Original Triton Site is no more

The original Australian Triton website has been taken down, and now only points to www.tritontools.com, a website owned by Silverline tools according to whois– the European distributers of Triton.

Be rather interesting to know what this latest development means – if anything.  Some tools appear to be missing, such as the 13″ Thicknesser.

Brisbane Hands-On Woodshow

And as a reader of Stu’s Shed, you can get 2 tickets for the price of one.

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Print out the PDF form and take it along on the day for you and a mate to get in for the price of a single ticket. The form is valid for Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney. (I’m planning on being at the Melbourne Show, have no idea about Sydney at this stage, and unfortunately cannot get to the Brisbane one)

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Competition Ending TODAY

The competition for the Brisbane Show ends today. It is your chance to win a $500 voucher to spend at the show.

Richard Vaughan

Richard Vaughan and Michelle Berger a student at his recent USA workshops

Richard Vaughan will be at the show, running his seminar program (below).

He designs and makes one-off contemporary timber furniture that elegantly combines function and form.  He teaches woodwork, writes for a woodworking magazine, sings in an A Cappella choir and is a judge on the ABC Television’s New Inventors.   With a passion for the unique qualities and glorious palette of Australia’s hardwoods Richard is presenting daily at the Hands-On Expo in Brisbane. On Fri 13 Nov – Sun 15 Nov RNA Showgrounds

Domino Primary Features

Walking around the Domino, there are a number of features that control all aspects of the positioning of the mortises.

Festool Domino

The front support platform can both tilt through 90 degrees and be set to a specific height. There are preset locators for the primary mitre angles, and the ability to set any other angle between.

The Front End

At the front end, you can see where the mortising bit protrudes from, and there are the stop pins on either side for rapid positioning from the edges of the board.  The three arrows cut in front platform are in line with the centre of the mortise, and the reference edge of the stops.  The far left and right edges of the lower section align with the centre of the mortise.

Manually Aligning a Mortise

In addition to the stops, there is also a magnifying scale in the centre you can use to manually align up with a pencil mark drawn on the work.  By abutting the two pieces to be joined together and drawing a line across the gap, the domino mortises can be easily aligned.  There are also lines engraved on the base (not photographed) to also aid alignment, particularly for vertical plunging.

Height Setting

There are also two methods for setting the height of the mortise.  The first is the lower scale, where you set the material thickness so the mortise becomes placed in the middle of the material.  The second scale sets the absolute height of the mortise cut.

Depth of Cut

The depth of the mortise can be set to one of 5 settings. You can use combinations thereof to either centralise the tenon across the joint, or offset it as material thicknesses dictate.

Changing Cutters

With the cutter-change spanner, a release lever can be lifted so the entire front mechanism of the Domino can be removed, providing easy access to the cutter. It also allows access to the control rods, so if a different plunge depth than is provided by the presets, you can add a tube as a surrogate stop, for any other plunge depth that is required.  Most of the time this isn’t necessary – the provided plunge depths are sufficient.

Festool Domino Cutaway

The mechanism inside the Domino is quite elaborate, producing the rotation and oscillation of the cutter. With a steady plunge by the operator, the mortise is quickly produced.