Thread: Problem with Triton TRA001

Thanks for that I just bought a TRA001 for my table. good tip

Leave the cap off! (Never heard this being a problem, but given that it is....)

Not sure how dust is getting in there - through the base somehow and into the plunge shaft?

Originally Posted by Stuart.

Leave the cap off! (Never heard this being a problem, but given that it is....)

Not sure how dust is getting in there - through the base somehow and into the plunge shaft?

I assume so, and I suppose it won't hurt to leave the cap off. As it was getting late I had neither the time nor the inclination to investigate further.

At the end of the day, if it happens again I'll know what the problem is

Will have a closer look tomorrow.

I have just finished a marathon session with the big Triton router in the table, about 50 parts in MDF cut to a template, and another 25 in 35mm thick crapiata pine, also cut to a template.

Gday Fred

How did the respirator go

There is no good reason to keep the cap on with the spring removed. Leaving it off ensures that there cannot be the dust build-up as described, as it falls straight through.

However, if you use the router inverted with the spring left in, the same problem will occur with MDF. The solution is to get a rubber grommet and fit it to the bottom of the plunge spring tube, immediately below the baseplate. You may need to cut one to fit and the fit needs to be perfect, but it permanently solves this issue. HTH.

Ray.

Originally Posted by K_S

I have just finished a marathon session with the big Triton router in the table, about 50 parts in MDF cut to a template, and another 25 in 35mm thick crapiata pine, also cut to a template.

Gday Fred

How did the respirator go

Didn't use it Keith, the dust extraction on the router is pretty good!

Originally Posted by rayintheuk

There is no good reason to keep the cap on with the spring removed. Leaving it off ensures that there cannot be the dust build-up as described, as it falls straight through.

However, if you use the router inverted with the spring left in, the same problem will occur with MDF. The solution is to get a rubber grommet and fit it to the bottom of the plunge spring tube, immediately below the baseplate. You may need to cut one to fit and the fit needs to be perfect, but it permanently solves this issue. HTH.

Ray.

Thanks Ray, as usual your advice is worth bottling!

I think I'll just leave the cap off, then it shouldn't happen again.

Another lesson learned

I'm just a bit surprised, as I've routed a lot of MDF with the router in the table, and not experienced any real buildup at all. As Ray inferred, and I brushed over briefly, somehow the dust is getting in through the base.

Leaving the cap off is part of the solution - but what of the other arm? If dust is getting down there as well, guess where that dust is going to collect

Originally Posted by Stuart.

I'm just a bit surprised, as I've routed a lot of MDF with the router in the table, and not experienced any real buildup at all. As Ray inferred, and I brushed over briefly, somehow the dust is getting in through the base.

Leaving the cap off is part of the solution - but what of the other arm? If dust is getting down there as well, guess where that dust is going to collect

You're probably right Stuart. This is not the first time that I have had a dust problem with the Triton TRA001. Some time ago it became very hard to operate, admittedly after doing a lot of MDF doors, routing a pattern in each one. I then asked the question what could be causing it be hard to operate and Ray put his finger on the problem straight away, meaning I wasn't the first or only one to have a dust problem with the internals.

Anyway he pointed me to his excellent instructions to dismantle the TRA001, I cleaned and put it back together again and it worked like it was new again.

That is till yesterday's marathon session with MDF template routing, but it is all good again.

Originally Posted by Stuart

Leaving the cap off is part of the solution - but what of the other arm? If dust is getting down there as well, guess where that dust is going to collect

Not a problem - grommet them both. I suppose I should have added that, but I thought it was obvious, sorry.

Ray.

Ray, can you define what you mean by grommet? Not trying to be pedantic here, but my understanding of a grommet is a rubber ring to protect wires passing through sheetmetal or some such, ie it has a hole in the middle and a groove around the outer perimeter.

I take it you are talking more about a rubber washer/disc?

Originally Posted by Big Shed

Ray, can you define what you mean by grommet?

I take it you are talking more about a rubber washer/disc?

Absolutely correct. Over here, we often refer to them all as "grommets" and the type I was referring to was a solid rubber disc of the type you insert into car bulkheads after you drill a hole, then maybe pierce a tiny hole to pass wiring through. Large tap washers may be OK for cutting down to size, although I'm not familiar with the types available over there.

Ray.

OK, with you now, sweet