Hi, I am new here.
While I was browsing through the Facebook last week, a picture of a Ryobi BT-3100 scrolled by in the Facebook Marketplace. I went back to it and discovered that the seller was asking $60.00 for it. I jumped right on that one, figuring it was long gone. But it wasn't, so I drove the 30 miles to pick it up. I didn't realize it at the time, but it was missing the miter table hold down block and bolt assy, as well as the set of wrenches.
I found and ordered the aluminum replacement from an eBay merchant, and the wrench set from Sears Parts.com. All told I will have less than $120 in the saw. Did I mention it has never been used? The guy bought it several years ago, but never assembled it. He just recently assembled it and decided he needed a more industrial saw.
What is the difference in the rail profile between the BT-3000 (silver) and the BT-3100 (black) rails? If I find a set of the long silver colored rails for the BT-3000, will my BT-3100 fence work with them? Or do I need to find the BT-3100 black rails?
Second question: Is the miter slot table add on worth buying? Most of the ones I have seen on eBay are going for $80 and up.
Thanks,
Jerry
While I was browsing through the Facebook last week, a picture of a Ryobi BT-3100 scrolled by in the Facebook Marketplace. I went back to it and discovered that the seller was asking $60.00 for it. I jumped right on that one, figuring it was long gone. But it wasn't, so I drove the 30 miles to pick it up. I didn't realize it at the time, but it was missing the miter table hold down block and bolt assy, as well as the set of wrenches.
I found and ordered the aluminum replacement from an eBay merchant, and the wrench set from Sears Parts.com. All told I will have less than $120 in the saw. Did I mention it has never been used? The guy bought it several years ago, but never assembled it. He just recently assembled it and decided he needed a more industrial saw.
What is the difference in the rail profile between the BT-3000 (silver) and the BT-3100 (black) rails? If I find a set of the long silver colored rails for the BT-3000, will my BT-3100 fence work with them? Or do I need to find the BT-3100 black rails?
Second question: Is the miter slot table add on worth buying? Most of the ones I have seen on eBay are going for $80 and up.
Thanks,
Jerry
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