I've had a BT3K for about four or five months now. It required
virtually no tweaking out of the box, and has proven to be quite
accurate for everthing I've used it for. I don't think you'll find a
saw for less than twice the price with as good a fence, and given that
the whole machine cost less than some of the fence upgrades I've seen
suggested here, I'm pretty happy with the money spent. How long it
will remain this way is another story.

The only indication I've had to date that it may suffer some
inadequacies is when I tried to rip a pressure treated 4x4. The blade
has the depth to do it in one pass, but not the power (at least not
with the 36T combo blade that came with the saw). I made the cut in
two passes, and have since bought a 24T rip blade.


This saw sounds appealing but a search didn't turn up anyplace that sold
them, chain stores anyway. I found references to Sears, Lowes and Home
Depot but when I went to their web sites and drilled down, no such thing
as a BT3100. So who sells them where I might have an opportunity to
place my hands on one for a look-see first, or am I stuck with a no
touch internet purchase? I'm in Albuquerque if that matters.