I've recently been gifted a free BT3100-1 from a friend who wasn't using theirs, but it didn't come with a riving knife or the t-track insert.
I'm less concerned about getting the original T-track because I'm already making some table extensions and figure I can just try for building it into that so I can ideally make a sled.
So for the riving knife, I've seen a couple on ebay both at kind of ridiculous rates, and I'd rather get one sooner than later. Saw some people have fully fabricated their own, but that starts to seem a sketchy and I dont have anything appropriately thick lying around.
I was wondering if it'd be crazy to just buy a random riving knife, for example https://www.amazon.com/N030675-Repla.../dp/B07KNMD19Z appears to be one one the relatively cheaper side and just drill out new holes and saw off any excess? A fringe benefit of purchasing a real one being that I could presumably buy the rest of the blade guard assembly if i wanted.
I'm less concerned about getting the original T-track because I'm already making some table extensions and figure I can just try for building it into that so I can ideally make a sled.
So for the riving knife, I've seen a couple on ebay both at kind of ridiculous rates, and I'd rather get one sooner than later. Saw some people have fully fabricated their own, but that starts to seem a sketchy and I dont have anything appropriately thick lying around.
I was wondering if it'd be crazy to just buy a random riving knife, for example https://www.amazon.com/N030675-Repla.../dp/B07KNMD19Z appears to be one one the relatively cheaper side and just drill out new holes and saw off any excess? A fringe benefit of purchasing a real one being that I could presumably buy the rest of the blade guard assembly if i wanted.
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