My BT3000 is 32 years old this month, and it still runs like new. Best $500 I ever spent in my life.
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Outstanding!just another brick in the wall...
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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.👍 1Comment
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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
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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.
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Mine has the recall replacement switch also. You can't see it behind the emergency STOP panel
https://www.sawdustzone.org/articles...h-modificationJim Frye
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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
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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.Comment
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