By Jim Frye
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Just How Loud Is The BT3000?
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- Published: 10-27-2002, 12:10 PM
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Just How Loud Is The BT3000?
Just How Loud Is That BT3000?A lot of times you see people extolling the sound virtues of the induction motor and in the same breath stating that the universal motor is too loud. You almost always see this in relation to the BT3000 (BT3K), which has a universal motor. It’s funny that you don’t hear people complain that their router or circular saw is too loud, but then no one makes a router or circular saw with an induction motor. You probably couldn’t lift one if they did. O...
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BT3000 Cabinet Modifications
- Created by: Norm in Fujino
- Published: 10-27-2002, 12:09 PM
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BT3000 Cabinet Modifications
BT3000 Cabinet Modifications By Norm Havens I guess I've finally finished most of my BT3K cabinet modifications. I borrowed a number of hints I from elder statesmen on the Ryobi Tool Forum, and added a few innovations of my own. 1. For any BT3K users who haven't already seen it, I previously uploaded a separate page about my version of an Optional Handle for Lifting the BT3K. After installing the new handle, though, I noticed, as others no doubt also have, that when the Ryobi casters are attac... -
BT3000 Miscellaneous Improvements
- Created by: RodKirby
- Published: 10-27-2002, 12:08 PM
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BT3000 Miscellaneous Improvements
These are some of the first things I did after I bought the BT3K (7 years ago).- The Handle. The Handle was needed so I could mount the fence and have enough room for the “Fast track” along the top. The handle is a piece of striated 1-¼” curtain rod – perfect for the job. The tee nut is set in a counter bore slightly less than the thickness of the tee nut. This means that as you tighten the handle, the tee nut binds on the fence. If the counter bore was any deeper the tightening action would draw
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BT3100 Exploded Parts Diagram
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- Published: 10-27-2002, 01:21 AM
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BT3100 Exploded Parts Diagram
Originally Posted by Tom Scanio in the category General BT3000 Information
This is an Adobe PDF file that contains the English language version of the BT3100 Exploded Parts Diagram. WARNING: This file is 1.37MB and will take a while to download over slow connections. I highly recommend right-clicking the "Download" button below and select "Save As…"... -
A DWG Drawing Of The BT3000
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- Published: 10-27-2002, 01:03 AM
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A DWG Drawing Of The BT3000
Originally Posted by Chris Hogan in the category General BT3000 Information
This file is useful when designing your own cabinet to house the BT3000. It is a basic 3D drawing of the BT3000 with extension rails. This file is a 3-D AutoCAD 14 file.
NOTE: Contrary to the instructions below, this file is not a PDF and therefore DOES NOT require Adobe Acrobat Reader. Simply click the download button and the DWG will be downloaded.
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The Rod Kirby Method of BT3000 Alignment
- Created by: RodKirby
- Published: 10-27-2002, 01:02 AM
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The Rod Kirby Method of BT3000 Alignment
The Kirby Alignment MethodThis approach has three big advantages - it's simple, fast, and it works! I have been using this method successfully for years. Although the following seems "wordy", it's real easy. Everything centers around what I call my "alignment block". It's a piece of 1" thick MDF, 7-13/16" x 5-13/16", with 3/16" chamfers on the short sides of the top face. It's made this size so that when the saw blade is fully...
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Things To Look For When Buying A Used BT3000
- Created by: Jim Frye
- Published: 10-27-2002, 12:53 AM
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Things To Look For When Buying A Used BT3000
Below is an e-mail message from Jim Frye to an individual who is considering purchasing a used BT3000. In the e-mail message, Jim does a great job outlining things to look for to determining the overall condition of an “experienced” BT3000.
I think the major things to look for a used BT3000 are as follows, and not necessarily in order of importance. This is the order I thought of them.- The lead screw that runs the entire motor and arbor mount (locker bracket) passes through a threaded
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Sears Parts Listing for The BT3000
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- Published: 10-27-2002, 12:41 AM
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Sears Parts Listing for The BT3000
Originally Posted by Rich Carmack in the category BT3000 Maintainence & Repair
This document was created from the Sears site and was current as of 1/16/2001. It contains multiple exploded drawings of various sections of the BT3000 as well as part numbers. It is very usefull when ordering replacement parts from Sears.... -
Sears' Exploded Parts Diagram Of The BT3000
- Created by: Ken Able
- Published: 10-27-2002, 12:40 AM
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Sears' Exploded Parts Diagram Of The BT3000
This file was submitted to aid BT3000 owners in ordering parts from the Sears Online web site. It contains an exploded drawing of the BT3000 with the Sears parts number of each part.... -
Blade Height Adjustment Rebuild Instructions
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- Published: 10-27-2002, 12:31 AM
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Blade Height Adjustment Rebuild Instructions
Originally Posted by "JohnG" in the category BT3000 Maintenance & Repair I had to go through the ordeal recently of repairing the blade height adjustment on my B3000. The way this works is that the crank drives a shaft with a bevel gear on the end. The mating bevel gear turns a threaded shaft. The casting on the end of the motor (also supports the saw arbor) has a lug cast into it. This lug is threaded internally and the threaded shaft passes through this lug. As the shaft turns, the lug raises ... -
A BT3000 Maintenance Check List
- Created by: Jim Frye
- Published: 10-27-2002, 12:07 AM
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A BT3000 Maintenance Check List
A BT3000 Maintenance Check ListThis document discusses the steps a BT3000 user could use to perform periodic maintenance in an effort to extend the life of the saw. The question of how often to perform this type of maintenance is dependent on the amount of usage. As a general rule of thumb, any time something on the saw does not perform in a normal fashion would be a good time to perform this entire maintenance process. Even if you are using the saw with an operating dust co...
