Thread: Triton Router Attachment

Hi,
Check the square plastic sliding bits, they may be made off centre and have to be turned the other way. This is only a guess but as the ones on the saw slide is made this way and have to be used different ways if the hight winder is used or not, it is a possibility.
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image.jpgHold down using g clamps?? I have a triton mk3 and the router table is held down by the two metal permanent locating pins and the two red slide clips that lock into the side track of the mk3. My router plate has the same indentations as your picture. I have used the router in the table saw stand for 10 years swapping no problems at all. Recently I purchased triton finger jointer( which doesn't fit the old router table, the only thing so far that hasn't been interchangable) so i also purchased a new router table and while i was at it the router table stand. Figured I had come this far it was time to set up the saw and router as separate units. I might add that I had to apply a fair force to get the new router plate to fit over the old router plate and the locking mechanism onto the stand alone table has the red clips sliding into pressed indentations. The new table fitted to the old mk3 from memory without any hiccups either.
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hold everything just went and had another look, I have used the new router plate with the new router table, will add pics shortly. To answer part of your query the plate with the raised indentation is the mk3 style router plate. The new style router plate is different colour and set up altogether.

And now I will research a bit more on inserting photos.

Firstly thanks to everyone for getting back so quickly. A couple of things.

Someone mentioned the G clamps. If you watch the Triton instructions video at TRITON MK3: Original video from 1984 - YouTube and go in 2:33:30 you will see the use of G clamps.

I checked the slides as suggested and you were right. If you loosen them and turn them 180 degrees, the height of the router table is lower. The sliders have an elongated protrusion which fits into a matching hole on the table. There is a little tag on the bottom of the slider mount which tells you which way the slider is mounted. See attached picture.

That improved the situation but didn't solve it. I put a straight edge on the router table and measured the height above the silver rail. It is about 11mm to 12mm. That is to the flat surface of the router table, not the triangle. See picture. I still need to get another couple of mm lower. The orange workcentre table still rests on the triangles. When you engage the locating pins at one end, the other is still about 5 or 6 mm too high to get the locking pins in. Any more ideas? I would be interested to hear how high the router table is on one that works.

One more pic. This is how high the workcentre table is if the opposite end pins are engaged.

G clamps well I never.....did look at the video though and saw them in use. Must admit my mk3 saw table doesn't have a router hole like the one in the video. I do have a separate mk3 router table that has steel angle underneath you guides the router plate into and this holds it in place. Hence no need for g clamps.

I assume you tried putting the work centre table in without the router to make sure it fits? Sorry had to ask.

Good to ask the obvious questions. Sometimes we miss the obvious. I have been using the Triton with the saw for some time and the top plate fits without a problem. Seems like there were at least two tops for the table. One with a hole and one without. So how does your router table fit? Not sure how it works if the top table does not have a hole.

I think the use of G clamps to locate the router carriage was maybe required on the early version of the MK3 (the video looks different to what I had). I used to have a MK3 and I seem to remember it having some kind of locating plates on the under side of the table which held the carriage in position. If yours does have these, is the carriage going up between them completely until it reaches the underside of the table top? I also had the dedicated Router table top which definitely had the locating plates under the table. Try taking your table top off and turn it over. Put the router carriage on it and see if it goes all the way up against the underside of the top.
The height of the carriage triangles above the aluminium rails should be the thickness of the table top, minus the thickness of the metal it is made from.
If you can't get the answers here, it might be worth putting your thread on here.

What you have here appears to be the Triton Router Mounting Plate AJA 150 compatible with both the Mk3 and the 2000 series.... but I can't work out why you're trying to use it upside down! I have the same device gathering dust in the shed......

This is designed for overhead routing of grooves and trenches; basically you put your table in the cross cut mode and slide the router along the rails the same as you would use the saw. You have to use a packing piece between the table and your work piece, a section on kitchen work top is ideal.

You can also fit it with a jigsaw but then it has to be fitted into the Router and Jigsaw table.

I have a set of instructions for this if you want them; just PM me.

Thanks for the comments.

To Chief, if you look at the Triton video mentioned above at about 2:33:30 you will see the router used under the table in the section "Inverter Router Shaper Table".

To Treecycle, I included two photos of the unit upside down. As you can see there is no rebate for the triangle to sit in, and the triangle sits up on the rails.

Yup, had a look. The one in the video is different to what you have; it has a very flat bottom.


As I said before I believe you have an AJA 150 Router Mounting Plate; designed for over head routing only.

Originally Posted by Chief Tiff

Yup, had a look. The one in the video is different to what you have; it has a very flat bottom.


As I said before I believe you have an AJA 150 Router Mounting Plate; designed for over head routing only.

No on the 2000 that plate is for both, I do not know about the Mk 3 or new Mk 3 and the earlier router tables that fitted them.
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Originally Posted by A Duke

No on the 2000 that plate is for both, I do not know about the Mk 3 or new Mk 3 and the earlier router tables that fitted them.
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On the 2000 series (WCA 210) that plate can only be used in the overhead mode. To use an inverted router on the 2000 series you have to get the RTA 300 router table, which incidentally will also fit onto the Mk3. The table fitted to the WCA only has saw slots; there is no provision for poking a router through it hence why you have to purchase the RTA 300 router table. Which comes with its own mounting plate, and which the AJA 150 also won't fit.

I've done a bit more researech and it would appear that this fits some Mk3 tables, maybe not yours though. I'm not that cluey on Mk3's but I believe they went through many changes in their lives; it may be you had the bad luck of picking up an earlier one that you must use a specific flat bottomed mounting plate for.