Triton T-square attachment

[Pareto]

On a fancy I just ordered myself a Triton T-square accessory for my tracks, there's also an adjustable angle guide available but I just wanted something for quick and easy breaking down of panels. I'll be interested to see its squareness when it turns up, for my purposes it just needs to be 'adequate', I'm not expecting Woodpeckers standards of square.

I ordered mine for £22 all-in from Bamford Trading,.

 

[ear3]

Post a review when you've gotten a chance to use it.  Price looks competitive.

On a fancy I just ordered myself a Triton T-square accessory for my tracks, there's also an adjustable angle guide available but I just wanted something for quick and easy breaking down of panels. I'll be interested to see its squareness when it turns up, for my purposes it just needs to be 'adequate', I'm not expecting Woodpeckers standards of square.

I ordered mine for £22 all-in from Bamford Trading,.

 

[monstrol]

Please post a review when you can. That looks handy.

 

[Rip Van Winkle]

That T-Square attachment looks almost identical to one Dewalt sells or used to sell for their tracks. The Dewalt part number was DWS5027. There was a past thread about the Dewalt version.

http://festoolownersgroup.com/festool-tools-accessories/dewalt-t-square-not-square-out-of-the-box/

 

[fshanno]

I've have the DeWalt version.  Right away you can see that the Trition is better.  The little ridges that hit the bottom of the guide are located for Festool guides. 

The classic problem with t-squares is the friction tape.  It fights against perfect registration with the reference edge.  The classic approach is to keep the opposite end of the guide elevated so the tape is not touching the surface and slide to the mark.  Then lower while pressing to keep the t-square in contact with the reference edge.  Clumsy.  I've thought about replacing the friction tape on one of my 55's with teflon.

 

[Pareto]

Well, it arrived, I attached it to a rail and ... it was square!

fshanno's observation re: the friction tape is spot on the money. The grip of the tape means that you really have to check the alignment, i.e. it is mechanically square (out of the box and with no fettling!), but you really have to make sure you snug it up against the reference edge good and firm or the friction tape on the rail dominates, there's also a bit of hysteresis in the tape which can make you think it's snugged up, and it will creep back.

One thing I'll modify, it uses a thumb wheel with a 5mm threaded rod to fasten to the rail, if I was being a bit careless it's possible that I could dimple the rail by over-tightening, so I'll make a replacement with a 5mm nylon bolt.

So, is it worth the (modest) outlay? Time will tell, it's useful for quick cuts and marking out (using the back edge of the rail), let's see if it can earn its keep.