaugh) I live in a townhouse with a single car garage (which is an oxymoron because the garage will never house a car) that I share with my wife’s vintage clothing business. Needless to say sawdust and vintage clothing doesn'’t mix very well so my “shop” needs to be portable and move to the driveway when I actually want to use it. I bought the accessory kit for my BT primarily for the 4” casters. I soon learned that the casters are a poor solution for me because of the location underneath a storage cabinet where the saw gets stored. ... -
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Full Extension Hardwood Drawer Slides
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Full Extension Hardwood Drawer Slides
Full Extension Hardwood Drawer Slides – By Mark Stripes
This jig enhances safety while milling hardwood lower drawer slides. It is made out of 1⁄2" Baltic birch plywood. Overall dimensions are 10" by 21 3/4". I made a handle at the front edge out of a block of walnut 4/4 by 2" by 6" with a 1⁄2" cove for the grip section and a 1/4" round over on all top corners. The toggle clam hold down block is 1⁄2" by 2" by 6" with a slot 5/16" wide to allow for adjustment. The toggle clamp is held onto this block with 2 #10-32tpi x1/2" machine screws. On the back of this block 2 “t-nuts” are set in so as to be flush. The slot for the saw blade is 1/4" wide. The slots for the end hold down and the toggle clamp hold down are both 5/16" wide with a channel 1⁄2" wide centered just deep enough to capture the bolt heads. To cut these slots affix a fence to your panel, install a 5/16" bit into your router and cut the slot, then without moving the fence change to a 1⁄2" straight cutter, set your depth to the thickness of your bolt head, cut the 2nd slot. Remove the fence, and repeat for other slot. To mill the 1/4" slot set you fence on your router table so that the center of your 1/4" straight cutter is 9/16" from the fence. Mark your stock for where you want to begin and end the slot. Turn on router, align your starting mark with the bit and lower the panel onto the cutter, and cut until you reach the stop line. Allow a couple of inches on each end of this slot so that you will be able to use the edge of the jig to track against your rip fence while cutting the slides, as shown here: ... -
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Tool Triggered Power Cord For BT3000 And Other Tools
For many years, I have been using the power switch on my BT3000 to turn on the shop vac as well as the saw itself. My old shop vac was a low powered unit and together with the BT3K’s motor didn’t exceed the 20 amp. rating of the contacts in the switch. That all changed when I replaced the shop vac with an industrial model of Shop Vac. After several weeks of forgetting to turn on the vac when I started the saw, I knew I had to go back to the automatic method of starting the dust collector. Fortunately, Sears had the solution for this problem. They have a $20 tool triggered outlet device that plugs into a standard duplex outlet and provides two outlets that are switched on when the tool that is plugged into the primary receptacle on the device is turned on....
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Wide Crosscut Fence For The BT3000
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Wide Crosscut Fence For The BT3000
Wide Crosscut Fence for BT3000This fence is used to extend the crosscut capacity of the Sliding Miter Table (SMT) from 16 inches to 23 1⁄2 inches. The design was originally done to address a question someone had asked on the Ryobi toolforum about cross cutting wide panels. After several people had attempted to add a fence to the front edge of the SMT and had drilled holes in the table to do so, some folks argued that there ought to be a way to accomplish the mountin...
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Ryobi BT3000 Router Fence Construction Notes
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Ryobi BT3000 Router Fence Construction Notes
Ryobi BT3000 Router Fence Construction Notes Design by Jim Frye This router fence is designed for use with the Ryobi BT3000 rip fence. It is essentially a hollow wooden box that attaches to the top T-slots of the rip fence and encloses the router bit that is mounted in the BT3K accessory table. The fence has a chip collection port at the right end of the fence to be used with a 2 1/2”diameter shop vac hose. The fence also has an adjustable guard for the bit opening, a 6”high fence for handling vertical work pieces and for clamping hold downs, and threaded inserts in the fence face for the attachment of accessory jigs like a pivot pin or a jointer fence. The rip fence remains usable with this router fence mounted. ...
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Folding Outfeed Table for BT3000
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Created by: Jim Frye
Folding Outfeed Table for BT3000
Folding Outfeed Table for BT3000 Designed by Jim Frye When I first purchased a table saw, the first thing I knew I’d need was an outfeed table for it. The BT3000 didn’t have one and anything I’d seen on the after-market was intended for a cabinet saw. I’d seen shop-built outfeed tables in several of the wood working magazines and decided to make my own. I found a discarded file cabinet top from a Steelcase unit that was 18”by 30”by 1 3/16” thick. It was made of MDF and covered in off white lamin...
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Pat Greco's BT3000
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Pat Greco's BT3000
Originally Posted by Pat Greco in the category Mobile BT3000s Although this article does not contain any supporting text or instructions, it's photos give some great direction for adding multiple miter slots and a shop made outfeed table to the BT3000. ...
