Thread: Standard Modifications/Jigs to Triton workstation

I bought the bevel ripping guide.
Regards

Originally Posted by A Duke

I bought the bevel ripping guide.

Me too... but I don't think it worth the coin. For bevel ripping of thin studs it works fine, but once you start getting into wider pieces or want to mitre the ends of long(ish) pieces... :shudder:

I gave up modifying the Triton and bought one of Aldi's $100 contractor saws specifically for the angled blade. High precision it ain't, but still better precision than the jigs and workarounds I was using on the Triton. (Well... better precision for the same effort, anyway.)

At $100 'twas cheaper than the Bevel Guide and ten times more useful.

Mind you, I still love the old Triton; it is still my main workhorse out on-site and for any serious through-put in the shed.

Hello,

A bloke on this thread says he can tilt his Triton

Portable table saw : Screwfix Community Forum

............................. Its really good, you buy the saw bench assembly for around £100ish, then fit a circular saw to it, I got a Triton saw for a a crazy price new maybe £50. It has a limitation in that ripping is restricted to 450mm but it is a really good set-up and that the blade can't tilt without removing an insert in the table(push a button and it pops out). I have had it around three years now and it gets worked really hard and performs really well. Its an Australian made saw and has a great rep out there. The legs pack up inside the assembly so packed up it takes up limited space.

Have done some googling and this is the only reference I can find regarding tilting a Triton blade.

Anybody seen one of these in Australia ?

Bill

That's probably the Triton TBC100. I don't know if 'twas released in Oz, I think it was UK-oriented.

It's sorta the "little brother" of the Series 2K... pretty much the Triton RSA300 router/jigsaw stand - but not quite - with a different table to take the CS.

(FWIW, I despise the RSA300. Too, too flimsily built... all the spot-welds broke on mine within a couple of years. From Triton's "bad" period. )

Great to hear you have been able to make a cross cut sled. I have recently purchased a triton with all the trimming on e-bay and love it, as I have very limited space. Is it possible to post some pics of your creation. I would like to make a sled but was wondering how to get the sled sliding in the mitre guide slot.
I saw the construction of a sled on at the web site the wood whisperer How to Make a Tablesaw Cross-Cut Sled | The Wood Whisperer as a video and would like to build something similar

Steve

You don't run the sled down the mitre slot, you run it along the workcentre table edges.
I copied mine from one on the forum from a Tasmanian chap - I'll try to find the link.

I'll send photos of mine for comparison. They really do make a great difference in accuracy and safety and convenience.

See post #18 on this page.

https://www.woodworkforums.com/f15/cross-cut-sled-2211/index2.html

Here's pics of mine.
I used a t-slot and bolts for the attachments.
I added a sliding perspex dust guard/collector.
My base is 9mm mdf, 900 x 600.
I drilled the hole for the height winder as per Bob's instructions, but frankly I wouldn't bother - it's easy enough to slide the sled forward to expose the normal hole.
regards
Chris

cross cut sled perspex slid back.jpgcross cut sled back2.jpgcross cut sled bottom.jpgcross cut sled front.jpg

I'm getting a timeout on the link ChrisM3 provided.

I have a copy of the PDF should the link prove to be out of date. Hopefully Bob (the creator of the sled) won't mind it's distribution.

EDIT: I found a working link to Bob's Triton Sled

Thanks Chris

I really appreciated that you replied to my thread. I have just started to get into wood working and have trouble with lateral thinking when it comes to problems. The last time I made something was in school (some 30 years ago) but have always enjoyed working with wood. As yet I have not built anything substantial, (recovering from a shoulder reconstruction that occurred one month after purchasing my Triton equipment) but have begun to realize the importance of square edges and faces if you wish to achieve great results without gaps and square corners. One of the grey areas that I have is in designing, knowing what will produce a lasting finish and what will fail in a short time. One resource that I have being using is Australian Woodsmith and plan to make a tool cabinet found in issue 95. But first I am going to make the crosscut sled provided in the link.

Thank you once again

Steve