Triton 1100w Surface Planer Unboxing, Setup and Review 

Thank you! I’m glad you liked the video

I’m glad my video was of help! Not easy to work out is it. I believe Triton are working on improving the manual n

Thanks! It did take a lot of fiddle around and reading the manual to get my head around it. I’m glad my video was useful for you

Glad you found it useful

Thanks Mike, I'm glad it was useful. I too was looking for something like it for a while but all the other ones out there are either too big or not great quality. This is a superb piece of kit and I am very happy with it

Glad you liked it

How do you tighten long locking handle for fence. Short one worked.

Thanks Buddy! Glad you found the video useful

Thank you. Glad it was of help

Thanks Huw. I’d been looking for a planer for a while for the guitar building and nearly bought the Titan one from screwfix. I’m glad I held on though!

Glad it was helpful!

Thanks Mark. I’m glad you found the video useful.

Thanks Steve, Yes getting your hands on one is the challenge now!

@@JohnClothier managed to get one today. If it wasn’t for your video I’d still be setting it up at the weekend, the manual is just toilet paper!! Some of the nuts were hard to do but got there in the end. All that said, made a good job of the wood I tried. Appreciate the video John

Great!! Glad to hear the video was useful.

It is a good bit of kit for sure

You are welcome. I’m glad you found the review useful

@@JohnClothier Yeah, I was searching for a small Surface Planer, and I think this one is a good one. And Yandles ship to France = )

Same! It’s cracking. I’m sure you will be happy

Glad you found it useful

I placed an order after watching your review. Thanks again.

Thanks for watching!

Hey Ray. I’m glad you liked the video and found it useful. I promise I’ll keep your secret lol. I think you are right with the handles. Good idea

i bought the tpt125 ignorant to the fact that it doesnt create a flat surface lol. i did how ever make a jig and this worked but it meant screwing into my choice of wood piece every time and was annoying so i decided to keep the thicknesser because i later found out that once you run a piece of wood overe the surface planer, you could then have a solid reference for passing it through the thicknesser. they have a duo relaitonship. like i said...i was ignorant and didnt listen and check ahhaha. u live n learn. hows your surface planer these days? still using it? any faults happened?

Glad you enjoyed the video bits a cracking tool. I’m sure you will be very happy with it

Thanks Mark. Glad you have found it useful. Yes I would put it on backorder somewhere rather than pay that for it

@@JohnClothier no problem John. Thanks for posting this one because I didn’t even know they made it. Yes I’m not paying that. I’m guessing because there the only ones with stock. 😊

Hi Terry. Thank you for telling me. Great to hear that Yandles set you right. It certainly could do with better setup instructions! I do hope that my video will be of some assistance to people in the future to help with this. I did the same thing with the bolts, didn't realise they were on the fence lol. Yes the soft start is good. I should have mentioned that in the video. You made me think about that square bolt again and I think you are right. The fixed end is meant for the 90degrees but it cant be adjusted. The other end allows you to specify your own repeatable angle. I hadn't realised this at the time but that makes sense. so if you do want to adjust from the stock 90, or if over time it stops being true, then you do need to use the other end. So maybe I was right the first time lol. Thanks for watching!

Hi Terence, thank you for the feedback on your setup experience. We have heard the same comment from other users and are currently reviewing the manual to better explain the setup. In addition we'll be publishing a video specifically regarding the set up of the machine. We appreciate that this may not help you now that you've worked it out, but it's thanks to users like you that we're bettering ourselves - so thank you! John, thank you for such an in depth and fair review. As always you've provided a service to the woodworking community with your knowledge and approachableness and we're grateful. We're delighted you like the machine and will continue to watch your content keenly.

Thanks guys. It’s a cracking piece of kit for sure!!

@@Tritonwoodwork I'll stick to my guns that the machine sure makes up for your instructions and I love the slow start, saves you jumping every time you start the planer up LOL. Well done guys. Terry

Hi! I am glad that you are happy with your purchase. It is possible some packing material got in there. Maybe worth speaking to Yandles about it just in case. I'll look out for the heat. I only did a couple of test pieces so I didnt notice the heat but as I say I will look out for it. Yes not a quiet machine but not overly noisy either. maybe one best left for a mid day use rather than early in the morning or later at night. Thanks for watching

Thanks buddy. That’s makes sense. I didn’t think of that.

Of course! Thanks for letting me know. I will do a new test and do an update on the video.

Hi Daniel. Thank you! I will need to check on the table. I will let you know later. As for the noise, while it is certainly noisy I dont think it is that much noisier than using a router. Maybe they will do that on a future model. The finish is pretty superb but how that goes over time I will have to find out. Thanks for watching!

Just to confirm, it is cast aluminium

It certainly is. I’m very happy with it. Sure. I need to get setup properly with extraction and then I’ll do a follow up video

Hi Gareth just seen your reply yes the dust extraction is immaculate if you connect it to a four inch vacuum pipe. Worth every penny been using it a lot. Stay safe.

It’s worth it. Best of luck lol

Glad you have found the video. It’s a superb piece of kit for sure!

Thanks! Yes the fence was a little complicated. To be honest adjusting the tables is really simple. You just lower it. There is no 0 position.

@@JohnClothier sorry, I didn't explain that very well. I meant when you have to realign the tables to co-planar, which hopefully you never will.

I was a wood machinist for many years and can tell you the outfeed table should be set so as it's level with the top of the blades in the cutter block, not level with the infeed table. The infeed table height just defines the depth of cut. Have a look here, the picture in it shows what I mean... www.woodcraft.com/blog_entries/jointer-fundamentals#

@@alankirby2931 Thanks Alan. The reason i asked is that i've just restored a Kity planer/thicknesser and previously restored a Coronet planer, so have watched lots of videos on setting the blades and tables. I found plenty of videos on how to set the blades if the tables are already set, but not much about how to set a planer up when nothing is set right. So your advice and article are most useful thanks. The reason i asked John is because the other thing i found is that some planers are easy(ish) to set up and others are trial (by ordeal) and error. if I decide to get a non vintage planer its something i would take into consideration. Thanks again for the help.

