new triton dowelling machine

[raijin]

I was going to Busy Bee to buy the triton biscuit joiner, I decided to do a little more research and read the manual online and that's when I saw a new product.

Double Dowelling Machine
Available Sept/08

http://www.tritonwoodworking.com/ddowlingmachine.htm

It looks like a biscuit joiner, except with two drills instead of a cutter.

Dowel joints provide increased strength over biscuit joining where durability or weight is of consideration and thus suitable for:
• Furniture building.
• Wooden toys.
• Construction.
• Wooden feature gates.
• Wooden doors and cabinets.

Features

• Efficient 4.5 Amp motor ample power for all wood species.
• Covers the most common sized dowels for woodworking projects.
• Adjustable drilling depth allows for use in various lumber sizes.
• Fence adjustment allows for precise drilling angle adjustment to match the angle of the join.
• Rack & Pinion adjustment ensures a smooth and accurate adjustment of the fence height.
• Magnesium construction for superior strength, lighter weight and durability.

Standard Equipment

• 15/64”, 5/16” & 3/8” drill Bits
• 1 x Dust Bag Adaptor
• 1 x Allen Key (bit locking)
• 1 x Brush Set (spare)
• 1 x Kit BoxTypical

[Michael in Port Alberni]

Looks interesting. I think I would find that much more useful than a biscuit joiner myself.....

Cheers

Michael

[Brian @ Muir]

Excellent tool for putting together face frames for cabinets. I am sure there will be a flood of Dowel Max's for sale once that arrives in the stores. Interesting in that the link shows the dealer cost and retail.

Brian

[Frank Pellow]

I am looking forward to someone writing up a comparison between this and Festool's Domino.

[OttawaP]

There will be a whole bunch of these type of machines coming out soon I'm sure. As soon as I saw the Domino I figured it would not take long to have similiarly competing products. I like the idea of a dowel vs the Domino since it does not lock you into one brand for supplies.

[Michael in Port Alberni]

I doubt that this would work as a direct replacement for the Dowelmax. In my opinion, the dowelmax is far more versatile because it is small and can be used with a tiny drill making it far more useful in situations where the triton would not fit. Drilling shelf pin holes with the triton looks to be difficult while I use the DM for it all the time. Dowelmax is cordless (when used with the cordless drill we all have).

I suspect that the triton will be faster in certain production situations than the DM, but not all.

I certainly see the bottom falling out of the Biscuit Joiner market as soon as a few more companies bring models like this to market. Dowels beat biscuits every time.


Cheers

Michael

[Brian @ Muir]

Michael... My dowel max vs Triton comment was made in Jest and was aimed at Mack but he didn't bite. All these tool have specific uses and I would break that down one step farther as I find that even the different styles of biscuit joiners have specific uses that makes one better than the other. Thats my story and I am sticking to it and it was the one that my wife believed when she asked why I need 4 biscuit joiners.

Brian

[Mack C. in Brooklin ON]

[quote=Brian @ Muir;168079]Michael...

My dowel max vs Triton comment was made in Jest and was aimed at Mack but he didn't bite.

Hi Brian; I read it and thought well that's his opinion. I also thought a guy as savvy as you must have been in the sauce to think like that, so I gave you the benefit of the doubt. My opinion to myself, was history will prove him wrong. I must have been tired when I read it.

Now I'm really happy to know you were just joking.

[Michael in Port Alberni]

Michael... My dowel max vs Triton comment was made in Jest and was aimed at Mack but he didn't bite. All these tool have specific uses and I would break that down one step farther as I find that even the different styles of biscuit joiners have specific uses that makes one better than the other. Thats my story and I am sticking to it and it was the one that my wife believed when she asked why I need 4 biscuit joiners.

Brian

I suppose I shouldn't read the forum over my first coffee of the day......

You are right about the tools being specific to a task even within the same category. My wife knows better than to ask "if" I need another variation of the same thing and now simply asks "and where do you think you'll find room for that?"

Cheers

Michael

[callee]

I don't know, I had a real honeymoon with my biscuit joiner, but then I bought a freud tongue & groove router bit set, and so far I can't imagine many situations where I would use a biscuit joiner where it wouldn't be just as easy if not easier and certainly stronger just to quick run them through the router table, putting a tongue on one piece, a groove on the other, and then glue 'em up. At the moment, I'm a real convert to T&G joinery.

[Matrix]

You have to believe that this tool (if decently built) will sell like hot cakes @ $179.00.
A nice option if the Domino has been out of your price range.

[OttawaP]

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I certainly see the bottom falling out of the Biscuit Joiner market as soon as a few more companies bring models like this to market. Dowels beat biscuits every time.

I never did really get the biscuit joint hype. Remember back when WW mags were full of biscuit joint only designs.....hmmmm, wonder where they have gone??

[Chris in Pickering]

Triton didnt re-invent the wheel. This product has been available for a while...

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=97427

A poor mans Domino

[shajes]

this is not on the topic of the dowelling machince but on triton tools in general. Is there a dealer in canada at all. I have a mark 3 and would like to purchase more compents for this.as well as some ofther products.I just stumbled on to this site. Getting frustrated in finding out what I need
sj

[Lost in the Woods]

Is this what is being discussed here?

http://www.mafelltoolstore.com/dd-40...lmax--120.html

It was brought up here:

http://forum.canadianwoodworking.com...ghlight=mafell

[Napalm]

I don't know, I had a real honeymoon with my biscuit joiner, but then I bought a freud tongue & groove router bit set, and so far I can't imagine many situations where I would use a biscuit joiner where it wouldn't be just as easy if not easier and certainly stronger just to quick run them through the router table, putting a tongue on one piece, a groove on the other, and then glue 'em up. At the moment, I'm a real convert to T&G joinery.

Being lazier than you I've converted to grooves and spline joinery. Works great without a router table, needs only the first bit that you posted the pic, and it's impossible to misalign the grooves

lazy nap.

[Glenn at Raven]

One of the big advantages of the Dowelmax is the ability to space dowels accurately along a long board. My longest was 11ft with dowels every foot, and they all lined up. I haven't been able to look at the Triton- the link doesn't bring it up - shows all their other tools - unless I am doing something wrong, but it may not have that capability.

Glenn

[Patrice]

Glenn,

The original thread is nearly a year and a half old. The link might be long gone.

[stevem]

funny, three years later, and doweling machines like the triton are still not flying off the shelves!! and my biscuit joiners are sitting around gathering dust.

my dowelmax gets used everyday, i even take one on job sites regularly(i put door jamb/headers together with it)

[Bob R., Ottawa]

I waited a long time to get my porter cable 557, but after a year I still haven't used it. I even purposely went out of my way to use it for face framing but just ended up gluing it. Bad purchase for me. I wonder if I should sell or keep it. I have a dowelmax and a mortise pal. For edge banding I always just glue it.