barrysumpter
31st January 2001, 01:20 AM
Hi Again all,
I've spent about 2 hours on 4 sessions trying to set up my Planner on the Triton Planner Attachment.
I was always having problems with getting the wood to slide thru properly. I had built both the simple and advanced planner jig. But still couldn't figure out how to get the silly thing to work properly.
So I took everything down to Triton to see if they could help me.
I had already phoned ahead to see if I could make an appointment with one of the salesmen. But the Triton person who answered the phone said it wasn't necessary. I then asked is they could check to make sure someone with immediate planner attacment knowledge would be there. Again the person said it wasn't necessary.
Well I rocked up about 9:30 and spent about an hour with Matt at the service desk sorting out spare parts, router bits, and prices.
And wasn't too happy when they said no one was avaialble to help with the planner attachment.
I mentioned how adament I was about phoning ahead and let them know how long it took to pack and drive. (It took an hour to load the car and 45 mins to get there.) So I wasn't in any hurry to leave and I sure didn't want to wait for someone. Anyway after breaking up two meetings they did find someone to help.
Anyway the gentleman they found took my planner attachment assembly completely apart and started from the beginning.
While he was putting everything back together he mentioned a couple of excellent tips about the planner attachment and how to set it up properly.
The most enlightening things were:
1. push the work piece against the fence
and NOT the planner shoe. Its
impossible to set the shoe parallel with
the fence. So don't try.
2. set up the planner so the blades are the
the only thing touching the work piece.
3. set up the planner so the planner is
tilted forward toward the work piece.
4. set the planners front shoe to be about
1 mm behind the blades.
5. the planner blades should be the lowest
point in an exagerated 'V'. Where the
planner shoes would be the spread legs
of the 'V'.
6. Do not remove the planner shoes.
Even though the shoes do not come in
contact with the work piece, we should
leave them on for safety guides.
7. Use the black plastic guides (the
things on the end that uses springs) as
guides to hold the work piece against
the fence.
8. Double width work pieces are almost
impossible to work without leaving a
step. Just use the Triton orbital
sander to smooth the step.
9. When mounting the planner into the
planner attachment just tighten the
bolts snuggly. Do not worry about
tightening them further.
I certainly wasn't happy when he wouldn't demo his work to prove what he did was any better than what I had previously set up. Or even use a sqare to make sure it was properly set up. However, I'm still happy with the info and the service I continually receive from Triton.
As I was there with the workcenter he did notice the table top was rocking back and forth and was concerned with the quality control and asked the quality control manager to have a look.
The quality control manager didn't see anything different than the ones he had on the production line or in the service center demos.
However, he did mention that in a few weeks they were changing the fit of the table top and asked me to return then to pick up a new top. Just thought it would be good to mention.
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Thanks,
Barry G. Sumpter
Proud Tritoneer
[This message has been edited by barrysumpter (edited 31 January 2001).]
I've spent about 2 hours on 4 sessions trying to set up my Planner on the Triton Planner Attachment.
I was always having problems with getting the wood to slide thru properly. I had built both the simple and advanced planner jig. But still couldn't figure out how to get the silly thing to work properly.
So I took everything down to Triton to see if they could help me.
I had already phoned ahead to see if I could make an appointment with one of the salesmen. But the Triton person who answered the phone said it wasn't necessary. I then asked is they could check to make sure someone with immediate planner attacment knowledge would be there. Again the person said it wasn't necessary.
Well I rocked up about 9:30 and spent about an hour with Matt at the service desk sorting out spare parts, router bits, and prices.
And wasn't too happy when they said no one was avaialble to help with the planner attachment.
I mentioned how adament I was about phoning ahead and let them know how long it took to pack and drive. (It took an hour to load the car and 45 mins to get there.) So I wasn't in any hurry to leave and I sure didn't want to wait for someone. Anyway after breaking up two meetings they did find someone to help.
Anyway the gentleman they found took my planner attachment assembly completely apart and started from the beginning.
While he was putting everything back together he mentioned a couple of excellent tips about the planner attachment and how to set it up properly.
The most enlightening things were:
1. push the work piece against the fence
and NOT the planner shoe. Its
impossible to set the shoe parallel with
the fence. So don't try.
2. set up the planner so the blades are the
the only thing touching the work piece.
3. set up the planner so the planner is
tilted forward toward the work piece.
4. set the planners front shoe to be about
1 mm behind the blades.
5. the planner blades should be the lowest
point in an exagerated 'V'. Where the
planner shoes would be the spread legs
of the 'V'.
6. Do not remove the planner shoes.
Even though the shoes do not come in
contact with the work piece, we should
leave them on for safety guides.
7. Use the black plastic guides (the
things on the end that uses springs) as
guides to hold the work piece against
the fence.
8. Double width work pieces are almost
impossible to work without leaving a
step. Just use the Triton orbital
sander to smooth the step.
9. When mounting the planner into the
planner attachment just tighten the
bolts snuggly. Do not worry about
tightening them further.
I certainly wasn't happy when he wouldn't demo his work to prove what he did was any better than what I had previously set up. Or even use a sqare to make sure it was properly set up. However, I'm still happy with the info and the service I continually receive from Triton.
As I was there with the workcenter he did notice the table top was rocking back and forth and was concerned with the quality control and asked the quality control manager to have a look.
The quality control manager didn't see anything different than the ones he had on the production line or in the service center demos.
However, he did mention that in a few weeks they were changing the fit of the table top and asked me to return then to pick up a new top. Just thought it would be good to mention.
------------------
Thanks,
Barry G. Sumpter
Proud Tritoneer
[This message has been edited by barrysumpter (edited 31 January 2001).]