Motor Trunion BT3100 - What is it?

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  • gregsyl
    Handtools only
    • Jan 2013
    • 2
    • Knoxville
    • Ryobi BT3K
    #1

    Motor Trunion BT3100 - What is it?

    Hello,
    what is a/the trunion for the BT3100 motor? I know what one is for a firearm, but does anyone have an explanation and pic for my table saw?
    Thanks.
    Greg
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    • LCHIEN
      Internet Fact Checker
      • Dec 2002
      • 20967
      • Katy, TX, USA.
      • BT3000 vintage 1999
      #2
      A trunion in a table saw is the pivot point around which the saw makes its bevel cut - the tilt center.

      http://c.searspartsdirect.com/lis_png/PLDM/P0410017-00001.png


      in the above pictorial, the locker bracket 10 pivots from the horizontal plane about the axis defined by (I'm not entirely sure but pivots 15)
      Last edited by LCHIEN; 10-16-2014, 10:51 PM. Reason: I bow to BW's knowledge of what the pivot points are.
      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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        • Black wallnut
          cycling to health
          • Jan 2003
          • 4715
          • Ellensburg, Wa, USA.
          • BT3k 1999
          #3
          Actually the pivots are I believe #15 and they are small dowel pins, like a needle bearing.
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