Thread: Bosch Portable Tablesaw vs Triton Workcentre/Circular Saw

With the Bosch, you get the ability to tilt the blade - not possible with the Triton. You also get a half-decent fence. You do, however, have less table area on the Bosch, but it is easy to build a surround for it. Your question about how " clean are the cuts" and "ripping" can best be answered by saying - how good is your blade ? This is the main thing when it is all boiled down. Provided the top is flat and the fence square, all a tablesaw does is spin the blade. The blade is what delivers the cut.

the triton and the Bosch both cut timber

a pocket knife and a japanese handsaw are both able to cut timber


there are easy ways and there are the difficult & fiddly ways

the choice of how you do it is ultimately yours mate.

cya
joe

hi Bain

my experience has been with the triton system and I now have almost everything.

the triton can produce wonderful products but can be infuriating. It seems from the Triton forum that for every good report there is a bad one. Some seem to get brilliant results whilst some of us have constant problems getting the system to work consistantly well.

I have constantly upgraded the machine to get a better result with all the add ons.

My suggestion is that if you are after a truly portable table saw that you may want to take to building sites, friends houses or just out to a site and its intended use is not making fine furniture then I would recommend it. Things such as pergolas, decking, internal fitouts of houses, everyday furniture etc are down its alley. Be warned though that a lot of people who try to adapt their existing circular saw to the triton system seem to end up upgrading to the better triton saw. Many also end up like myself buying everything for the workcentre and end up not completely happy.

If you are after a table saw for fine furniture then I suggest you look elsewhere and probably wouldnt restrict my search to just the Bosch saw.

Good luck

drago

I like Drago have the full Triton centre and yes eventually upgraded to the Triton saw. My experience is once the saw goes into the Triton, it never comes out again as it's too much trouble for re-alignment even if it is a Triton brand saw. Therefore the older circ saw you upgraded is now your standard portable circular saw.

The Triton is perfect for good quality house renovations, but takes time to ensure accuracy which is why they suit the home renovator rather than the Tradie. Dedicated table saws are fine if you have the room in your shop but you may not receive the use out of them that might be gained from a Triton system.

Each option has good and bad, you need to work out what your major uses will be and buy the appropiate unit. Lots of Luck :confused:

Hi guys does anyone know of some write up regarding Portable saws (small bench types), The ones i'm referrring to are the Bosch Ryobi and a pile of others around at the moment...I think the GMC is the Ryobi...And if anyone has some experience it would be great. I want it to take on sites to do repair work on old period homes.
Cheers

I was looking at a US website and the discussion on table saws seemed to lean toward the Bosch. They had some uncomplimentry things to say about DeWalt and a few others. I wouldn't touch the GMC table with a barge poll. I have one and it barely does the job. It's impossible to get square cuts, the mitre gauge is useless, the fence is flimsey and you have to practically take the thing apart to get it adjusted.
If you do buy one watch out for the table not being flat. I made a sled for mine (it's the best way to get accuracy out of a bad saw) and when I placed the sled on the table it wobbled. I thought the sled was warped but it was the table. The screws fixing the top can be loosened and there is enough play in them to be able to raise or lower the table top.
On mine, when the saw is raised the entire housing pivots to the side and the blade is as much as 3mm out of square. It's only when the blade is lowered slightly that it goes back into alignment. So when I have to raise the blade to the height I want I actually have to raise it to max and then lower it to where I want it.

My younger brother is a carpenter/builder and he swears by his "Elu" saw (don't know if spelt correctly) as being one of the most accurate of portable dedicated table saws (not a triton type using a circ saw machine). I have used this unit previously and whilst it is reasonably heavy for a portable, it has a good fence arrangement and seems to be indestructable. Doesn't use it for mitres etc where he can use the makita SCMS.