Thread: advantages of triton saw

The height adjustment is independant of the saw, but a must in my opinion.

The Triton saw is excellent and the only real advantage, apart from the 235mm blade of course, is the adjustment devices. If you don't need the extra depth of cut then I'd stay with the Dewalt.

My choice would be get the Triton for the 2000, then use the Dewalt of portable sawing.

But then again I have already done that

(cept my run about 190 is a GMC.)

As Benny said, the height winder attachment works for any saw, but you will loose a small amount of your depth of cut by fitting it and that could be a problem. You don't have much now with a 190mm saw.

A Triton saw, with a height winder should give you around 61mm cutting depth which is ample for most jobs.

I think there are two different things being talked about here:

1) is the depth-of-cut adjustment features inherent in the Triton circular saw,
and
2) the value of the add-on Triton "Height Winder" accessory for the workcentre.

The quote from the original post is:
"Would buying the Triton saw enable me to easily adjust blade height "

My answer is that the Triton has both coarse and fine blade height adjustment.
On my workcentre, I
1) Reach into the dust collector bag and loosen the locking lever,
2) Move the saw to roughly the depth of cut I want
3) Lock the locking lever
4) Twiddle the fine adjustment knob to get the exact depth I want.

I'm not sure if other circular saws have the "fine adjust" feature, but I find it very useful. Never seen the need to buy the extra height winder.

Cheers,
Andrew

I think reaching into the bag to do any height adjustment is a PITA.

The height winder is the best addition you can buy for a WC2000, regardless of the type of saw. No more reaching into the bag and the large thread allows for very fine adjustment form above the table.

Hi Rag,
I have got a triton saw on the workcenter 2000 and I have put it through its paces ripping hardwood, so far its performed very well. But if your dewalt saw is good enough to cope with your needs just get the height winder. You could always get the saw if you ever need it. After all at £200 it’s not cheap!
Trev