Thread: Biscuits

Try Northwood, Colin sells Triton and may be able to get some biscuits to send to you.


http://www.northwoodtools.com.au/default.asp

I assume Freud biscuits are basically the same as Triton biscuits. I got a box of 1000 from MWE a year or so ago - very reasonable.

http://www.majorwoodworking.com.au/c...t.php?cPath=21

No they are a particular size and shape.

Originally Posted by princhester

No they are a particular size and shape.

So you are saying that Triton specifically made their biscuits a different size to the "standard" sizes .... that's a pretty crappy thing to do ... but I guess it's one way to get people to only buy your product.

Hi guys
I have had a few times where more than one hardware store needed to be visited before finding a batch of TRITON biscuits including the big green shed mob.

Reading up a bit on biscuit sizes etc the Triton cutter can sort of be adapted to 'stretch' the cut or whatever... not a perfect fit or solution maybe.... but an option. I love the simplicity of my attachment and the accuracy..... so I trust Triton will continue with this product.... forever the optimist!

I shall try a few Bunnies on the weekend and if that doesn't work the whole project will have to go on hold till Justtools or Northwood or whoever can get some in for me.

thanks for your input

There's a bucket 500 Triton biscuits for sale on Ebay if that helps?

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/TRITON-BISCUI...QQcmdZViewItem

I would assume there would be a different size cutter available to insert into the Triton bicuit tool if biscuits became difficult to obtain?

Carbatec Sydney definitely have them, several buckets full when I was there today (Wed 26th) - try asking Carbatec Brisbane if they will get them for you. You may find that shops which used to sell Triton have a bucket or two hanging around.

How many do you need?

For my current project maybe 20 but long term I want to stock up. It seems they are available, so I'm not too worried. If Bunnies don't have any available this weekend, I'll buy them off ebay per John H's link.

Triton Biscuit Joiner:

It was nothing to do with coming up with a proprietary size, so you were forced to buy just their biscuits, although that is the end result. It has everything to do with the fact that you are using a router to do the job of a biscuit cutter.

The standard biscuit cutter runs a blade that is about 100mm in diameter. That's suicide for the average person trying to have a router bit that size mounted in the average router. Remember potentially that the router can go up to 20000 RPM - well beyond the average speed of your angle grinder (which is really what the average biscuit cutter is based around). Your tip speed would be a cool 750km/hr.

Instead, Triton went for a router bit size that is bearable, even if used incorrectly (ie flat out), and then developed a biscuit to match.

You can use a standard biscuit, although it has to be trimmed (as it is too long), and it won't be as deep as the Triton.

The triton biscuit system uses what is know as a number 5 biscuit. Theses can be either Lamello, Porta Cable or Bix brand. Carbatec Perth sells them which is were I get mine from, avail in bags of 50, 100, 250 or a box of 1,000, cant rember how much but much cheaper than triton ones.
safe routering
ssgt

Originally Posted by Aberdeen

Reading up a bit on biscuit sizes etc the Triton cutter can sort of be adapted to 'stretch' the cut or whatever... not a perfect fit or solution maybe.... but an option.

The cutter, obviously, remains the same size, but the biscuit cutter accessory comes ready to accommodate a standard size 20 biscuit. Look at this picture, noting the pencil mark on the workpiece and the datum marks on the cutter rail above it:



In use, you simply plunge the workpiece in as normal, in line with the right-hand datum line in this picture, then slide the workpiece to the left-hand datum line. This gives a standard size 20 biscuit slot, perfect every time.

Originally Posted by jow104

I would assume there would be a different size cutter available to insert into the Triton bicuit tool if biscuits became difficult to obtain?

No need, due to the above. Using a size smaller may be achieved by reducing the plunge depth with the depth stops (although the difference in depth between a size 10 and a size 20 biscuit slot is only 2mm).

Originally Posted by ssgt

The triton biscuit system uses what is know as a number 5 biscuit. Theses can be either Lamello, Porta Cable or Bix brand. Carbatec Perth sells them which is were I get mine from, avail in bags of 50, 100, 250 or a box of 1,000, cant rember how much but much cheaper than triton ones.

I've never heard of a size 5 biscuit, nor can I find any, certainly not on Carbatech or Lamello sites. Triton biscuit size is 40mm x 25mm x 4mm. Lamello produce standard sizes 0 (47mm x 15mm x 4 mm), 10 (53mm x 19mm x 4 mm), 20 (56mm x 23mm x 4 mm), plus their S6 size (85 x 30 x 4 mm).

Originally Posted by Stuart

You can use a standard biscuit, although it has to be trimmed (as it is too long), and it won't be as deep as the Triton.

The size 10 and size 0 biscuit slots are 2mm and 4mm (respectively) shallower than the size 20, which is 1mm shallower than the Triton biscuit. Using the built-in guide marks on the cutting accessory, I've frequently used 20s without any problems whatsoever. As far as I can see, the Triton biscuit is a size 10 in width(long measurement) with a size 20 depth(narrow measurement). It does, therefore, look a lot "chunkier" than standard size biscuits, but only because of its unusual dimensions, caused by the reduced arc of the smaller-diameter slot-cutter. Luckily, the supplied cutter - which comes with both ¼" and ½" shanks - is a standard biscuit slot thickness (4mm).

Ray.