Thread: new to the triton workcentre

Originally Posted by Skew ChiDAMN!!

Of course, if your main interest is purely in an 'inexpensive' TS that will be more or less permanently set up, ....

Times have changed since I bought my triton. Its no longer an "inexpensive tablesaw"

Compare this:

The triton gear you need to get as close as triton can to a tablesaw:

wc2000 - $599
triton circular saw - $349
height winder kit - $79
dust bag - $99
bevel ripping guide - $229

Total - $1355

Compare that to:

hare and forbes sb12 contractors saw

https://images.machineryhouse.com.au/W452/0/700

Cost - $770 (was on sale for $719.95 just before the melbourne www show)


Has a cast iron top, 12 inch blade, proper tilting arbor that can make angled cuts anywhere along the length or width of a workpiece, not just on the ends/edges, proper mitre slots to take a proper mitre gauge, not a triton triangle, micro-adjustable fence, much bigger depth of cut than the triton, 4" dust extraction, takes a dado blade ... all that and is $585 cheaper than the triton gear of lesser capabilities.

At 130 kg you cant throw it in the back of the ute, or at least not as easily as a triton, and it would still be much heavier than a triton with a wooden box mounted underneath for dust collection, just to bring the post back into context with my quote from Skew, above. But you have $585 left over to buy some nice blades or upgrade your router table and get rid of the orange one too.

Doug

Originally Posted by doug3030

Times have changed since I bought my triton. Its no longer an "inexpensive tablesaw"

Compare this:
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Yep. I have gone down that path, too. I've a tradesaw that's more versatile than my WC2K and, although not technically any better, cost only half as much. However, the WC2K is still my traveller for on-site work.

Although you can still buy 2nd hand Tritons ridiculously cheap if you look hard and long enough.

Originally posted by Skew Chiddam!! "Although you can still buy 2nd hand Tritons ridiculously cheap if you look hard and long enough".[/QUOTE]

A second hand work centre can be good value for money, as a starting point. By the time the new owner has learned enough to realise the faults and limitations of the Triton, it has paid for itself.
Then he should avoid the mistake many of us have made : trying to fix the bastard by buying more Triton attachments. This doesn't produce a good table saw, and it burns up lots of dollars, as Doug's list shows.

Rob

Mark,

Another approach to a DIY dust catcher is here https://www.woodworkforums.com/f15/wo...box-wip-49998/.

This thread is well worth a look.

Rob

cheers rob you saved me 30 quid. I used a plastic bin instead.