Difficulty in raising the blade

[cgallery]

The raise and lower movement is so fluid and smooth now.

I had the same reaction. The change in operation was so gradual that I just became accustomed to it, thinking that is how it always was. Finally had my shims fall out and had to replace them and it really struck me how it worked "like new."

I usually have the same reaction when switching from a dull to a sharp blade.

[wizeguy4]

I usually have the same reaction when switching from a dull to a sharp blade.

You know when I got upstairs late last night my wife was like "well?" and I told her that it works great now. She asked what I was cutting and I told her nothing, I just wanted to cut scrap wood. She was like "whatever" and I said, you know the only thing missing now is a nice brand new blade ya know.

[LCHIEN]

You know when I got upstairs late last night my wife was like "well?" and I told her that it works great now. She asked what I was cutting and I told her nothing, I just wanted to cut scrap wood. She was like "whatever" and I said, you know the only thing missing now is a nice brand new blade ya know.

you, my friend, are going down one of those slippery slopes...

After you get a nice new Forrest WWII blade you'll think

Too bad to waste this nice blade on scrap wood, then

you'll get some nice cherry or maple, then

too bad to cut this fine wood that's not perfectly flat then

you'll get a nice free-standing jointer and next you'll have a new thickness planer

and pretty soon the cars will be out of the garage and it'll be full of shiny new toys.

Dont say we didn't warn you.

[biggles99]

Thanks Everyone

Thanks to everyone who added all the detail to this thread. I am cleaning my BT3100 as we speak and it is helping greatly. This is the best forum I have used (for anything actually, too)

Thanks,

Tim

[Nirmal Jain]

Need New Shims

Any one knows where to buy new shims for BT3000, both part #3 and #86.
Thank you
nirmaljain@comcast.net

[steve-norrell]

Any one knows where to buy new shims for BT3000, both part #3 and #86.
Thank you
nirmaljain@comcast.net

Try here http://www.m-and-d.com/index.html

or here http://www.mowtownusa.com/1.html?sm=...y9Rn1CzaSN8O5F.

Regards, Steve