Detailed Overview of Trend T8 Router | Great Router for Professionals & DIYers
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- čas přidán 7. 09. 2023
- Detailed Overview of Trend T8 Router | Great Router for Professionals & DIYers
In this video I will go through some of the most important features that this Trend T8 router has.
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Trend has sent me this router free of charge. However I am not getting paid for this video nor I was asked to say any nice things about this tool.
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A clear and informative video. Thank you.
Thank you for watching 👍
Hello Tomasz, As usual, another enjoyable and informative video. I have just bought the Trend T7e router and I wished I had seen your video first because I would have waited and saved for a T8! You filled in the gaps that the manual left out regarding the parallel guide, thanks very much.😄
Hehe 👍😅
Looks a great router with additional features, well done Trend 👍
Exactly 👍
Tomasz I must thank you for this rather informative video. As far as I have seen, yours is the first one with the Trend T8. "I am sold"
My next thing is to convince my wife to let me purchase it, plus the Trend CRT/MK3 Benchtop router table, so here is hoping.
Many thanks, good luck, plus keep on going with your great and informative videos.
It's a really good router that will tackle any job 👍 you will be happy with it I'm sure 👍
That is a grand machine and a very detailed review. Thanks. Bob. (Weston super Mare)
I'm glad you liked the video 👍 And yes its a great router for sure
Fantastic review as always, I have the Triton mounted in my (your design) router table, otherwise I would definitely be interested in this
Triton is solid as well, heard good stories about it👍
Nice Trend Router.
Yes it is 😁👍
Thank you for the video Tomasz.
That thing is a beast! The trigger lock and router table mounting features are superb. Question: When using the edge guide did you have the overhead dust port connected too? Cheers 👍😎🇦🇺
I didn't, just the side fence dust port was connected. But you could have both at the same time
Hello Tomasz my friend. I was looking at this machine on Amazon last week. It's a great deal tbf. I'm super impressed with the DUST COLLECTION. It's a shame u didn't get te Trend Router Table to go with it since u are buying/using so many of the TREND tools.
Ur a walking advertisement for TREND my friend.. LOL I'm joking but they should give u the full size table with it. I think this router is about 400 euros or just over. It's a great deal when u look at the price of other Routers from Bosch or Dewalt or even Makita 1/2" ones. They charge an arm and a leg for thir ones so this is a great deal.
Its an absolute beast I have to say. I only want the router table plate as I will be integrating this router to my future workbench 👍
Thanks for nice review.
1. Triton is known for it’s spindle lock and really easy bit change on router table mode. How is it resolved in trend? Does spindle goes above the table?
2. Maybe it’s just me but this router looks very similar to routers manufactured by positec: ERBAUER ER2100 or CAT DX89. I hope Trend has better quality control.
It doesn't go above the table unfortunately. But it does have wide 75mm opening so it may be possible to change the bit from the top. But I will have to test that.
Ive been looking at this. It looks like a nice router. A great review as always Tomasz. Ive spoken to Trend and they gave me a bit of info about the machine. Apart from the noise level how does it feel in the hands when you are making cuts? It sounds very smooth and if im honest, it sounds better than the T12 that Peter Millard had in his workshop and that machine is made by Black and Decker (Dewalt).
It feels good, the handles are well made and comfortable to use. One thing I will say is that you should not try to use this router with one hand. It really has got a ton of power and it's on a bit heavier side. One thing I found, with other corded plunge routers (got two of them one is Bosch and the other one is Guild) sometimes when doing deeper cuts or using larger bits then tend to slow down, the rpms drop a bit. Whereas with this one nothing like this happens. Just storms through on set rpms.
@CasualDIY thank you so much again, Tomasz. I would never use a router of this size and power one-handed for obvious reasons. Weight is a good thing for keeping it down on your work piece, and I don't mind a heavy router. I already have the T10, and that is an excellent machine that has constant speed electronics. With deep cuts, I always do them in shallow passes anyway. Looking forward to the full review once you have had a chance to put some miles on it. 👍👍
Fantastic machine indeed, Tomasz! 😃
I've never seen this brand around here, but I definitely need something like that as well!
Anyway, stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊
Yes its not everywhere that's true unfortunately
1/4” collect? Trend doesn’t work on Australia. So I am fighting to find a good router.
You can get a reducing collet to 1/4
Headline 2200 Watts has to be taken with a pinch of salt. A low grade 2200 Watt motor will only generate the power of a high-quality 1600-watt motor, perhaps less. The loudness is illustrative of it being mere brute power consumption. Unlike, eg Bosch. I have a Trend T4 - the current one replaced a faulty one under guarantee. Definitely not the level of Trend I knew in 1990. Mind you, corded DeWalt today is not up to Elu of back then or DeWalt of 7 years ago. But this might be good enough for what I plan in retirement
daj znać jak się sprawuje właśnie myśłałem żeby go kupić do mojego Trend table tpo
Póki co jest bardzo dobrze ale to czas zweryfikuje 👍
I've had this router for a couple of weeks, its good, however the height adjuster only works one way. I use it in my trend router table and it cant lift the router upwards, only downwards. After a few turns in clockwise direction it completely seizes up. Disappointing for £350
Hmm interesting I think mine works both ways, I need to check that.
@@CasualDIY I've been in touch with Trend and they're replacing it. I've heard there was a faulty batch.
@@mattroberts5691 oh there you go, shame you had to go through that trouble
sorry, the side fence looks the same of the t7 and in my experience it's garbage, i bought 2 T7 router on amazon an none of the two were good.
The bend on the steel sheet were so imprecise and unparallel that the plastic shoes were not coplanar
love your videos
Hmm not notices those issues with this fence tho. Just check it all over with my precision square and mine seems perfect. I could be lucky with mine🤔
I'll add that test to my review video, as it's a good point to cover.
zciągneli z festoola wiem bo mam festool 1400 bez urazy to jest najlepszy plung router
Hehe za dwa razy tyle £££ lol
Trend router T12 kosztuje prawie 500 a T14 ponad 500 a festool router1400 prawie 600 to chyba nie duża różnica@@CasualDIY
@@piotrkuligowski2037 Trend który przedstawiam to T8 a nie 12 czy 14. Trend T8 który jest na filmie na Amazon kosztuje £346 natomiast Festool 1400 na Axminster (bo nie ma go na amazon) kosztuje £680 i to jedna z niższych cen. Wiec tak Festool kosztuje dwa razy tyle lol
I can't qualify 350 quid for a router
I couldn't so the router that I have in my router table is a plunge router from Guild - not made anymore, it was own brand of tools sold by Homebase. And its ok, still works after all those years and it only costed me 45 quid I think. However this router from Trend is just so much better with all the blows and whistles and so much nicer to use. But yes so much more expensive. If woodworking is not you job or a daily hobby, something that you use almost daily then spending a lot of money on tools makes no sense.
Looks like what the T7 could have been. Glad I didn't get that
It has taken many years for someone to match all the good features of the Triton router and they have maybe done it better
Not had the opportunity to work with Triton tools but I heard good stories about them. For sure the Trend offers great quality on this model.