My old router was giving me a little grief, it somehow managed to make
the tablesaw bed live. Not a lot live, just enough to give a tingle on
a sweaty hand. Anyway, the sparky couldn't find out why, so I decided
to buy a new one and possibly use the old one in a wooden router table
that won't conduct electricity.

This Triton router received at least one solid review that I read:

http://benchmark.20m.com/reviews/Tri...terReview.html

and Google revealed a few more.

It has many features that make me think it was designed by someone who
has actually used one in a table. In fact those features are what swung
it for me as I rarely use a router hand held. Here are some:
1. When it is inverted dust does not fall into the motor.
2. A switch rather than a trigger.
3. An easily removable plunge spring. A much appreciated feature!
4. The chuck extends past the router table bed so bits can be changed
from the top. (Luxury!)
5. 2400 watts of grunt.
6. Even though it does look a bit like the robot in Lost in Space and
is that dinky orange colour, it doesn't look like it was designed by
someone who used to work for Nike.

Mekon

"Mekon" wrote in message
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My old router was giving me a little grief, it somehow managed to make the
tablesaw bed live. Not a lot live, just enough to give a tingle on a
sweaty hand. Anyway, the sparky couldn't find out why, so I decided to buy
a new one and possibly use the old one in a wooden router table that won't
conduct electricity.

This Triton router received at least one solid review that I read:

http://benchmark.20m.com/reviews/Tri...terReview.html

and Google revealed a few more.

It has many features that make me think it was designed by someone who has
actually used one in a table. In fact those features are what swung it for
me as I rarely use a router hand held. Here are some:
1. When it is inverted dust does not fall into the motor.
2. A switch rather than a trigger.
3. An easily removable plunge spring. A much appreciated feature!
4. The chuck extends past the router table bed so bits can be changed from
the top. (Luxury!)
5. 2400 watts of grunt.
6. Even though it does look a bit like the robot in Lost in Space and is
that dinky orange colour, it doesn't look like it was designed by someone
who used to work for Nike.

Mekon



I've been happy with mine so far. Only a few months old but has worked
well so far. And Woodcraft has them for like $209.
Cheers,
cc

The internal "short" to ground in the old router isn't likely to go
away; rather it could get worse at any moment, possible with disastrous
results. Please destroy it for your own safety and so someone who
might find it in the junk heap can't get hurt.

Pete Stanaitis
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Mekon wrote:
My old router was giving me a little grief, it somehow managed to make
the tablesaw bed live. Not a lot live, just enough to give a tingle on a
sweaty hand. Anyway, the sparky couldn't find out why, so I decided to
buy a new one and possibly use the old one in a wooden router table that
won't conduct electricity.

This Triton router received at least one solid review that I read:

http://benchmark.20m.com/reviews/Tri...terReview.html

and Google revealed a few more.

It has many features that make me think it was designed by someone who
has actually used one in a table. In fact those features are what swung
it for me as I rarely use a router hand held. Here are some:
1. When it is inverted dust does not fall into the motor.
2. A switch rather than a trigger.
3. An easily removable plunge spring. A much appreciated feature!
4. The chuck extends past the router table bed so bits can be changed
from the top. (Luxury!)
5. 2400 watts of grunt.
6. Even though it does look a bit like the robot in Lost in Space and is
that dinky orange colour, it doesn't look like it was designed by
someone who used to work for Nike.

Mekon

Fri, Nov 2, 2007, 2:07am (EST+5) (Mekon)
doth sayeth:
My old router was giving me a little grief, snip
1. When it is inverted dust does not fall into the motor.
2. A switch rather than a trigger. snip
4. The chuck extends past the router table bed so bits can be changed
from the top. (Luxury!) snip
6. Even though it does look a bit like the robot in Lost in Space snip

1. I've got an inexpensive Craftsman in my router table, and no dust
gets in it, period - it all gets blown out; I imagine all routers are
the same.
2. I'd rather have a trigger for using it outside a table. In my
table, I lock the trigger on, and turn it on and off by a circuit
breaker mounted on the side of the table.
4. I made my router table so I can yank the "plate" and router out in
about 1 second, then changing a bit is no prob, and takes about 2
seconds to put back.
6. I think all routers look like the Lost in Space robot.



JOAT
Viet Nam. Divorce. Cancer. Been there, done that, got over it. Now
where the Hell are my T-shirts?
- JOAT

"J T" wrote in message
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Fri, Nov 2, 2007, 2:07am (EST+5) (Mekon)


1. I've got an inexpensive Craftsman in my router table, and no dust
gets in it, period - it all gets blown out; I imagine all routers are
the same.


Typically all routers do blow down, or up in a table, however when not
running anything can drop down into the fan. The Triton uses a fan that
more closely resembles a closed end squirrel cage fan that blows towards the
sides of the router and cannot fill up with debris when it is not running.

On Sat, 03 Nov 2007 02:05:57 GMT, "Leon" wrote:


"J T" wrote in message
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Fri, Nov 2, 2007, 2:07am (EST+5) (Mekon)


1. I've got an inexpensive Craftsman in my router table, and no dust
gets in it, period - it all gets blown out; I imagine all routers are
the same.


Typically all routers do blow down, or up in a table, however when not
running anything can drop down into the fan. The Triton uses a fan that
more closely resembles a closed end squirrel cage fan that blows towards the
sides of the router and cannot fill up with debris when it is not running.

It's probably a good feature, Leon, but I'm with JOAT here...

I've had my big, ugly crapsman router in my table for maybe 10 years and it just
keeps on chuggin'... Can't seem to kill it or the other Sears router, so I can
replace them..


mac

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