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Thread: Sturdee's MK3 still lives.
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4th February 2008, 04:23 PM #1Deceased
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Sturdee's MK3 still lives.
Some years ago I upgraded from a MK3 to a TC10HB TS and rather than flogging of the old faithful it was stored in its component parts under the house just in case.
Last Saturday I needed to rip in both width and depth some long pieces of timber to make new BBQ roof support posts and there is no room to do this in my workshop on the TS.
So rather then fiddle about with the CS and guiding boards I got out the old Triton and reassembled it to use in the backyard. After 30 minutes fiddling about in reassembling the CS to the mounting plate and putting it all together I was able to cut the timber without any problems.
Made a difficult and possible dangerous job easy and the timber was cut in 30 minutes.
What amazed me how easy it was to reassemble and how accurate it still cut. I am glad I never succumbed to the temptation to flog it of.
Peter.
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4th February 2008, 04:59 PM #2
Long live the MK 3 Don't blame you for not selling Peter, for what you can get for it, its better keeping it for jobs like that.
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Cheers John
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4th February 2008, 05:02 PM #3
Just got one Peter
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4th February 2008, 08:27 PM #4
Well unlike Sturdee I sold my mk 3 but I got a fair price for it.
Although unlike Peter I didn't buy a TS couldn't justify it for my wood butchering I replaced it with the triton 2000 model. Still got my Mk 3 router table though
PeteWhat this country needs are more unemployed politicians.
Edward Langley, Artist (1928-1995)
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4th February 2008, 09:38 PM #5Deceased
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Good for you, you'll get a lot of pleasure from it if you make sure that it is setup properly. I did post details a while ago on setting up the MK3 to get accurate reading from the fence and there are also posts on the jigs I made for it.
Neither could I but my darling wife suggested that I go for the best after all those years using the MK3, and I wasn't going to argue with her over that.
I never regretted upgrading but the Triton after all these years was still accurate and easy to reassemble. Shows how good the original MK3 was and how handy it was to keep it.
I plan to leave it in the garden tool shed and reaffix the brackets to take the sliding extension table so if I have to cut big sheets down to size before cutting to final dimensions it will be easier then carrying the sheets in.
Peter.
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4th February 2008, 10:55 PM #6
It was definately a win/win situation for you Peter.
On reflection keeping the Mk3 would have been handy as I could have used it in the docking saw set up as it always seems I need to do both regularly
PeteWhat this country needs are more unemployed politicians.
Edward Langley, Artist (1928-1995)
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5th February 2008, 01:34 AM #7
I sold my mk3 but I still have another saw table that I have made a 3meter bench for ok its a little ryobi but it works well and I made a new good mate when I sold the mk3 and thats better than the money anyday.
Watch out he bites!
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5th February 2008, 07:01 AM #8
Thanks Peter will do search for your posts and some heavy reading
Zarguld
I sold my mk3 but I still have another saw table that I have made a 3meter bench for ok its a little ryobi but it works well and I made a new good mate when I sold the mk3 and thats better than the money anyday.
Thanks Guy feelings mutual
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7th February 2008, 06:12 PM #9
Sturdee
Sturdee did a search for your old posts search results only came up with 2007 posts
will have another go
I set up the SC and did some cuts needed some edge pieces for my workmate tops but anything higher than about 30mm is going to be a problem unless I do a double cut or finish cut.
I do have a question regarding a support bracket for the SC motor as its pulling the blade out of alignment by approx 1m at full height and thats stationary (not running) it doesn't deflect any when running.
I have a Hitachi SC.
I recall someone posting one but can not recall who
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7th February 2008, 07:47 PM #10Deceased
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The thread on how to accurately set your CS into the Mk3 is here.
The improvements to the fence is here and the push shoes for it are here and in post 38 you can see the MK3 as altered.
Easy to find if you know where to look.
I first had a Makita 9 1/4 " saw and then the Triton saw. Both of them didn't need the stabilishing bracket but some saws do need it to correct deflection.
Also you might check to see if your CS suffers from loose arbour float.
There was a post recently about altering these type of saws to take a 10" blade and that would increase the depths of cut. Depth of cut on the Makita is about 65mm.
Hope that helps.
Peter.
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7th February 2008, 07:54 PM #11
Thanks Sturdee will check em out ASAP I am up to 2005 in the old stuff
Ray
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