I purchased my BT-3000 used through the newspaper classifies. The owner had upgraded to a Delta cabinet saw. Not within my budget, at least not yet. Along with the purchase came the extension rails and table. He threw in a set of zero tolerance throat plates.
From other owners I have been told that the motor is under powered. It is basically a 15 amp single phase motor. I have cut 3/4” red oak with the stock blade. It cuts ok, but not the feed rate is slower.
I am going to replace the stock saw blade with a freud 10” Diablo thin kerf blade. The Diablo series is coated with an anti-friction material. Coupled with the thinner kerf than the stock blade I should be able to get back some performance.
The saw sits on a fixed light weight metal stand. One of my next projects will be to build a mobile table saw cabinet that can be lowered when in use.
The design is fairly simple rectangle with the table saw sitting on the left hand side. The cabinet will be long enough to support the extension table and rails. Underneath table saw will be a cabinet and underneath the extension table and rails will be a set of drawers.
I will post more details as is design the cabinet and build it.
