Thumbs up for Triton (not yet a review) -- and an FYI for router owners

Thanks Ben,
I’ll be looking forward for your review.

-- -** You are never to old to set another goal or to dream a new dream ****************** Dick, & Barb Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1

Thanks Ben,

I have been looking at this router. Your review will be helpful.

-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.

Owning this router (and having reviewed it here myself) I find this interesting. I always crank mine up to change the bit. To the best of my knowledge, the router is designed to operate this way. Knowing about this little design flaw, I will consider using the workaround you mention.

I’m sorry to hear of this minor problem, because I really love this router.

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

Alwats nice to have good customer service.

-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.

Charlie,

He made it sound like overcranking is the problem, and that “normal” use wouldn’t break things, so I think he was erring on the side of caution afa suggesting using the normal plunger. Frankly, I do remember at some point torquing down on it when I wanted to lock the collet, so I’m sure that I’m to blame. Cautious use will probably be sufficient, but YMMV.

-b

Yeah, that is kind of what I was thinking. I’ll play with it when I get home.

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

I too have this router mounted in a table. Although I have not used it much to date.

I will keep this info in mind, however to adjust to bit change mode, I almost always use the handle adjust as you have to turn the switch off anyway.. I use the crank just to do bit adjust. Sounds like the customer service is OK, and that is sure nice to hear.

Thanks for the heads up. I will look forward to your review. I really like my Triton, but I am not very experienced with router work.

-- Brian's Table Top Toys http://home.mountaincable.net/~bgraham/

Good to hear about good customer service. I think it is a good idea that we all share our “great service/bad service” stories.

-- Maplewood, MN