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  • David S
    Handtools only
    • May 2017
    • 1

    New. member

    Have just joined and am so excited to hear of other woodworkers who love their BTx00. Have had a BT 3000 for 25 yrs and love it. Have my big PC router mounted in it. Have a Forrest blade in it and it has served me well. Why on earth did they stop making it?
  • Black walnut
    Administrator
    • Aug 2015
    • 5438
    • BT3K

    #2
    Welcome David!
    just another brick in the wall...

    Boycott McAfee. They placed an unresponsive popup on my pc.

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    • bmyers
      Veteran Member
      • Jun 2003
      • 1371
      • Fishkill, NY
      • bt 3100

      #3
      It sure had a good run.
      Welcome
      "Why are there Braille codes on drive-up ATM machines?"

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      • leehljp
        Just me
        • Dec 2002
        • 8429
        • Tunica, MS
        • BT3000/3100

        #4
        Welcome David. Many of us wondered why they stopped production also. They continued to make it for a while under "Sears" brand.
        Hank Lee

        Experience is what you get when you don't get what you wanted!

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        • tfischer
          Veteran Member
          • Jul 2003
          • 2343
          • Plymouth (Minneapolis), MN, USA.
          • BT3100

          #5
          Welcome, David. You'll find a few of us here that still actively use the saw. Personally I believe the exclusive with Home Depot killed it. HD never knew how to display the saw, and from the looks of what they did display it looked like junk. i never would have bought it if I hadn't found this forum in 2004 and saw what people were doing with it, and how versatile it was.

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          • cwsmith
            Veteran Member
            • Dec 2005
            • 2737
            • NY Southern Tier, USA.
            • BT3100-1

            #6
            Hello and welcome,

            A lot of us feel the same way about the BT3. At the time I bought mine in 2005, it was on clearance. I had been looking for a table saw, nothing really big, but still I wanted something adequate that would fit the budget and yet be accurate. Did a lot of searching and with the help of this forum I decided on the BT3100-1. I'm still impressed with its able versatility.

            CWS
            Think it Through Before You Do!

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            • twistsol
              Veteran Member
              • Dec 2002
              • 2893
              • Cottage Grove, MN, USA.
              • Ridgid R4512, 2x ShopSmith Mark V 520, 1951 Shopsmith 10ER

              #7
              Hello and Welcome. I regretfully sold my BT3100 a few years ago in an ill conceived plan to save space replace it, my drill press and bandsaw with a ShopSmith. I ended up buying another table saw and wish I still had my BT3100. Nothing in the price range of that little saw compares in functionality.
              Chr's
              __________
              An ethical man knows the right thing to do.
              A moral man does it.

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