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Default BT3100 saw - reasons not to buy one ?

"matthew silver" wrote in message
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I am considering a new tablesaw, mostly because I need a much larger fence
system.

I came across the Ryobi BT3100 - which looks like a pretty neat although
different saw.
In my initial Googling research, I found that additional rails are easy to
acquire from Ryobi and that the saw has a cult like following.

Requirements:

Annual Run time: under 50 hours / home dyi / furniture / hobbyist
small foot print: (I'm not moving so I can have a bigger shop -
not with this wife atleast )!
set up & accurate easy / uncomplicated set up where repeatable cuts
are simple
long lasting / well built - not a "5 season machine"
large cutting capacity - with / available extension rails
my list goes on, but excludes the unreasonable

I have only read good things about the BT3100 - maybe I may have
developed tunnel vision

What are the cons of this machine ?


Thanks in advance
Matt



Although my saw isn't the greatest (far from it), I would never buy a table
saw that didn't have a solid cast iron table.

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