Help ID saw

[dangre]

Can anyone help ID this saw? Searched through a couple of hundred pictures on Google and two matched, but neither one listed the model. Thanks.

[LCHIEN]

its a BTS15
Has a small sliding miter table and some features borrowed from a BT3100 but missing a lot of the features of the BT3100.

http://images.owneriq.net/download/i...2d5-000001.png

Manual:
http://dl.owneriq.net/f/f95248e5-c58...c5db8d62d5.pdf

[dangre]

So that's the 15! If I remember correctly, it was not looked upon favorably in past discussions here. Probably just as well it was sold before I got there then. Thanks Loring.

[jdon]

Count yourself lucky in missing out on the sale. I bought one on CL a couple years ago- I thought it would be a tolerable replacement for my old BT3000 I had to sell several years ago when moving.

Absolute junk! Thin gauge wobbly legs. SMT rails not parallel to blade, and not adjustable, and SMT surface not level with table. Yeah, it's a saw, but the Yugo was also a car.

I felt lucky to have sold it at a slight loss after finding a BT3100,

[cwsmith]

IIRC, the BTS15 sold for around $150 - $200. I remember looking at them and thinking it wasn't a bad buy for the money, but of course it wasn't a BT3100 either!

I think the last SMT-equipped table saw with a Ryobi brand was the BTS21 portable. I have one of those at my Painted Post house. Managed to get that with a HD gift certificate I had earned, as I sure didn't want to disassemble and transport my BT3100 anywhere.

Again, it's not a BT3, but for a portable it works well, and is accurate.

It's too bad Ryobi has stopped marketing a saw with an SMT. I really like that feature.

CWS

[dangre]

I think the last SMT-equipped table saw with a Ryobi brand was the BTS21 portable.

If I remember that one correctly, I use to look longingly at the SMT and practically drool at the fact that it slid up flush with the front edge rather than stick out like the d**ned one on the 3100. Couldn't see how to adapt it to the 3100, hated wearing hip guards, so instead I just curse a lot.

[LCHIEN]

If I remember that one correctly, I use to look longingly at the SMT and practically drool at the fact that it slid up flush with the front edge rather than stick out like the d**ned one on the 3100. Couldn't see how to adapt it to the 3100, hated wearing hip guards, so instead I just curse a lot.

Yeah, it's a hip basher. If you don't crosscut all that much, some people turn it around backwards so it sticks out the back of the saw when not in use... takes only about 15 seconds to turn it back right and no realignment necessary. Fits nicely and I think the sliding lock has a position so that the sliding part lines up with the rest of the table. I think they designed it that way on purpose but they didn't mention it in the manual. It is mentioned in my FAQ...

[cwsmith]

I can understand your point about the SMT extension. MY BT3100 is mounted on a Herc-U-Lift and with my very small shop space it's only out in the middle of the room when I'm using it. Otherwise, it's pushed back against the wall, so I haven't had the misfortune of running into it yet.

CWS