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BT3000 Shop-made Extension Table
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RodKirby
BT3000 Shop-made Extension Table
Materials: Top 1-1⁄4” MDF, Ends 1⁄4” plywood, “Packing” 1/8” MDF. 10 x 1” x NO.8 C/S screws. 4 x “User kit” knobs/nuts, 4 x 5/16” fender washers. ...
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A Review Of The Ryobi BD4600 Disk and Belt Sander
Originally Posted by Don Hart
Input: 1/2 Peak HP, 120V, single phase, 60 Hz
Belt Speed: 1900 SF/M
Disc Speed: 3450 RPM
Table Size: 8-1/2" x 5-3/4"
Table Tilt: 0-45°
Belt Tilt: 0-90°
Tool Weight: 47 lbs.
Price: $99.95
Includes: 4"x36" 80 grit sanding belt, 6" 80 grit sanding disc, Operator's Manual.
It took me about 20- 30 minutes to get everything setup and that included the time to take the pictures. So The setup is very straight forward and easy to do. After I finished setting the unit up I tried changing out the belt to see if it was as easy as the manual implied. It definitely is It takes about a minute to make the change and a few seconds to test and adjust the tracking. Changing the disk is slightly more involved as you have to remove the guard which requires a screw driver but even with that it is still easy to do. ... -
A Review Of The Ryobi BT3100 Woodcutting Table Saw
A Review Of The Ryobi BT3100 Woodcutting Table Saw By Sam Conder It has been a... -
A Review of the Ryobi OSS500 Oscillating Spindle Sander
A Review of the Ryobi OSS500 Oscillating Spindle Sander
By Ken Massingale
Input: 120 Volt AC, 3.5 AMPS
Oscillations Per Minute: 58
Revolutions Per Minute: 2,000 Shaft
Arbor Size: 1/2"
Rubber Spindle Diameters: 3/4", 1", 1-1/2", 2", 3"
Spindle Sizes (Sandpaper): 1/2", 3/4", 1", 1-1/2", 2", 3"
Weight: 49 lbs
Price: $99.95
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The OZ/YANK Router Fence
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The OZ/YANK Router Fence
Originally Posted by Rod Kirby and Randy Atkinson The OZ/YANK Router Fence By Rod Kirby & Randy Atkinson Rod made the brackets and sent them to me. I modified the rear one to slide past Quick- Fold Outfeed Table. I trimmed 1⁄4" off the bottom of the back and cut 1⁄4 slots, so the bracket could slide up and down over the bolts attached to the rear rail. The fence is 1" MDF (back) 37" L X 4" H, with 3⁄4" face of MDF and Rockler High Density Plastic. The base is Baltic Birch 21 3...
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BT3000 Rip Fence Featherboard Add-On
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BT3000 Rip Fence Featherboard Add-On
Originally Posted by Fred Hutchinson in the category Fence Attachments
I have constructed an add-on to my BT3000 rip fence to hold two featherboards. I will eventually get around to making my own feather boards, making this is truly a hand made jig. For now, I will use the plastic feather boards from Bench Dog (www.benchdog.com).
I used toilet T bolts and then epoxy to secure a washer then had to do a little grinding on the bench grinder to get a good fit for the slot on top of the rip fence. I got the aluminum T slot from WoodPeckers (www.woodpeck.com). ... -
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An Easy Way To Make ZCTPs For The Ryobi BT3000
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An Easy Way To Make ZCTPs For The Ryobi BT3000
Originally Posted by Tim Kuchta in the category Miscellaneous Jigs & Fixtures
An Easy Way to Make Zero Clearance Throat Plates For the Ryobi BT3000SX If you are not satisfied with the factory throat plates for your BT3K, here's an easy way to churn out zero-clearance throat plates in bulk for your BT3000. If you have a router mounted in the accessory table, so much the better. The one modification you will need to make to your saw is to tap the 4 holes in the inner area around the blade. If you make throat plates this way you will never need the three primary holes again. I believe I threaded mine for #10 screws, but #8 screws might provide a better fit. You can whip out several of these in an hour. There are seven easy to follow steps to making them: Rip your stock to width, cut it to length(s), mill the outer lip on the sides, mill the larger lip on each end, mill the recessed areas around the screw holes, drill the four countersunk holes in the milled plate and finish the throat plate with a few coats of paste wax. ... -
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Construction Notes for the BT3000 Tenon Jig
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Created by: Jim Frye
Construction Notes for the BT3000 Tenon Jig
Construction Notes for the BT3000 Tenon Jig Designed by Jim Frye Drawings by Kevin Lynch This jig is based on the Highland Hardware design that appeared in their catalog some years ago. I would consider this version an evolution of that original. I made some construction changes and couple of feature additions. It would be advantageous to read the Highland Hardware text to get more background on the construction and use of this type of jig....
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