Thread: Advice/people's experience using a non-Triton saw in WK2000

Chipmunk,

I used a 185mm Makita saw in my WK2000 for a while but I found the depth of cut was a bit limiting. Apart from that, I had no problems with it. I ended up buying a 235mm Makita which I used in it until I bought my tablesaw recently.

I have the WK2000 with the triton saw and it cuts accurately and square.

I have a Ryobi 7.25" that I use hand held for quick rough cuts. It small and light and cheap and is absolutely great for what I use it. However, I would never use it in the Triton bench as it has a farily significant arbor float ( the blade can wobble about 1mm side to side) and also my depth of cut would be limited.

If accuracy is important I reckon you're gonna have to upgrade from a Ryobi to something a little better.

Thanks silentC,

When you say you the depth of cut was a bit limiting, how limiting? How deep could you cut?

Cheers,
Chipmunk.

When you say you the depth of cut was a bit limiting, how limiting? How deep could you cut?

Can't recall exactly. You lose a bit of depth when you mount the saw in the Workcentre. If you put the height winder kit on you lose a bit more as well. Someone else might know exactly. I reckon it was about 10-15mm off the depth of cut of the saw.

Anyway, the Workcentre is designed to fit most saws. If you find you're not getting the depth of cut you need, you can always get a bigger saw. That's what I did.

If you are only going to use it for hobby work etc etc, the ryobi will be fine. It will easily cut 16mm melamine etc, so you will have no problems. As soon as you move towards cutting more serious timbers esp big slabs of hardwood, you will want more power and a bigger cutting capacity (read bigger blade). I've got a little 185mm makita which is great, but I quickly moved up to a triton saw once I started cutting hardwood.

Keep an eye out for the compact table too - it doesn't let you expand like the full WC2000, but if you find a 2nd hand one it could be a good buy.

Trav

You get a 55 mm depth of cut on a WC2000 with a Triton saw and a height winder kit. Not sure what you will get with your smaller saw.

There are quite a few package deals now - ie WC2000 plus Triton saw gets a good rebate - something to consider.

It really depends on what you want to do.

My first project was a workbench using hardwood - so it was a no brainer.

Cheers

I had a Ryobi 7.5" in my Triton and never got an accurate cut. The base plate was too flimsy and as a result the saw blade would move. I gave up and bought myself a TSC-10HB and have never looked back.

Grunt

When I first bought my Triton 2000 workcentre I had a 235mm GMC saw. This saw had terrible baseplate coupling hence there was a massive difference in alignment between tablesaw and crosscut mode. I tried the saw stabilising bracket, but the blade itself tended to go out of square with the baseplate. So I bit the bullet and bought a triton saw - it stays put in the workcentre and has always been dead square. My GMC saw is now my portable saw.

Thanks all for your feedback,

Seeing as I've managed to cut 2mtr lengths of chipboard for cabinets to within a 1mm with a long ripfence, I've decided to stick with my Ryobi for the time being. I'll just add a Stabilising bracket until the Ryobi gives in or there is budget for a Triton saw.

Start with a 185mm B&D c/saw. Waste of time to fit to a table, had more accuracey as hand held.

Eventually purchased the Triton saw, heaps of power, larger depth of cut, accuracey was improved, but not sufficient in my view for a table saw. I later bolted the saw directly to the saw carriage instead of using stupid plastic pieces. Now is very accurate and doesn't need to be checked after each saw cut.

Wrote a how to on another thread titled "Tired of Re-aligning Work Centre