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I have just joined this forum in hopes of help, information and tips on my BT3000. My name is David, I am 47, I have never done woodworking before (small things around the house only) and I am setting up my BT to build canoes. Let me tell you about my saw, if I may. I picked up my 3000 at an auction about 3 years ago and it always seemed to me that it was not complete, but it worked and I only paid 30 bucks for it so I never really thought about it much and I used it off and on for a few years and then I got a bug to build a canoe. I started looking into the saw and never imagined that this saw had such a following, I got excited and started trying to find out what parts I was missing and I was missing a few. I had no miter table (the accessory table was in it’s spot), it was missing the piece on the back side of the miter fence (so it would not lock down tight), it was missing the blade guard and the dust bag was gone. I only had the saw, rip fence and an accessory table. I started looking on eBay to pick up the parts I needed and I found a miter table $50. I found the piece missing on the back of the miter fence on eBay but I found each individual part at Eparts and to me it’s worth saving 10 bucks to put it together myself. I found the router table kit on eBay but again Home Depot had the kit and it came with more stuff (casters, miter table slot, dado plate, miter clamp ect.) and last I found I needed a second miter table slot for the right side, router side. eBay has them but Amazon has them cheaper and free shipping. So that is some of my quest to bring my BT3000 back to life. I still need a few parts and I am waiting on some in the mail but it will be worth the wait. I have a stack of cedar ready to be ripped and routed to build my 16 foot prospector canoe and from all the info on the net and in here this will be the saw to do it. Thank you for your time.
I have just joined this forum in hopes of help, information and tips on my BT3000. My name is David, I am 47, I have never done woodworking before (small things around the house only) and I am setting up my BT to build canoes. Let me tell you about my saw, if I may. I picked up my 3000 at an auction about 3 years ago and it always seemed to me that it was not complete, but it worked and I only paid 30 bucks for it so I never really thought about it much and I used it off and on for a few years and then I got a bug to build a canoe. I started looking into the saw and never imagined that this saw had such a following, I got excited and started trying to find out what parts I was missing and I was missing a few. I had no miter table (the accessory table was in it’s spot), it was missing the piece on the back side of the miter fence (so it would not lock down tight), it was missing the blade guard and the dust bag was gone. I only had the saw, rip fence and an accessory table. I started looking on eBay to pick up the parts I needed and I found a miter table $50. I found the piece missing on the back of the miter fence on eBay but I found each individual part at Eparts and to me it’s worth saving 10 bucks to put it together myself. I found the router table kit on eBay but again Home Depot had the kit and it came with more stuff (casters, miter table slot, dado plate, miter clamp ect.) and last I found I needed a second miter table slot for the right side, router side. eBay has them but Amazon has them cheaper and free shipping. So that is some of my quest to bring my BT3000 back to life. I still need a few parts and I am waiting on some in the mail but it will be worth the wait. I have a stack of cedar ready to be ripped and routed to build my 16 foot prospector canoe and from all the info on the net and in here this will be the saw to do it. Thank you for your time.
Black wallnut
Loring in Katy, TX USA
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