tim
Established Member
I have had a T11 pretty much since they came out. Its the second one becuase my first was replaced by Trend in a recall. Today number 2 made a hideous grinding noise and stopped - the casing was so hot that I couldn't tuch the cutter for 20 minutes. The router table has pretty high airflow and is extracted through a 4inch hose. It had been making some pulsing noises over the past few weeks irrespective of load and I suspected bearing trouble. Trend suggested then that the bearings are sealed so no user maintenance is required or possible. It stays permanently in my router table although I take it out infrequently to clean the inevitable chips and dust.
A quick call to Trend at lunchtime secured a loan machine and pick up of my existing machine tomorrow - which is impressive - no coercion required. But having been in the middle of a large kitchen job and typically halfway through grooving about 40 door parts, I lost several hours in resetting the table with my DW625.
My point is one fo information really - the T11 does get lots of thumbs up in mag reviews and I agree with a lot of what has been said positively but at the same time its worth pointing out the faults:
1.Whatever Trend say, it is an Elu clone and is still prone to all the debris problems that these machines suffer from. Triton owners (who have been vociferous) have made this point regularly but I (foolishly ?) trusted Trend when I asked them prior to purchase about this apparent design weakness who said that because of the sealed parts etc this was no longer a problem.
2. The springs on the columns are far too stiff esp for a machine that is designed for inversion and they cannot be either lubricated or removed without removing pins and regluing the nut.
3. The inversion nut works well but really needs a tommy bar to be of any use otherwise its a pain to turn such a small handle.
4. But the movement can be jerky when raising because of the strength of the springs.
I will see what Trend have to say but I am currently most likely to refuse replacement and ask for a refund on the grounds that I can't see how this isn't going to happen again and my lost work today is not something I wish to repeat - luckily it was recoverable but if I had been doing a more complex job then resetting may have taken a lot longer.
Cheers
Tim
A quick call to Trend at lunchtime secured a loan machine and pick up of my existing machine tomorrow - which is impressive - no coercion required. But having been in the middle of a large kitchen job and typically halfway through grooving about 40 door parts, I lost several hours in resetting the table with my DW625.
My point is one fo information really - the T11 does get lots of thumbs up in mag reviews and I agree with a lot of what has been said positively but at the same time its worth pointing out the faults:
1.Whatever Trend say, it is an Elu clone and is still prone to all the debris problems that these machines suffer from. Triton owners (who have been vociferous) have made this point regularly but I (foolishly ?) trusted Trend when I asked them prior to purchase about this apparent design weakness who said that because of the sealed parts etc this was no longer a problem.
2. The springs on the columns are far too stiff esp for a machine that is designed for inversion and they cannot be either lubricated or removed without removing pins and regluing the nut.
3. The inversion nut works well but really needs a tommy bar to be of any use otherwise its a pain to turn such a small handle.
4. But the movement can be jerky when raising because of the strength of the springs.
I will see what Trend have to say but I am currently most likely to refuse replacement and ask for a refund on the grounds that I can't see how this isn't going to happen again and my lost work today is not something I wish to repeat - luckily it was recoverable but if I had been doing a more complex job then resetting may have taken a lot longer.
Cheers
Tim
