Triton Oscillating Spindle & Belt Sander Re-Review After 2 Years of Use

Triton Oscillating Spindle & Belt Sander Re-Review After 2 Years of Use

In this video I will be going through my thoughts on my Triton oscillating spindle and belt sander after two years of use. See the video to find out what I think about this machine, if anything went wrong with it, any issues I have found etc.

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[bryandavies]

Nice update Tomas. A review 2 years in carries more weight than 1st impressions. Thank you.

[FishingforViews]

Every time I think about buying a tool I always find a video from you, Top content and been a subscriber for a while now 😊 another good video and thanks for the info

[davidschwartz]

Thanks for making this video Thomas. Unboxing videos are all well and good, and show what you get with a piece of equipment. I however think, reviews of tools after they have been in use are equally, if not more important.

[kluzz]

Thanks for showing the belt sander ledge issue. I've been struggling with this exact thing since I bought the machine!

[petercox]

I was so frustrated with not getting good 90 degree sanding and couldn’t understand why! Thanks for the video and information 👍🏻

[paulrowley]

Thanks for the video. My machine is being delivered today so good to hear that it’s a good machine. Cheers. 👍🏻

[malcolmmarks]

I have had mine for about 2 years also Tomas and the first thing I did was to make an adapter to the dust extraction port to make it fit my 4” hose. Now it’s fantastic.

[rosalindacaseley]

Looking at getting one of these, good to see a used model review. Excellent video dude, subscribed!

[Alastair_Freebird]

Helpful summary thanks, told me what I needed to know

[creepycrawlything]

Very decent review. You've got me thinking that maybe I could justify buying one, if and when I've got the space to store and use it. Being able to get pattern belts and sleeves would be another big in the Triton's favour. Again, good and useful review.

[steverees]

Hi Thomas, Just came across your video by chance and great review btw. I am looking to buy an Oscillating Belt & Bobbin Sander and have one saved on Amazon on my tools list. One thing that I have noticed is Sealey, Triton and Clarke all seem to be of the same generic design with the same power unit. Only differences is the manufacturers colour, the table seems to be of aluminium construction on both the Sealey and Clarke models and appears to be plastic on the Triton. Price difference at time of this is Clarke £266, Sealey £300 and Triton £204. That's a huge difference in price for what appears to be the same unit, so thanks for sharing your review video.

[markjarman]

Nice honest review. Also nice you have returned a comment to most of what people wrote😊

[vincentdeblieck]

Nice review, looking for this type of sander since a long time thx for the review!

[wildatlanticwood]

I had to make a comment on this sander. I hadn't noticed the beveled lip on the bottom of the belt sanding attachment before because I just slapped it straight on and it never came off but I had noticed I wasn't getting 90 degree edge sanding even though the table had been leveled but this makes sense now thanks. I bought one of these sanding machines myself about a year ago. I already had a Scheppach bobbin sander but I needed an edge sander so decided to give the Triton a go.
My first impression was that the machine was extremely light and plastic feeling even by comparison to the Scheppach which is the same size but has the cast iron table. If you want to be able to move the machine around then the lightweight is fine, to use the sander you really need to secure it to a workbench otherwise it will push away from you as you use it.
The machine itself works fine and the dust extraction isn't that bad if you connect a shop vac, its better than the Record BDS250 whose dust extraction system is useless, (I have one of these also it is a good sanding machine and has a lot of power).
The sanding belts for the Triton are also widely available in hardware shops since they are the same belt used on the large Makita belt sander 100X610mm and this was one thing that appealed to me about Triton since I already had a Makita belt sander.
Most of my work is quite small and a lot of the sanding I do involves having to move the workpiece as I'm sanding it to say round over corners, sanding curved surfaces, or if the workpiece is say 30cm or longer this is longer than the belt surface area so you need to keep moving the workpiece back and forth to sand it. This is where another problem arises, the black finish on the Tritons table comes off and badly marks the underside of the workpiece so you need to resand this somewhere else. The ridges molded into the surface of the sander's table can also catch on smaller pieces being sanded as can the join between the fixed and tilting parts of the table. To solve this problem I just screwed a veneered piece of 1/4" ply on top of the machine's worktable and waxed the surface, happy days.
The machine does not have a lot of power and can get bogged a bit down with larger workpieces or if you apply much pressure. Unfortunately, my Triton seemed to give up the ghost and stopped working properly I pulled off the bottom and found one of the motor bushes badly worn and the contacts on the armature blackened. The bushes, and other parts, can be bought online which is very good and I've ordered a pair + I cleaned the contacts so hopefully, this will do the trick as I would hate to lose the Triton it is handy, I have however ordered a large floor standing Jet OES80C oscillating edge sander since the small Triton is too limited on what I can sand with good results. I hope someone finds this comment useful as a lot of the reviews for this, and other machines, are made by people who have just received the machine but not actually used it.

[briansworkshop]

As always Tomasz good honest review thanks for sharing and remember stay safe and make thanks 🍺🍺👍👍

[LuteandTheorbo]

Those reviews after some time are a great idea and fun to watch! Oh, by the way: i fixed the issues with my rage 5: i sold it 😂now waiting for the Dewalt 7492 to be delivered 🥰 Anna

[Nigel-Parry]

I’ve got one and am also pleased with it. I hadn’t noticed the ledge at the bottom on the belt...off to check !

[Tensquaremetreworkshop]

I note you need a spanner for the bobbins, but not the belt. Could you fit a starwheel on the bobbin too?

[elpresidente]

I don't think anyone ripped off anyone, but somewhere in China there is a factory building these units and sticking badges on them for western distributors. I am quite impressed with Triton tools not to bad for the money. I used cheapo belts from Amazon on mine and they work great.

[MichaelCampbell]

The Ridgid version of this sander uses left hand thread for the spindle lock (!?!?) and it also gets stuck all the time. There are a variety of special wrenches that people have designed to 3d-print for this.