Triton's Answer
Hi,
A man from Triton answered my message. It was short, not so sweet, and direct. "That feature is safety feature of the Router and we can not authorized and will void warranty if any alterations are done to the router".
That is a direct quote---including the unusual English and punctuation.
The product is an excellent product. However, I have 3 other routers and purchased this one to do a specific job. I waited over 6 months for delivery because of one back order after another, because I wanted to do all router work from above the table. Now they tell me it is immoral, illegal and fattening to use the product that way.
Freud just came out with three routers designed to be operated entirely above the table. Guess I will have to pursue them and return the Triton or say bye bye to the warranty and use the Triton.
It is not just the cost of the triton, which has had somewhere between two and three minutes use, it is the time and effort to get a router table built the way I want in order to use the Triton. It is also the $40.00 for a blank router plate for the table. It is also the $75.00 for precision drilling of holes with recessed areas for bolt heads to fit the Triton. Somehow I feel like a piece of cabinet wood---I've been screwed.
Change of subject. I have made very good paddle switches for my equipment. Cost is about $5.00. I purchase a designer switch. Put it in an electric switch box. Put a hinge on top. Fasten paddle to the hinge so paddle hangs down over the switch. Hole in paddle so I can stick a finger in to turn it on. Machine runs. To turn off I touch paddle with knee or whatever. Paddle presses on bottom part of switch and power is removed.
Switches can be had in 110v, 15 or 20 amp. configurations. Switch costs less than $5.00 at BORG. Box costs less than $0.50. Scrap Masonite costs $0.00. Hinge can be almost any cheapie. Cover plate comes with the switch.
One disadvantage. If power goes off and you go to breaker box and flip the breaker THE MACHINE IS GOING TO COME BACK ON. That is unless you have turned it off. A magnetic switch (expensive) won't come back on after power removed unless you physically turn it on. Of course the switches that come on most equipment are NOT magnetic so they present the same potentially dangerous problem.
Sorry if I sound bitchy about a good product.
Enjoy
Jim