Help with buying a new table saw

[Greg]

Hi Guys,

How do you get on with the triton when it comes to cutting bevels

Greg

 

[George_N]

Possibly the biggest weakness of the Triton is that the saw blade does not tilt. You have to tilt the workpiece. The standard fence has a 45 degree angled face on the back for bevelling edges and with a bit of practice it will do an ok job. There is also an add-on bevel ripping guide (about £65) that will do variable angles, from 15 - 90 degrees. It also allows compound mitre cuts and can quite easily be adapted as a tenoning jig when in the 90 degree position. I haven't used the planer attachment but general opinion seems to be that it's not too great. It can be made to work well enough with some additional home made jigs but at £85 for the attachment without a hand-held type planer a cheap, purpose made bench planer like the Performfrom Axminster might well be a better option and have a larger capacity ie. 150 mm as opposed to 82 mm from a hand held planer.