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  • Jim Frye
    Veteran Member
    • Dec 2002
    • 1073
    • Maumee, OH, USA.
    • Ryobi BT3000 & BT3100

    Fwiw...

    My BT3000 is 32 years old this month, and it still runs like new. Best $500 I ever spent in my life.
    Jim Frye
    The Nut in the Cellar.
    ”Sawdust Is Man Glitter”
  • Black walnut
    Administrator
    • Aug 2015
    • 5480
    • BT3K

    #2
    Outstanding!
    just another brick in the wall...

    Boycott McAfee. They placed an unresponsive popup on my pc.

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    • Slik Geek
      Senior Member
      • Dec 2006
      • 695
      • Lake County, Illinois
      • Ryobi BT-3000

      #3
      Wow! I have similar sentiments, but my BT-3000 is 'only' 29 years old this year.
      Even though my BT-3000 is an 'old' tool, it doesn't look like it or act like it. I have had a couple other power tools of a similar age that bit the dust. I haven't had to fix anything on my BT-3000. No belts have had to be replaced, motor is the original. I did replace the power switch to get the safer, newer version, but that was an upgrade, not a repair.

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      • LCHIEN
        Super Moderator
        • Dec 2002
        • 21459
        • Katy, TX, USA.
        • BT3000 vintage 1999

        #4
        Mine's 25 years last month. Build date was late '99. Same sentiments.
        Last edited by LCHIEN; 02-02-2025, 09:39 PM.
        Loring in Katy, TX USA
        If your only tool is a hammer, you tend to treat all problems as if they were nails.
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        • cwsmith
          Veteran Member
          • Dec 2005
          • 2762
          • NY Southern Tier, USA.
          • BT3100-1

          #5
          I bought mine in 2005 when it was on clearance. I paid around $250, and bought the accessory kit for around $75, IIRC. Since that purchase I've done a number of projects and at this date haven't a single complaint. Great saw, that I wish Ryobi should have brought back into production.

          CWS
          Think it Through Before You Do!

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          • Jim Frye
            Veteran Member
            • Dec 2002
            • 1073
            • Maumee, OH, USA.
            • Ryobi BT3000 & BT3100

            #6
            Mine has the recall replacement switch also. You can't see it behind the emergency STOP panel
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            Jim Frye
            The Nut in the Cellar.
            ”Sawdust Is Man Glitter”

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            • twistsol
              SawdustZone Patron
              • Dec 2002
              • 2988
              • Cottage Grove, MN, USA.
              • Ridgid R4512, 2x ShopSmith Mark V 520, 1951 Shopsmith 10ER

              #7
              I bought my BT3000 in 1998 and the motor died on it in 2002 after spending an entire day running dados for a project for the elemetary school. At the time, a new motor was nearly as expensive as a BT3100 so I picked up a new saw, and that one ran perfectly until I sold it in 2016. I have no idea if it is still going or not.
              Chr's
              __________
              An ethical man knows the right thing to do.
              A moral man does it.

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              • Jim Frye
                Jim Frye commented
                Editing a comment
                Yeah, the BTs weren't designed to be a production saw, even though they can do any cut a 10" production saw can ( and sometimes more).The universal motor (really a 15 amp. router motor) could overheat under heavy, continuous usage.
            • JeffG78
              Established Member
              • Jan 2007
              • 388
              • Sun City West, Arizona
              • BT3100

              #8
              I got mine when they were on clearance circa 2005. I drove to the closest HD that still had them which was 300 miles away in a Chicago suburb. I bought the last two saws and I got the accessory kits for both I gave one saw to my dad. Other than a switch rebuild in 2019, mine has been faultless. I once ripped 8 foot long full blade depth red oak and it didn't phase it. I now live in a 55+ community with a fantastic woodworking club that has four Saw Stop cabinet saws, but I will never part with my BT3100. I still use it all the time and it is still very accurate.

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