Great review on Bt3000
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Wow, that's an oldie review... probably from a couple of years before year 2000. That's when I got mine.
I agree with the review. It probably sold a few BT3000s.
Jim Frye probably remembers better than me, I think the BT3000 originally came out in 1997 at $600.Last edited by LCHIEN; 02-02-2021, 08:01 PM.Loring in Katy, TX USA
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Makita made one almost identical to the BT3000 in the late '80s or very early '90s, but evidently it was only for sale and use in Japan. I had read the early ads for the Ryobi BT3000 and then went onto a church build site (in Japan) around '90 or early '91 and saw the Makita being used. I later picked up a Makita tool sales catalog (in Japanese of course) and they had it listed in it too.
I am fuzzy on the dates because it was a good while ago, but the church build was while I was living in Tokyo, and I moved to Osaka in the fall of '91.
In the "tool district" of Osaka, I would visit that place often and they had a full layout wide table BT3000 in the shop until around 2003 or 04 and listed for the equivalent of $2,000.00. Around 2003 or 04, I found a Bt3000 in a junk yard without an SMT and still have the 13A motor.( I asked the owner what he was going to do it with it and he said it was junk and I could have it.)Last edited by leehljp; 02-02-2021, 07:41 PM.Hank Lee
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Makita made one almost identical to the BT3000 in the late '80s or very early '90s, but evidently it was only for sale and use in Japan. I had read the early ads for the Ryobi BT3000 and then went onto a church build site (in Japan) around '90 or early '91 and saw the Makita being used. I later picked up a Makita tool sales catalog (in Japanese of course) and they had it listed in it too.
I am fuzzy on the dates because it was a good while ago, but the church build was while I was living in Tokyo, and I moved to Osaka in the fall of '91.
In the "tool district" of Osaka, I would visit that place often and they had a full layout wide table BT3000 in the shop until around 2003 or 04 and listed for the equivalent of $2,000.00. Around 2003 or 04, I found a Bt3000 in a junk yard without an SMT and still have the 13A motor.( I asked the owner what he was going to do it with it and he said it was junk and I could have it.)Comment
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