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  • singulari
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    What to do with an old benchtop saw

    Since I finally found and purchased a BT3100, I now have a old delta benchtop saw with a burnt out motor.

    What should I do with it.

    Heavy duty step stool?
    Turn it upside down and plant flowers?
    Boat Anchor?
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    • Ken Weaver
      Veteran Member
      • Feb 2004
      • 2417
      • Clemson, SC, USA
      • Rigid TS3650
      #2
      Check your local Habitat Chapter. Sometimes they can do things with older tools, especially if they have a member who can restore/repair it.

      PS - Welcome aboard!
      Ken Weaver
      Clemson, SC

      "A mistake is absolute proof that someone tried to do something!

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        • JSUPreston
          Veteran Member
          • Dec 2005
          • 1189
          • Montgomery, AL.
          • Delta 36-979 w/Biesemyere fence kit making it a 36-982. Previous saw was BT3100-1.
          #3
          I have one of those "250 Shop Tips You Can't Live Without" book or some other title that came with a magazine subscription. A fella just like you took an old benchtop saw to a local metalworking shop and had a router table made out of it. Said it cost him about $75, and he was able to use the old rip fence as a table fence (obviously after attaching appropriate wood/mdf).

          Just an idea.
          "It's a dog eat dog world out there, and I'm wearing Milk-Bone underwear."- Norm (from Cheers)

          Eat beef-because the west wasn't won on salad.

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            • messmaker
              Veteran Member
              • May 2004
              • 1495
              • RICHMOND, KY, USA.
              • Ridgid 2424
              #4
              You can make a disc sander out of it. That would require a ts sanding disc.(about $30) and a new motor (maybe $30-50)and a speed control($20). That puts $75 or so back in it. I think thats too much. I would just give it away or toss it an start from scratch.
              spellling champion Lexington region 1982

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                • dwolsten
                  Established Member
                  • Sep 2004
                  • 122
                  • Chandler, AZ, USA.
                  • Ryobi BT3100
                  #5
                  Originally posted by JSUPreston
                  I have one of those "250 Shop Tips You Can't Live Without" book or some other title that came with a magazine subscription. A fella just like you took an old benchtop saw to a local metalworking shop and had a router table made out of it. Said it cost him about $75, and he was able to use the old rip fence as a table fence (obviously after attaching appropriate wood/mdf).
                  I think I had the same Delta table saw this guy has, the TS100 or something like that. The fence on that was so terrible and inaccurate I wouldn't even bother using it as a router table.

                  I got lucky and sold mine through Amazon to someone in Beverly Hills for almost as much as they cost new, but my motor was still working. With a blown motor, I'd just throw it away.

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