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- From: shaw@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Shaw Moldauer)
- Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1993 22:19:45 GMT
- Subject: Re: Table Saw Experiences
- Message-ID: <10070047@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM>
- Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Fort Collins, CO, USA
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- Newsgroups: rec.woodworking
- References: <1993Jan13.224536.7933@hpcvusn.cv.hp.com>
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- In rec.woodworking, smb@research.att.com (Steven Bellovin) writes:
-
- > In article <1993Jan19.003840.6872@intellistor.com>, grun@intellistor.com (Paul Grun) writes:
- > > In <64770037@hpcss01.cup.hp.com> markw@hpcss01.cup.hp.com (Mark Williams) writes:
- > >
- > > >As near as I can tell, the cabinet saw is a contractors mechanism in
- > > >an enclosed stand....
- > >
- > > plus a 2hp motor instead of 1.5 hp, plus a nice magnetic switch instead of a teeny
- > > little toggle switch,
- >
- > Hmm -- has anyone retrofitted a magnetic switch to a contractor's saw?
-
- Yes, I bought a contactor, overload relay and transformer from
- Herbach and Redeman. Also got some nice Start/Stop button switches
- from Granger. HandR have some really inexpensive stuff. I just bought
- another set to hook up to the dust collector. I'll make it so opening
- a blast gate turns on the collector. Just wait until the power goes
- out for 10 seconds while you are doing a balancing act on your table
- saw. With the mag switch, the saw will stay off when power returns.
- Also, I put a Start/Stop switch on both sides of the blade, and right
- up front, just under the fence. Much easier to reach.
-
- HandR 1-800-848-8001
-
- -Shaw
-
- > I'd really love one, especially after my experience the other day --
- > the motor stalled when a kerf closed, and -- after swiping and missing
- > at that tiny toggle switch, I hit my safety switch on the wall. Easier
- > to find, no chance of missing it, and -- given where it, the wood, and
- > I were located -- no chance of the wood kicking back *at me* while I
- > was moving.
- >
- > I need *something* that's easier to turn off -- and if I don't find
- > something soon, I'll follow a hint from (I think) FWW and glue a big
- > dowel stick to the saw's facocteh toggle switch.
-