Thread: A few Quick Questions

For what it's worth Dean, I recently attended a Triton Weekend workshop at Holmesglen TAFE ran by Brian Blight (Triton Demonstrator), upon packing up the routers were left in the tables upside down. You could place the table mounting guide in the collet to stop dust from entering, other than that it is in a safe place that can't fall or be knocked.
As for cleaning, I've yet to read or been given any advise on this so your guess is as good as mine.
Cheers, Steve

There is absolutely no reason not to leave the router in position upside down- it was designed with this purpose in mind anyway! The bearings are designed to deal with axial loads, so the are not affected by whether the router is upside down or not.

The only aspect that you should do when using the router (under) the table, is remove the plunge spring- it is designed to be easily removed by undoing a single screw- see the manual for instructions. Takes about 30 seconds. This will prevent the spring becoming fatigued, and means that you will not have to fight both the spring, and gravity when using the router upside down when changing the router height.


Care of saw / router. Dusting off is fine, and important. Removing any resin buildup from your blades/bits will ensure they last as long as possible too, and prevent corrosion.

The blade guard on the saw should be relaxed at the end of a session, and the trigger strap removed to prevent spring fatigue.


[This message has been edited by stuart_lees (edited 06 November 2002).]

thanks for the replies!
I havent actually removed the plunge spring as yet!

Will do that now.

Cheers!

Dean

Have you discovered silicon spray yet? Much much better than WD40, as it slowly builds up over time, and makes for a really nice gliding feel to your operations. Doesn't attract dust either.

If you are in Melbourne, have you thought about coming to the Holmesglen Triton club?

One other quick point- removing the plunge spring is specifically for the Triton router- I can't speak for any other router brand.

Stuart,

Just removed the plunge spring....I remember the manual saying not to let it fly out, but it still gave me a little surpirse hehe. Much easier to adjust height now!

I am based in Brisbane.

Just checked saw blade and no real resin buildup yet as far as I can see.

I gave the gear a really good dust yesterday with my compressor and air gun...Boy that tool is worth its weight in gold...Only 2 minutes to clean out the dust from every cavity in workcentre, router table and tools. It looks brand new again!

Does anyone here own a brad nailer/ frame nailing gun etc? How useful are these items in your woodwork? Woudl be interested to hear your opinions...

Glad to be of assistance Dean! If you are ever down this way, drop on into the club! I don't know of any is Brisbane, but it'd be worth investigating. Perhapes if there isn't- you could start up a chapter up there! If you contact Triton, they may be able to help with club locations, and starting a club advice.

Best of luck.

I think there is one up here but I haven't got around to calling up the contact person as yet. Hopefully when work dies down (if ever), I'll be able to get along to a club meeting.

Dean