Thread: Unhappy with Triton router height adjustment

Originally Posted by Woodworker101

BarryBurgess,

see I live in Brisbane which is in QUEENSLAND

I have only visted Australia 4 time and have just passed through a Brisbane but prefer Sydney & also liked Perth.
Off to Noosa some time this year.
Sorry to wind you up
Barry

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Originally Posted by Hennie

Good day to everyone.

I'm a new forum member from South Africa, and this is my first post.

I recently bought a Triton router, and have been using it quite extensively in a router table for the last 5 weeks, building a large solid Oak wall unit with 17 raised panel doors. I am very satisfied with the router's performance, except for the height "fine adjustment" feature, and the plunge (or should I say "height") locking mechanism.

The fine adjustment does not adjust smoothly, and tends to stick and then "jump" by 4-5mm, making it impossible to incrementally adjust the height of the bit. This problem occurs with both "up" and "down" adjustments. I've cleaned the sliding shafts and ratchet without any improvement.

The height locking mechanism is also not very good, and the router bit tends to move higher if a sideways force is applied to the bit. I would guess that this happens because the locking and fine adjustment mechanisms only work on one of the two guide shafts, allowing some play in the other shaft.

Now, I'm not sure if these problems are common to all Triton routers, or if I just have a bad unit? What I do know is that this feature was one of the reasons why I chose the Triton over the Makita (the other being the on/off switch and the automatic locking mechanism for above-table bit change...), and I'm quite unhappy that it is not working as expected.

Any comments and/or tips to fix these problems will be welcome.

Hennie Landman

G'day Hennie - and welcome!

I've had my Triton for a while now (and a Bosch Gof1300 ACE for hand held work, DeWalt in the Woodrat, and an old Ryobi for fall-back. I have to say the the Trition, used almost exclusively in a table, is smooth, reliable, powerful - and noisy as a ba@#tA$d!.

Great fine adjustment and moderately good collet.

If you've taken out the tension spring, and the support shafts/gears are clean, I'd be inclined to think that the machine, being pretty new, is a "Friday" job.

Cheers
Steve B
PS I had a great 6 years in RSA, split between Johannesburn and Durban; the latter being just wunnerful for sailing

Originally Posted by Woodworker101

Yes I am a demonstrator AND I am only human so I don't know everything and I don't claim that I do.
Woody:mad:

Woody,

i understand where u are coming from and i do feel that you have copped some flak on here thats not really deserved BUT lets face it, you have made yourself a target. I know i love to help other people where i can, even more than i love being helped and from what ive seen so do most contributors to this forum. you said elsewhere that you joined the forum cos you are passionate about woodwork and you dont get paid to help out here. so dont draw the crabs and keep telling everyone you are a demonstrator. i have a great rapport with our local triton demonstrator and we have both taught each other a lot. demonstrators dont know everything, as you have admitted and neither do tradesmen or apprentices for that matter. why dont you try just contributing your advice to the forum as a triton owner instead of trying to weight the value of your posts by hiding behind a title? Most of your advice is as good as anyones on the site but you are leaving the door open for ridicule by placing all your credence in being a demonstrator. I dont mean to preach but i dont want to see another forum member who wants to contribute being ostracised either, please give it a go.


Doug

Come on guys, give Woody a break, at least he is trying to give some help and not heaping ***** on Triton owners for not having a "real" table saw.
It is so easy to to denigrate, we are Aussies for gods sake and our ethos is to give everyone a fair go.

End of rant

Thanks Doug..

Yeah i'm sorry for starting that, just me farting around as usual..............

I actually sent you a greeny and a message earlier to say that we're just dills having some fun. No offence meant and please stay around. Your advice is worthwhile and appreciated.

I must admit, i admire your dedication to Triton and the demonstrating role you have. If everybody put that much into their jobs we'd all be better off.

(In case you didn't know - i was just counting the number of times you said "as a Triton demonstrator" .... which got to be a bit funny after about the first 20 posts...


Anyway, enough of that - keep posting ( but we know you are a Tr.... Dem..... etc )

Gumby,
you are an interesting character, now I understand. I'd like to know more about you, you know a bit about me....
How about it, a few bits of info for someone who hasn't been here for all that long.
Yes, I am dedicated, I love my job but maybe I will do as Doug suggested and take "the backseat" so to speak and help a little and not a lot.
Take care,
Woody

Originally Posted by Gumby

Yeah i'm sorry for starting that, just me farting around as usual..............

I actually sent you a greeny and a message earlier to say that we're just dills having some fun. )

Bloody hell!!!! i sent him a greeny cos i thought you wouldnt gumby, now hes got too many greenies - i want my greeny back!!!!!


Doug

Originally Posted by Dovetails ?

Gumby,
you are an interesting character, now I understand. I'd like to know more about you, you know a bit about me....
How about it, a few bits of info for someone who hasn't been here for all that long.

Woody

Oh dear, well what can i say about myself........................

Um, (thinks.......)

Here ya go- I'm not a Triton demonstrator

But why are you posting under two different names ???

Originally Posted by Gumby

Oh dear, well what can i say about myself........................

Um, (thinks.......)

Here ya go- I'm not a Triton demonstrator

Bwuudy hell gumby, here i am trying to broker a peace deal, wody has put out the olive branch, cant you meet him half way?

you both have a lot to give and i would like to keep both of you in the forum cos ive learned a lot from both of you and i hope ive contributed to the knowledge both of you have too.

shake hands and lets get on with helping each other to get the most out of our hobby,

Doug

You bunch of shielas, I've had a great laugh reading this forum . By the way, what the f%$@ is a greenie? I used to have them all the time in my nose when I was at school.

Originally Posted by doug the slug

Bwuudy hell gumby, here i am trying to broker a peace deal, wody has put out the olive branch, cant you meet him half way?

you both have a lot to give and i would like to keep both of you in the forum cos ive learned a lot from both of you and i hope ive contributed to the knowledge both of you have too.

shake hands and lets get on with helping each other to get the most out of our hobby,

Doug

I thought I did
:confused:

But at least we made somebody happy tonight...........

Originally Posted by michaelvass

You bunch of shielas, I've had a great laugh reading this forum . By the way, what the f%$@ is a greenie? I used to have them all the time in my nose when I was at school.

A greeny is a positive addition to your reputuation. You can approve or disapprove of peoples posts as you see fit and award green or red points. (Zed usually gives me red ones ) The reputation increases according to the coloured dots under each users name. To award a point, just click on the icon beneath the name and a box will ome up. To check your own, got to User CP and they are on a list. I'll give yoiu a greeny to test it. (for free)

Gumby ur pic is fake here is a real gumby !!!
cheers jules