Triton - Multistand
Triton’s stand can tilt up to 90° and is useful for workshops with uneven or sloping floors.
Oct 25, 2005
Before selecting a support stand, decide what machines you will use it with and how great a weight you expect it to bear. If you plan to use it mostly with the bandsaw, make sure the support has enough height and is stable when fully raised.
To test stands for stability, I slid an 8/4 board onto them off a flat surface. Stands that were unable to lift the board 1/2 in. and instead skidded across the floor or were pushed over got a poor rating. Success at 1/2 in. rated fair, and success at 1 in. rated good.
The Triton is a nice stand whose wide-spreading tripod base gave great stability. The skid-plated head has clamping jaws inside, so you can insert a section of 2×4 with either roller bearings or a roller stand mounted to it. Unfortunately, the legs come with bare metal feet, so I had to wrap antiskid material around them, and the stand is too short to use with a drill press or bandsaw.
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