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Thread: WC2000 in crosscut mode
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1st November 2005, 07:54 PM #1New Member
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WC2000 in crosscut mode
Hi all
Have enjoyed/been thoroughly confused by all the discussion on the forum on the pros and cons of the WC2000, and have decided the only solution might be to get one and give it a go.
A quick question - would really appreciate any help / suggestions.
I gather the crosscut mode capacity is limited to 450 mm or thereabouts, unless you remove the backboard spacers (ok, not its proper name, but I'm new, ok), after which you can also plunge, to get the capacity up to 700mm.
Can anyone tell me what the maximum width of material you can fit between the rear of the table and the saw is, with the back board spacers removed and the saw in the "down" position - i.e. without having to resort to plunging.
Doesn't matter if the saw won't cut all the way to the back - I'm just looking at cutting slots in some MDF sheet, and don't have a SCMS. Will a 600 mm sheet fit in without plunging ?
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1st November 2005, 08:25 PM #2
Hi
"have decided the only solution might be to get one and give it a go."
Sounds like my first marriage!
welcome
dazzler
(c u down below in six months)Last edited by dazzler; 1st November 2005 at 08:26 PM. Reason: colour
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1st November 2005, 09:48 PM #3Originally Posted by All thumbs"Clear, Ease Springs"
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1st November 2005, 09:58 PM #4New Member
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mmmm ... would be good, but router is still a few tools away on the shopping list.
Parallel cuts and a chisel afterwards will have to do me for now.
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1st November 2005, 10:20 PM #5
Few tools away? Don't mean to influence you, but I'd bounce it up the list- it's an amazingly versatile tool.
"Clear, Ease Springs"
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1st November 2005, 10:41 PM #6New Member
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Perhaps "few dollars away" would have been more accurate.
This woodworking thing is meant to be a money saving exercise (yeah, right) rather than a hobby ... so can't buy too much until I've saved something ...
(later)
ok, dammit, yes, I want a Router !!!Last edited by All thumbs; 1st November 2005 at 10:42 PM. Reason: ok, honesty took over
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2nd November 2005, 09:47 PM #7GOLD MEMBER
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THE WC2000 does about 40cm/16 inches tops in overhead saw mode. I've tried it - but you might get a inch or two more by plunging, but you would not have a thru' cut at the other end.
A router is not that much more You could pick up something basic for around the $50-70 mark, if you go around the shops - even a K-Mart special from Arlec will work for a while if not abused, then all you'll need is a decent bit of the right diameter - at both ends - and you are in business. Of course a 1/2" capacity router is to be preferred over a 1/4"
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3rd November 2005, 10:31 AM #8
In My humble opinion stay away from Triton saw benches as they are crap and require heaps of setup. I have had both a triton and and a dedicated saw bench and the saw bench wins hands down all the time. To clarify I think the triton saw ( the skill saw part) and router are great tools and the router table appears good too but i found Triton workcentre a big pain in the a**.
Andrew"All that is necessary for evil to succeed is for good men to do nothing"
(Edmund Burke 1729-1797)
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3rd November 2005, 10:48 AM #9
put an extension table on and set it up properly and they do the job great when you dont have the money for a full saw.......
Never go crosscut again lol with the extension table, but have bought a crosscut just for those bigger jobs.
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3rd November 2005, 10:57 AM #10
It's really becoming a bit monotonous, isn't it? Every time someone asks a question about Triton, all the jaded ex-Triton owners feel the need to pop their heads up. They're worse than ex-smokers.
Can we just take it for granted that some people are still going to buy Tritons, despite your best efforts to convince them otherwise, and that having done so (or having decided to do so), they would like to get advice from other users without having to listen to the same old arguments over and over?"I don't practice what I preach because I'm not the kind of person I'm preaching to."
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3rd November 2005, 11:04 AM #11
lol but it's like a light to a moth lol.
We don't all have nice new sheds with the space to put a tablesaw....
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3rd November 2005, 01:47 PM #12New Member
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Originally Posted by silentC
Anyway, have taken the plunge ... so we'll see in a few months which camp I'm in!
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3rd November 2005, 01:53 PM #13Originally Posted by silentC
And I haven't even mentioned the crosscut sled yet, so here it comes.....
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3rd November 2005, 02:05 PM #14Originally Posted by silentC
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3rd November 2005, 02:16 PM #15
Scott, me old mucker, let's not go down this path again.
The point is that Mr AllThumbs has not asked "are Tritons any good? Should I buy one?". He says "Have enjoyed/been thoroughly confused by all the discussion on the forum on the pros and cons of the WC2000", so we can assume that he has already read all of the 'advice' given by both sides of the argument.
Now, my beef is not with people saying that Tritons are crap. That is their opinion and they are entitled to it. My beef is with those who, having decided to get rid of their Triton, now carry on like a broken record everytime someone asks a question about them. AllThumbs asked a specific question which has a specific answer. He does not need to be told (again) that some people have not found Triton suited to their purposes.
If you don't own a Triton, why even read the Triton forum? This is what I don't understand. I own one and I read from time to time in case I may be of assistance. I now own a tablesaw but I still recognise the value of my Triton and it served me well for many years. For every disgruntled ex-Triton owner, there is a happy owner. Perhaps the reason for all the angst is that the ex-owners feel they have failed in some way because they were not able to get the results demonstrated by others. I don't know. I only know that it is tiring to read it over and over.
Maybe I will stop reading the Triton forum. Yes, that's a good idea. I will exercise my democratic right to abstain. See, it's easy..."I don't practice what I preach because I'm not the kind of person I'm preaching to."
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