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Post by jfc on Feb 27, 2008 10:30:23 GMT
I've been having problems with the plunge on my Trend T3 , it keeps slipping and today while rebating an oak door it did it again resulting in the rebate going further into the door stile and causing me loads of extra work to correct it . Soooooo i thought i'd fix the problem once and for all  That'll learn it !!! ;D |
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Post by jake on Feb 27, 2008 10:33:10 GMT
It looks like you battered the cutter too; it wasn't its fault, the poor liddle innocent thing.
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Post by jfc on Feb 27, 2008 10:39:34 GMT
Correct , i smashed the living hell out of everything to do with it . I even kicked a 6mm sheet of MDF and threw a tape measure . ;D
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Post by lynx on Feb 27, 2008 11:10:07 GMT
hehehh, i did the same thing with mine. Something flew off and nearly went through the garage window. I would have been p**ed if it did.
Can't believe your allowing a rebate cutter in that little piece of junk, mine was only trusted with a 1.6mm radius cutter
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Post by davyowen on Feb 27, 2008 11:15:10 GMT
Correct , i smashed the living hell out of everything to do with it . I even kicked a 6mm sheet of MDF and threw a tape measure . ;D It's good to see those anger management classes making a difference. Good man! ;D |
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Post by nickw on Feb 27, 2008 11:38:04 GMT
I've got a spare base if you decide to give it a second chance...
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Post by engineerone on Feb 27, 2008 12:34:06 GMT
so have you emailed trend with the complaint  does seem a big cutter for such a low powered machine as for the anger management, that depends on the things which make him happy  paul  |
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Post by jfc on Feb 27, 2008 13:13:20 GMT
;D Shall i post it to trend ;D
As for the cutter it was only taking of a 7mm lip .
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Post by engineerone on Feb 27, 2008 15:17:33 GMT
it's not the size of your lip, but the size of the cutter ;D as you well know paul |
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Post by cuttingsolutions on Feb 27, 2008 17:11:30 GMT
Jason
let me know when you want to invest in a new cutter.....
oooooooo I love it when people break things ;D ;D
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Post by jfc on Feb 27, 2008 19:13:55 GMT
Thinking of listing it on EBay for a laugh ;D
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Post by dom on Feb 27, 2008 20:09:19 GMT
Such violence Jase, I think you should go to your happy place. I've just come back from mine ;D |
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Post by mailee on Feb 27, 2008 21:11:43 GMT
Such violence Jase, I think you should go to your happy place. I've just come back from mine ;D You mean that wasn't his happy place Dom!  I should beat the wife next time Jase cost's less. ;D |
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Post by jfc on Feb 27, 2008 21:49:37 GMT
I aint got a wife , unless you mean E1 ;D
Anyway it was fun smashing up a pile o crap ;D . I'm still wondering if i should put it on ebay or leave it in the workshop as the sacrifical tool ;D
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Post by jfc on Feb 27, 2008 23:05:34 GMT
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Post by Alf on Feb 28, 2008 8:28:11 GMT
My Power Devil nearly went the same way, for the same fault, but I restrained myself. Given the "luck of the devil" the darn thing would probably have bounced and broken something else...  Anyway, Jason, if no-one rushes over to your bin to purchase this lovely object, if I was you I'd pinch all the useful knobs there may be (no jokes, please, gentlemen). Bits of the PD live on in my workshop on various jigs and it's been more useful in that form than it ever was as a router. Cheers, Alf |
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Post by davyowen on Feb 28, 2008 9:20:30 GMT
I think they might need another category for that one Jase, Begins with F and ends with ucked!
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Post by paulchapman on Feb 28, 2008 11:50:33 GMT
If it's only the base that's damaged, I reckon someone will snap that up to use the body in a drill stand as an overhead router Cheers Paul |
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Post by dom on Feb 28, 2008 13:28:51 GMT
It's already snapped.
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Post by paulchapman on Feb 28, 2008 13:46:05 GMT
Smart ar*e ;D
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Post by johnc on Feb 28, 2008 15:55:06 GMT
Quick get onto the patent office the all new split router base avoids tipping , ideal for cleaning up plugs .Surely you will sell thousands because after all its a rare new tool that no-one else has yet.
cheers john c
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Post by Stree on Feb 28, 2008 20:34:22 GMT
The T3 is crap anyway so better to vent your rage on that than anything else. In fact I have a sacrificial T3 that gets a battering when anything at all goes wrong, say a soft boiled egg comes out hardish with a partly set yolk, or the water is off for a day whilst a burst main is repaired, or perhaps I might stub my toe. Anything really and the T3 get a quick cuff or a boiling in salt water or turned slowly over a roasting spit...This is the raison d`etre for these overblown dremeldroids, at the 35 quid "in show cost" price that I paid for mine its far cheaper than a shrink or behaviour management therapist.
The good thing about the T3 is that you can always re-use the 13amp plug.
But rather better experience with my new toys yesterday........Just fitted a 1/4" thick 11"X13" router insert plate ( £25:00 from Canada ) and mounted my spanking new Triron in it and what a joy to use..
and same job had some simple fluting to put on some panels for the same job so used my new Elu96E ( New as in never used and BNIB ) which is a treat to use and is my nominated light work hand held choice......The Makita 3612C gets the heavier stuff like kitchen worktops. and to date thats still a virgin machine.....But I have every confidence that it will perform admirably..............What civilised and well behaved routers these are.......Quite the opposite of the T3.
T3, or not T3?
hardly a question really is it?
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Post by nickw on Feb 29, 2008 8:56:51 GMT
While nthe T3 was a cheap router, and therefore could be expected to behave as one, its replacement, the T4 is more than double the price. I still haven't worked out what you get for the extra money.
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Post by paulchapman on Feb 29, 2008 10:36:48 GMT
I still haven't worked out what you get for the extra money. Probably even more aggro........ ;D Cheers Paul |
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Post by jfc on Mar 6, 2008 15:39:05 GMT
It didnt sell ;D Think i'll take you up on that offer Nick .
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I should beat the wife next time Jase cost's less. ;D
