Greetings! I picked up a BT3000 years ago (I think when Lowes was clearing them out). I used to hang out on the Ryobi forum and I see an old account here (blangdon). I used to dream of making furniture as nice as Rod Kirby's jigs. Life got in the way of woodworking for 10 years. About 8 years ago I moved into a townhome thinking that 1 car garage would make a good workshop, and I finally got motivated to make that happen.
After I did some work to tune up and lube the BT, I am spending some time to build/improve jigs to improve the safety and accuracy of my work. I had the dual slot miter table around and finally got around to attaching it to the saw. I like the idea of a slot that is an exact distance from the blade. Well...
I just finished up a crosscut sled. The general goal was to help with cutting small parts with the ability to use with the blade guard in place. I built it for a size that will support cross cutting a 2 ft piece of plywood. The width is just right so that I should be able to store it on a (to be built) shelf in the cabinet.
I added a t-track to the fence. I am very happy with how the 2 hold down and 1 stop block turned out (out of some scrap walnut). I added some foam to the bottom of the hold downs to help grip the piece. I had attached foam to the back of the hold downs, but that did not work out so I removed it (the foam condensed at the top and pushed the bottom away from the fence). I am hoping I can use the t-track to attach other jigs.
I added a pic of my BT setup. Nothing too special...a Harbor Freight mobile base, a box mounted on the left to hold push sticks, an MDF table on the right that is mounted to the saw body, a (poorly made) fence that provides a high fence for the blade and dust collection for the router table. A folding outfeed table and a drawer or two in the cabinet are somewhere on my to do list.
After I did some work to tune up and lube the BT, I am spending some time to build/improve jigs to improve the safety and accuracy of my work. I had the dual slot miter table around and finally got around to attaching it to the saw. I like the idea of a slot that is an exact distance from the blade. Well...
I just finished up a crosscut sled. The general goal was to help with cutting small parts with the ability to use with the blade guard in place. I built it for a size that will support cross cutting a 2 ft piece of plywood. The width is just right so that I should be able to store it on a (to be built) shelf in the cabinet.
I added a t-track to the fence. I am very happy with how the 2 hold down and 1 stop block turned out (out of some scrap walnut). I added some foam to the bottom of the hold downs to help grip the piece. I had attached foam to the back of the hold downs, but that did not work out so I removed it (the foam condensed at the top and pushed the bottom away from the fence). I am hoping I can use the t-track to attach other jigs.
I added a pic of my BT setup. Nothing too special...a Harbor Freight mobile base, a box mounted on the left to hold push sticks, an MDF table on the right that is mounted to the saw body, a (poorly made) fence that provides a high fence for the blade and dust collection for the router table. A folding outfeed table and a drawer or two in the cabinet are somewhere on my to do list.
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