Triton Router help - stuck plunge button selector

[AJ]

I've just got a 1400W Triton Router from the nice people at D&M tools. The plunge selector button - which depresses and stays put for free plunging, but can be released by pressing again to return to winder adjustment - is now stuck in, leaving me with plunge mode only... Does anyone have experience of this and a solution short of exchange?

D&M pointed me in the direction of Triton, but no reply (well, it is a Saturday) and I'd like to get cracking...

 

[Newbie_Neil]

Hi AJ

Welcome to the forum.

Sorry to hear about the problem.

Cheers
Neil

 

[Argee]

PM sent, AJ, so you can give me a ring about your problem.

Ray.

 

[AJ]

Thanks, Neil.

Thanks too, to Ray who has provided the answer - so no longer a problem!

AJ

 

[Jake]

What is the answer in case it happens to someone else?

 

[Argee]

The plunge selector button needs a firm push in to select "free plunge" mode (the button stays in most of the way), then another firm push in to release it back to rack-and-pinion mode. Sometimes, this can be a little difficult when new, as the components are quite a tight fit.

Some users are not sure how hard to make the second, releasing, push, sometimes the button gets skewed a fraction so needs a sharp tap. The latter proved to be the solution in this instance.

This is not a frequent occurrence, but luckily one I knew how to solve.

Ray.