Thread: Triton 2000 & Depth Of Cut Of Saw Blade

Sounds about right, maybe a little short of what it should be.

Remember, you have the saw mounted on a caddy, and then you need clearance of some amount between the bottom of the caddy and the top of the timber. As well, you need some extension of the blade below the timber.

From memory that saw has a maximum depth cut of about 80mm so maybe you are a little short.

I think my old setup could cut about a maximum of 60mm with a TRA001 saw and no height winder. The caddy was also rubbing on the top of the timber.

I now have an MBS 300 so I no longer have those issues.

Originally Posted by Geoff Dean

Sounds about right, maybe a little short of what it should be.

Remember, you have the saw mounted on a caddy, and then you need clearance of some amount between the bottom of the caddy and the top of the timber. As well, you need some extension of the blade below the timber.

From memory that saw has a maximum depth cut of about 80mm so maybe you are a little short.

I think my old setup could cut about a maximum of 60mm with a TRA001 saw and no height winder. The caddy was also rubbing on the top of the timber.

I now have an MBS 300 so I no longer have those issues.

OK thanks Geoff, I read on another forum about doing a slight modification to a 235mm saw so it will accept a 250mm blade, any ideas about this or views.
Cheers,
Peter.

Originally Posted by gaia

OK thanks Geoff, I read on another forum about doing a slight modification to a 235mm saw so it will accept a 250mm blade, any ideas about this or views.
Cheers,
Peter.

Yes, my view was to sell the Triton and buy a dedicated table saw.

I liked my triton when it was all I had, but after getting a "proper" table saw, I now realise how limited and inaccurate it was.

As to modifying the saw to accept a bigger blade, my view is if they wanted it to have a 250mm blade, then that is what they would have built it with.

I guess you will have to do what all of us old Triton owners did, accept the limitations of it, or upgrade.

Geoff

My Triton 2000 with hight winder, cuts 58mm in table saw mode and 70mm in cross cut mode.

Originally Posted by A Duke

My Triton 2000 with hight winder, cuts 58mm in table saw mode and 70mm in cross cut mode.

About the same for me. I became acutely aware of this last weekend, when I was planning to do some 70mm cuts in table saw mode . . .

But I still find that, with care, the WC2000 can be sufficiently accurate for most purposes.

- Michael

I made the conversion to a 10" blade. I got an extra 3/8" depth of cut so I now can cut 65mm in Tablesaw mode.

[QUOTE=jmk89;1225173]I made the conversion to a 10" blade. I got an extra 3/8" depth of cut so I now can cut 65mm in Tablesaw mode.[/QUOTE]

Me too. And I get to use Freud blades. No. of teeth? I have a choice.

Graham

Originally Posted by jmk89

I made the conversion to a 10" blade. I got an extra 3/8" depth of cut so I now can cut 65mm in Tablesaw mode.

Me too and very happy with it.

SB

One tip you might follow up. The height locking lever on the original Triton saw has an unusual mechanism which requires care to fully lock. If you don't, the saw can slump down.

Originally Posted by Geoff Dean

Yes, my view was to sell the Triton and buy a dedicated table saw.

I liked my triton when it was all I had, but after getting a "proper" table saw, I now realise how limited and inaccurate it was.

As to modifying the saw to accept a bigger blade, my view is if they wanted it to have a 250mm blade, then that is what they would have built it with.

I guess you will have to do what all of us old Triton owners did, accept the limitations of it, or upgrade.

Geoff

Cheers.

Originally Posted by Chrism3

One tip you might follow up. The height locking lever on the original Triton saw has an unusual mechanism which requires care to fully lock. If you don't, the saw can slump down.

Thanks.

Originally Posted by ToothFairy

About the same for me. I became acutely aware of this last weekend, when I was planning to do some 70mm cuts in table saw mode . . .

But I still find that, with care, the WC2000 can be sufficiently accurate for most purposes.

- Michael

ok

Originally Posted by Superbunny

Me too and very happy with it.

SB

I'll think I'll keep it as it is now. That said, how does one do the conversion? If everything is set up correctly, how accurate do you find the saw to be, mounted on the Triton 2000 Workcentre?

Originally Posted by A Duke

My Triton 2000 with hight winder, cuts 58mm in table saw mode and 70mm in cross cut mode.

I'm only able to cut to a depth of 36mm in table saw mode I think the height winder has been set correctly. Any idea why I'm only getting 36mm?
Cheers.