Thread: Routers and Husbands!!

Short answer,

The Triton routers are fantastic and worth the money!!!

The plunge depth is dependant on the thickness of the table top that the router is bolted to. But I know that on the triton router table the router will rise as much as you want (thats why you can do bit changes above the table).

The last school that I was at had just bought 3 new Tritons to replace the Makitas they had and everyone in the Manual Arts Dept was rapt over the performance and ease of use.

Thanks Rowan

Small world. We have just been talking to son who recently left Towoomba for Runaway Bay. Do you know Simon or Brendan Crew they are about your age.

The other router isn't a total write-off - it is good to have a table-mounted one and another for handheld work.

BTW - The Triton router was/is specifically designed for table mounting.

Hi Jennifer

What extension are you using. If its an extreme extension I would suggest it has not been fitted correctly.

Thaks for the good advice but guess what He already has an old one to use for hand held work. Now what excuse can we think of.???:confused:

Originally Posted by Stuart.

The other router isn't a total write-off - it is good to have a table-mounted one and another for handheld work.

BTW - The Triton router was/is specifically designed for table mounting.

Originally Posted by dazzler

Hi Jennifer

What extension are you using. If its an extreme extension I would suggest it has not been fitted correctly.

He has bought a Torquata Cottet Extension from Timbecon. It was fitted correctly because my husband is quite used to working with machinery and tools etc as he was a cabinet maker before retirement.

Originally Posted by Maurice

So---we bouight an extension so he could use the router with the table but when he uses the extension the wobble is just so horrendous that he can't use the router.

That sounds bad. Was he running the router at full speed? If so that could be his problem. Get him to slow it down and work slowly upwards. You can tell by the sound if it is in trouble. If it does not work at any speed then you definitely need a new router.

Now on Ebay there is a Triton as described above at the moment for $220 approx. I need to know

A. does anyone have one and your reccommedations about it.

Yes I have one and it is pretty good as a table router.

B. does it indeed have a plunge length that will work with the router table?

This depends on the thickness of the router table. I have a thickish cast iron table and I'm finding I still occasionally have to use the extender on the Triton. I only feel comfortable using the extender below 3/4 of its max speed.

Cheers

Hi there Jennifer
The triton is a beauty honestly he will love it... in a machine preferably but hand held its also a ripper of a thing to use...ahem... can you provide a link to the ebay sale?

The router table is a worry though... can you post a pic or describe it a bit better these blokes may well know the table you got him and let you know their experiences of it... it may well have been cheep but there may have been a damned good reason for that cheep price! :eek: you may well have paid too high a price for a peice of junk and therefore it was not cheep but expensive! you dont want that eh?

Actually if you look around the forum you will find theres several good threads of people making their own router tables maybe you should get the ol man the new to you triton and he can make one? rather than buyin possibly another bung one? or even more bits an peices in the hope it fixes what may well be a particular problem with that table?

Just a few ideas
Cheers!
Shane

Originally Posted by Maurice

Thanks Rowan

Small world. We have just been talking to son who recently left Towoomba for Runaway Bay. Do you know Simon or Brendan Crew they are about your age.

Sorry, no. Toowoomba is the sort of place that you can go down town for a few hours and not see anybody that you know