Thread: Saws for Triton 200 work centre

Originally Posted by zamubika

I finished up biting the bit and purchasing a Triton 235mm saw...My advice is buy the saw meant for the work centre!!
Cheers
Mick

exactly. only Triton have ever made a circular saw specifically designed for use under the table.

The triton workcentre was always recomended to be used with the hitachi c9, they only started recomending other saws when they introduced there sa, we still have customers with the original workcentres & a hitachi saw under them

Is there really a Hitachi Saw that has the same base as the Triton Saws to make use of the fine saw adjustment cams in the workcentre?
I thought that they originally made the workcentre for almost all saws.
Then made the Triton Saw/(s) especially to work upside down and with a base that is designed to work with the saw locating cams on the workcentre.



Interwood

Originally Posted by Interwood

Is there really a Hitachi Saw that has the same base as the Triton Saws to make use of the fine saw adjustment cams in the workcentre?

Interwood

to the best of my knowledge, no. only the triton saw was made for the fine adjustment cams. before the triton saw came onto the market, I believe that triton had tried many saws and the best one they found to work in the workcenter was the hitachi, so that was what George was demonstrating and thats what was recommended. When I got into Triton, I started out with the Triton saw, and I was not experiencing the accuracy issues I remember being discussed on the forums at the time.

Doug

Originally Posted by VEK TOOLS

The triton workcentre was always recomended to be used with the hitachi c9, they only started recomending other saws when they introduced there sa, we still have customers with the original workcentres & a hitachi saw under them

I have had a C9 in mine since new (15 yrs??) as the Triton saw had not been produced at that stage.

I am at this moment trying to remain civil and calm.
Nothing fits!! The chassis, now that I read the fine print is too old to suit this saw. It seems Triton built a saw that DID NOT FIT their saw tables. Well ones older than 355,000 serial number of which mine is...just.
The bolts dont even fit. Its going to take alot of friggin around to make it so. I may as well have bought the C9.

thanks Triton for making that glaringly clear.

Originally Posted by xgrain

I am at this moment trying to remain civil and calm.
Nothing fits!! The chassis, now that I read the fine print is too old to suit this saw...

Originally Posted by rayintheuk

I absolutely agree that the TSA001 is the tool for the job, but beware that there was, for a time, an "updated" version with a laser fitted that was dreadful...
... The model you need does NOT have a laser!

Originally Posted by xgrain

update:
For better or worse I have gone with the a TA235CSL....

ta235csl has a Laser, Right?

Yep laser,
But no info on their website explaining clearly that they dont fit. Not until you get the manual do you find out.

Anyway, while its not done yet Im getting close.
1) First the chaissis i have is cast and in two pieces. Spread out to hold the saw, only one bolt hole (each side) lines up. This does not seem too bad in retrospect as the saws plate bridges and holds it together too. I will leave it at one bolt for now and maybe re drill a second when everything is settled.
2) I put the old lock down system in. The old style lock down "thingoes" however are at an angel due to the high walls of the plate and put buckling pressure on the old cast chassis. Ill need to pack it with washers, I think it will be ok then.
3) The lock lever for the depth adjuster hits one of the lock down nuts (no big deal it did that on the old saw too) but youd think they have given a bit more clearance.
4) notches in the saw plate did not seem to line up with the chassis ones. Ill have to look into this. Its about 1.5mm out. Causing the blade to be too close to one side of the table gap. Ill have to redoo the lock downs.
5) Two big pains that plagued me with the old saw was holding the safety cover plate out of the way in both modes and holding the switch in under mode. ok ok its a safety issue when used off the table but I half expected a little catch or something to help us out when its attached, as one was lead to believe, in its normal situ..to the workcenter.

Its as if they spent more time making it a multi-purpose saw. Instead of workcentre first, mulit use last, in the priority. For example. if the plate length was 5mm shorter or 10mm longer, the chassis(old) bolts would line up) if the plates edge was not so tall in the corners where the lockdowns go, they wouldnt be at such an angle forcing the chassis to buckle.

What im saying is it wouldnt have been that hard to make it work if only they had kept their eye on the goal...a saw to fit the triton workcenters.

Good things:
The laser does make it a little easier to get the old lockdowns in the right spot.
The depth and angle adjusters are easier to operate.

More fiddling tomorrow.

Originally Posted by doug3030

Quote:
Originally Posted by rayintheuk
I absolutely agree that the TSA001 is the tool for the job, but beware that there was, for a time, an "updated" version with a laser fitted that was dreadful...
... The model you need does NOT have a laser!

From what I can tell after closely looking at both manuals. The plate is the same on both saws. Thus the lack of fit would be the same. This is supported by the TSA001 manual also stating that WC's older than 355,000 require the upgraded chassis.

On the triton web site it clearly lists, with no serial number exception notes, that the TA235 is compatible. And interestingly it says there are no compatibles for the TSA.

Bit of a ballsup if you ask me,