Ebay BT3000

[pbui3057]

Check this thing out!

http://cgi.ebay.com/RYOBI-BT3000-TAB...3%3A1|294%3A50

A little pricey but it is pretty cool.

Also here is a cheap possible fixer upper.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Ryobi-BT3000-Tab...3%3A1|294%3A50

Paul

[Hoover]

The first Ryobi saw has an opening bid of $890.00, looks to be in decent shape, but not $890.00 worth.

[LCHIEN]

that system has just about every known ryobi BT accessory when the system was introduced. The Miter slot accessory and the Microadjust were added to the lineup later and don't appear to be on this saw. It even has the Ryobi shop vac which was made in part for this setup - it has internal cooling fans so it can suck on the table closed ended (no air flow) for extended periods. With the exception of the Feins, no shop vac now has built-in motor cooling means other than the vacuum stream of air.

Worth $890? Looks clean, but probably won't sell it for that. Probably was over $1000 new with all accessories in about 1994. The BT3000 with stand alone was around $600 then. Air table $100+, Outfeed table, $100+, leg set $50, Ryobi Vac, $100+, long rip fence $50+; I'm sure there's some other stuff, too.

If interested, I would make sure it has the 15A, not the 13A original motor (1992-1993). It does have the later switch but that may be an upgrade.

[MBG]

Maybe he didn't keep up with the product pricing over time. I was one of the first to have a BT3000 in my shop. Thought it was well worth the $450 + tax (well at the time I did). For reference I think I paid around $150 for my last new BT3100 at HomeDepot w/ a HF 20% off coupon.

Mike