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How To Identify the Date Of Manufacture Of Your BT3000
- Created by: RodKirby
- Published: 10-27-2002, 12:06 AM
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How To Identify the Date Of Manufacture Of Your BT3000
How old is my BT3K?
Locate the tag with the serial number. The number alongside it shows the date of manufacture.
The format is yyww, Year and week #.
Mine was made in 1993, week #14
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Belt Replacement Instructions
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- Published: 10-27-2002, 12:04 AM
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Belt Replacement Instructions
Originally Posted by Ed Ellickson in the category BT3000 Maintenance & Repair This text is from a post on the Ryobi Power Tool Forum by Ed Ellickson titled "belt replacement" dated 9/13/98. When I broke my belts installing a zero-clearance throat plate, the search engine was down. The tech place where I bought the replacement belts didn't provide much help or direction. For those who have the problem later on, here is the procedure I figured out, which is quite fast: ... -
A Sticky Subject: Glue
- Created by: Sam Conder
- Published: 10-27-2002, 12:01 AM
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A Sticky Subject: Glue
In a “Fundamentals of Woodworking” class I attended taught by Marc Adams at the Indianapolis woodworking show, he stated that he uses ordinary white glue instead of yellow glue for the majority of his joinery. I decided to do a little research on the two types of adhesives and was surprised by what I found. White glues like Elmer's Glue-All are polyvinyl acetate (PVA) based adhesives. Yellow glues like Pro-Bond and Titebond are aliphatic resin glues, which are merely PVA adhesives with additives t... -
Cove Cut Calculator
- Created by: twistsol
- Published: 10-27-2002, 12:01 AM
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Cove Cut Calculator
Originally posted by JP HoneywellThis calculator was originally posted to SamConder.com in the articles section. The cove cut calculator allows you to calculate the fence angle to use a table saw to cut a cove of a desired width and depth using a given blade.
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by LCHIENTrying to drill into a outside 90 degree corner, 45° to each side, is tough, the drill bit keeps wanting to walk off.
You can whack a small flat on the corner.
But here is a way I did it perfectly. Using this corner drill jig
Using the drilling jig, One hand is enough to hold the jig while drilling. The small board touching the top of the jig is my measurement stick. I use that to set the precise reproducible location of the hole relative to the top of the workpiece....-
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by LCHIENHere's how I do my Featherboard operations. As you know, Featherboards are spring boards meant to hold the workpiece against the fence snugly to ensure accurate rips while freeing both your hands for hand over hand and push stick smooth, even feeding of the workpiece to avoid burning and sawmarks.
The Feather board is the classic one that they suggest you make.... Mine was made 20+ years ago, apparently a 1x4 piece of pine wood with one end cut at 30 degrees. 15-16 inches long 3 to...-
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by LCHIENI made a belly pan dust collection for my BT3000, using a commercially available, cheap dust pan from one of the woodworking supply houses with a 4" hose fitting.
It seems to work effectively very simple DC belly pan under BT3000. Not tightly fitting I wanted to allow air in to carry the dust to the DC, pulling on a closed cabinet is not a good idea. So the plywood sits on the stand, not screwed down or anything. So there's air coming in thru the ends and the Shroud dust port arc....-
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by LCHIEN
With the small t-nut for the front of the rip fence and miter fence, I made a new stop block that can be used on both
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When used on the rip fence , it can set a stop for cross cutting fixed lengths off a piece against the miter fence without risking a kickback from continuous...-
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by LCHIENSmall T-nut for the left side of BT3 rip fence or front of miter fence (Article Version)
11-30-2023, 04:00 PM
I have found a perfect T-nut for the front of the BT3 miter fence and for the left side of the rip fence (same extrusion used both places)
Its actually a weld nut, but fits the T-slot described above.
Weld Nut: #10-24 Thread, Tab, 1/32 in Base Ht, 3/8 in Base Wd, 5/8 in Base Lg, Steel, 50 PK
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by LCHIENAfter a bit more thinking, some universal T-bolts for the rip miter fence make more sense than fixture blocks.
The two big slots in the rip fence and the miter fence and the front and rear rails are sized to take 1.00 inches wide x 1/8th and 1-1/8" wide x 1/8th.
So I took some 1/8th flat Aluminum 1.00 inches wide and cut 1-1/8" long to make a 1" x 1-1/8" rectangular plates; I used a short rip fence Block to space the length but not cause a kickback with the...-
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