Triton TDJ600 Dual Spindle Dowel Jointer 710W - 0–90° Precision Dowel Jointer Angle Fence, Wood Jointer Tool for Woodworking with Dust Port

Hello everybody, I bought this product for my furniture factory in Colombia S.A., it work's very good and the results of the joints are very accurate, personally I recommend this product to anyone that is interested in buying it, also the delivery time was short.

Ok, so used this for the first time today, doweling together cabinet door frames. Decided to give it a try after reading tons of not so great reviews, and videos; seems there are alot of Festool guys out there. For a difference of $800 I'm happy to say I like it. The stiff spring isn't a issue (maybe they corrected that?) The 'fat' alignment marks aren't great but are work able. The fence not 90 degrees? mine is... I think this is one of those tools where you need to get familiar with in order to get good results. Watch the videos, learn what to look for and correct and get to joining wood! Hope this review helps, as I'm a true believer in reading these. The reason for four instead of five stars is the alingment marks. Not a deal breaker, but could have been much crisper from the factory....

easy to use , accurate and shipped on time. pakaging is v.good.

I wish on many levels I could give this tool a no star rating. The accuracy of this tool is so horrible I actually feel violated that any company would sell a tool that clearly does not live up to its intended and stated purpose. First, the really ugly, after spending 2 days trying on my first use to dial this unit in so it will actually work on flat work as well as box assembly I realize, the machine is beyond all hope. Add to this, that once you go to their website they clearly state that if you do not register the product within 30 days of purchase (i purchased this last year and the paperwork did not make that clear) you would only have a 30 day warranty, if you register it, you have a 3 year warranty, Sorry, but I think that is both shady and criminal. As a disabled veteran I am not by any means wealthy, so having a company tell me that their 3 year warranty is only contingent upon registering the product will now cause me to leave this review everywhere I can. The real ugly, the drill bits are in MM and the accuracy is not actually adjustable. The unit will dive into hard woods and softwood leaving your flat work of by 3-6 degrees and the joint will be open. Want to use this on a 90, say on a box . . . eeehhhhh . . . . . wont line up square at all, not even close. Bottom line, I am more disappointed and discouraged over how I am not left with a almost new tool that legally the warranty should cover repair or adjustment but because they hide the fact the 3 year satisfaction warranty is only good if you register within 30 days tells me they want you as a ONE TIME customer as their product is pretty much garbage. DO NOT BUY THIS if you have need for a tool that will allow you dowel up face frames, make boxes or in general, use dowels for strength and alignment. It is as accurate as a block of jello . . . . save yourself from my experience and get a Festool . . . or ANYTHING else but this Triton . .

After a few more recent reviews suggested that Triton had fixed many of the underlying problems with this unit I decided to roll the dice in order one. It is clearly improved from previous generations. The indents on the face now are flush, the springs are only a little bit stiff, and I have measured the angles on the top fence to be quite accurate. BUT - The drill bits are still not square with the top fence, and it's very clear why. For whatever reason Triton has opted to not make any adjustability in the alignment of the bits and the top fence which must be absolutely parallel to one another. Others have observed this with previous units and that issue persists with this more recent unit. While this issue doesn't make the unit unusable it does mean that every set of holes you drill must match exactly the set that you put opposing it. Not just in depth and location, but how the tool is aligned when those holes are cut. Because they will not be perfectly straight. One hole is always going to be slightly below the other one. That misalignment has to match otherwise it will pull your whole piece out of alignment. I thought it was worth the gamble based upon more recent reviews but I was wrong. I would not recommend this unit.

I've only had this a short time and I may add more after I've used it more and can speak to durability. But for now I'm wondering if perhaps Triton has been listening and perhaps corrected some of the things people have noted in their reviews. The only thing I've done is polish the raceways a bit and greased them with some very heavy grease. The spring tension that controls travel is not that heavy and seems appropriate. People had been complaining that the fence isn't 90 degrees, but that isn't the case on mine. In a youtube video, someone had noted the two rubber "cushions" which sit proud of the face were the culprit so people were adding additional spacers to compensate. However it appears that Triton listened and the cushions are now springloaded and "give" so that the fence is 90 degrees. Other people complained that the two dowel holes aren't parallel with one and other. If are aware of this potential problem, and take care during setup, this problem can be avoided. Look, this isn't a Festool domino --full stop. But neither does this tool cost $1000-$1500. I own 3 other Festool tools--they are BMWs when compared against this tool. But this tool gets you where you need to go if you are aware of its limitations.

It is a great machine. I used it few times it’s very precise excellent machine. I like it. Not very noisy. I recommend it.

This is a great idea rather poorly executed. Triton tends to be known for quality, but the engineering on this really leaves a lot to be desired. It should make drilling dowel holes way easier than using the kind of jig I've been using. I like dowels better than biscuits because I feel they give me more precision. I'd love to have a Domino, but have a hard time justifying dropping a paycheck on a joiner. First, what it's supposed to do: Make it easy to bore holes for 5/16 dowels for joinery in a fashion similar to a plate or biscuit joiner or Domino. Set up much like a plate joiner, it, in theory, should work much like my current DeWalt. What's wrong with it? In fact, a whole lot. First, the springs that control the travel of the boring bits is insanely stiff, and, unlike my biscuit joiner, you pretty much have to clamp the boards or have a good solid backstop to get the full depth of cut. This is a big problem because it connects directly to two other problems. The first of those is the really flimsy angle plate lock. Because you have to put so much pressure on the device to bore the holes, the tiny screw that holds the angle plate at your setting just isn't substantial enough to keep the angle plate from moving under any pressure. The other connected problem is that the rack and pinion adjustment knob is almost identical to the angle plate knob, and directly opposite it. So, in trying to adjust your angle, you might adjust the height of the cut on the board inadvertantly. The cut depth stop behind the front plate isn't bad, but you'd have thought that, since Triton makes a biscuit joiner, they'd have this stuff down by now. Finally, and the real killer, is that the idiotic design of the collets for the boring drills. Each bit has a flat side, and one of the first things you do is loosen the little hex nuts that hold the bits in place, make sure the bits are seated properly and that the flat side is up, then tighten the little hex nuts. At the very least, Triton should have had the engineering chops to have a flat side in the collets so that you don't have to fiddle with getting the bits set up right. But the engineering here is bewildering and shoddy. The dust collection port is really next to impossible to use given that it's on the bottom of the device, right beneath the cutters with a very shallow hookup. After cutting a few holes, one of my hex nuts jiggled loose and disappeared. After sweeping my shop with a magnet, I still couldn't find it, so I had to resort to my tried and true, but more time-consuming, self-centering dowel jig to finish up my work. Last, but certainly not least, I reached out to Triton via their web site to see if I could get a replacement for the little nut. Three days later and still no response. I'd have given it two stars for the good parts, but the failure of their customer service just ices the stupid-cake. If I hadn't tossed the packaging when I got it, I would have returned it. What a waste of a great idea.