Sorry buddy I missed your message. Alan is absolutely correct in what he says. Thanks Alan for the benefit of your experience

Lol I’ll bear it in mind

It certainly is. If they aren’t you just adjust the height of the infeed table. It’s not really needed to be honest.

Thank you! Sorry I’m not sure. My setup is in storage at the moment. Triton website should have the footprint size

@@JohnClothier No problem, thanks anyway matey

Hi Terry no I haven’t found that. Is your fence still square?

@@JohnClothier Thanks for the reply, yes I've tried that and everything seems to lined up including the bed it's just strange to have this happen. It's just started, do you think it could possibly be the wood at all. Sorry to bother you stay safe.

Thanks buddy. Sorry, I’m new to it myself. Not sure I can offer any suggestions

I get my bits from Axminster and Yandles.

Hey. Glad you found the video useful. It certainly took some working out. No sorry I’m not sure what that screw might be. My thoughts are it is for the fence alignment.

I had exactly the same screw, loose in the box. I am confident that it goes in the position you describe. There is already one screw in the casting below the sprung loaded ball shaped knob. This loose screw goes in to oppose and pair up with the already fitted screw. When both screws are fitted, it allows for a balanced, centred, slightly loose clamping force to the aperture for the square sliding bolt. Essentially, it just stiffens and squares everything up in that part of the fence assembly. Why it is not factory fitted is puzzling, especially as it is not shown in the assembly instructions. My imagined explanation is that the person who is supposed to complete this sub assembly, has insufficient time on the conveyor belt, so the order goes out to throw the screw into the product box instead. On the upside, unlike the video, the square sliding bolt was already assembled in my box, so I didn’t have to work out which way it slid in. Fascinating to think that a factory operative on the other side of the world can engage us in such trivia, by their minor discrepancy. To add a bit more trivia, I will tell my planer story. Many years ago, I had an Elu planer/thicknesser. It was excellent, but I had to sell it because it was too big and not practically portable. I subsequently bought a Triton bench top thicknesser and have waited untill now for Triton to produce an affordable and acceptable quality planer/jointer. I now feel complete again in terms of compact, portable machine planing capability.

Sorry. Not sure what to suggest. Mine was fine

@@JohnClothier no worries. I've messaged Triton hoping they can do something. It seems there's an ever so slight bump in the infeed table. Putting a level across it I can rock on each end slightly. With the infeed table dipping down the most nearest me and the blade. Which produces angled planed wood and not squared.

Pretty good actually

Hey. I’m glad you found the review useful. Yes they are right with the size. However it is a little misleading. If you out it in a box that is how big it would be. This is because the fence mount sticks out the back a fair way and the blade guard sticks out the front. Putting it up against a wall you will need 510mm. Hope that helps.

Thanks just got one 👍. If I slide the guard out the holder it goes down to about 420mm wide which isn't too bad. Only takes a second to slide it back in place .

Nice one! That’s good to know it will get smaller for you.

Hey there are 2. Im not sure on their size

I agree.

Honestly it’s been great. Only issue I have is I chipped a cutter with a nail in wood. But that’s my fault lol

@@JohnClothier I am grateful for your answer 🙏

63mm

I believe so bu I do not know for certain sorry

@@JohnClothier Thank you! Getting the planer today :)

@@JohnClothier So, the store said blades are NOT resharpenable. You can potentially resharpen them once, but they have holes in them and won't be adjustable. Unfortunate...

@ oh ok. Thanks. I presume they sell replacement ones though

@ Hi Mārtiņš, all Triton Planer blades are reversible, so once they've had their share of use you can swap them around and get twice the life out of them. It is possible to re-sharpen the blades (the blade holes are locating pins for alignment), but we would thoroughly recommend having this done professionally. Also, as John has said, replacement blades are available for purchase. Hope this helps!

Thanks! Sorry not tried the silver line. From experience though I would guess it to be much better quality

@@JohnClothier better than the Triton you mean?

Sorry no I meant the triton would be better quality.

silverline dont make accurate precision tools

It’s great. It depends on your needs of course. I build a drum sander and I use that for thicknessing.

Thanks, really appreciate it! 👍

Seems pretty solid to me.

@@JohnClothier that was a quik reply mate, thanks , new sub here. i dont think ill be buying one of these as im looking to udse one as a jointer not a planer ( i have a thicknesser for that) axminster used to have one for about £600 i had a look this morning but the cheapest one now is alot more,

No probs. This is a jointer. That is it’s main feature. That is what I will be using it for. I use a home made drum sander as a thicknesser.

Doing very well

Good cos i've just bought one!

@@lukethompson5227 awesome!

It has indeed

@@JohnClothier 😆 I've just ordered this unit - I trust I've made a good choice... I had the Triton Thicknesser & unfortunately, I had to return it due to spiking at start-up tripping switches. Let's hope there is no such issue like that with this product & the beds are parallel? Appreciate your review BTW 👍

I’ve found no issues with it. Been a great bit of kit. I’m sure you will be fine

Thanks Clive. I am glad it was of use. I agree the instructions are not great and Triton have acknowledged this. It is a fabulous machine though. I hope you enjoy it

No probs. Thanks!

Very good , can you adjust table for misalignment to fixed table, can blades be adjusted to align with fixed tale. Thank you, Frank from U.S.

@@frankrotella3570 yes both can be adjusted