Thread: Cross cut on T2000

Daddles..

Congrats and many happy sawdust making days....

In crosscut mode, the easiest way to line up you pencil mark, is with the cut you first make in the Triton crosscut fence...its got to cut in the same place every time (unless you have adjusted the settings etc.)

Better option - buy yourself a Mini or Maxi extension table, and then you will never need to put the Workcentre into crosscut mode (quicker and more accurate)

Best of luck....

Tony

Thanks Tony. I knew there was an obvious answer to this one.

As for extra bits - man, the list I have at the moment. Next cab off the rank is the planer attachment.

Richard

Can I offer a bit of advice- get the extension table first. You will absolutely swear by it (as do the rest of us!)

Yep. A sheet of chipboard converted me this afternoon, that and the interesting shapes my son induced as he supported it for me (he's 11 so I'm not grumpy, just glad it wasn't critical). I even priced one of the things today - darned near $300! Ouch. Why was I in the hardware store? I killed my electric screwdriver. SWMBO was not impressed, so I think I'll wait on the extension table.

What's the secret to moving the things around? It's a heavy little beastie and they forgot to put hand holes in the ends so you can carry it.

Richard

You can buy wheel kits for the Triton.
Retractable Wheel Kit

The big extension table is good! And worth saving for - I'm seriously thinking of getting the smaller table as well - it is supposed to fit the T2000 as well as the router table.

The Planer attachment is just not worth the effort! Get the router table & router instead if you want to edge joint boards - and it can do a whole lot of other things as well. Or one of those sexy Lee Valley (or Lie Neilsen) hand planes & magnetic jointer fence.

The wheel set is the way to go if you have the room to leave the saw table set up. I'm trying to figure out how to fit storage to the thing now, but I'll probably make a separate roll around tool table/cabinet/outfeed support/whatever.

I'd have to agree with bsrlee.

For what its worth, I have used my planer attachment once and that was to test it after I first set it up - I likewise use the router/router table set up to join boards. If I had my time over again I would have spent the money on something else.

Bob J

Hmm.
I'm building boats. The planer is to clean up a strip of timber after ripping it or maybe bringing it down in size a bit. I already have a power planer (thanks Dad) but don't have a router.

What's the problem with the planer attachment?

No so much as a problem with the planer attachment, but for me it was redundant when I bought a router/router table.

If you already have a planer and don't have a router I can appreciate why you would want the planer attachment. That is exactly the same reason that I bought one in the first place.

I think the point being made was that it may be more beneficial in the long run (but initially more expensive of course) to buy a router table and router than spend the money on a planer attachment that could become redundant if you ultimately purchase a router set up.

But it of course all depends on your individual circumstances and available funds and what kind of sawdust you want to make.

Mine gathers dust. I hope to find a situation one day where the router table won't do the job and then I can put it to use. But that situation hasn't arisen yet.

I don't know what conclusions you can draw from the DPB Triton Workcentre Attachment poll, but the planer attachment didn't receive even one vote.

I'm please you asked the question, as I am likewise interested in the experience of others re the planer attachment.

Keep sawing.

Kind regards,

Bob J

Looking at your website, to complete your dominance of the luxury yacht market against the likes of Riviera and Mustang cruisers, You would benifit more out of a router than the planner setup.

When you get into bigger boats, a router is perfect for cutting bulkheads off templates with a profile cutter (flush cutter).

You could also do with a vacuum bagging setup for vacuum clamping ply bulkheads together. Do a search on the net for a cheap vacuum bagging setup.

I would love to have a little side project like you have started, but i have a list of things around here that are above my wants.
you get that with building a new house though,so i cant complain.

Cheers

G

I go with Bob on the planer attachment save your money for the extension table
I got the planer attachment when it came out....first kid on the block syndrome and after setting it up using it 2 times it now is mouldering in the dark recesses of the workshop
The ext table (fullsize) however gets much use
btw a cheap(is there such a triton thing?) option and I think a good one is the saw winder unit my saw blade now gets adjusted as needed rather than oh well leave it at full height
Pete

There's a bit of a discussion about the planer attachment on this thread: http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com...ner+attachment

Just to add a bit of emphasis -
I love the planer attachment and use it very successfully - I don't have a thicknesser or a jointer/buzzer.
BUT I would certainly buy an extension table, a router and router bench before the planer attachment I have all of them.
Cheers

Back on the planer attachment. My power plane has a blade of just over 3". I'm guessing the planer attachment would allow me to face timber of that width and with boat building, there will be times when I need that - like this arvo when I did it by hand (don't cha love fresh wood shavings?).

Would the router face a piece of timber that wide? How wide could I do with the router?

And this is not to write off the router either. You've convinced me of its merits but unless the width it can face is fairly generous, I'm possibly better off buying the planer attachment now and accepting the loss later.

Cheers
Richard