Skipweasel wrote:
In article , am says...
While this is convenient and obvious for a router table, routers that
can be hand held are no longer supposed to be sold with a switch lock.
Which is a right royal pain in the arse if you're trying to use it in a
table.
Many years ago I had a Black and Decker circular saw, which could be
attached to a saw-table adapter thing on the side of a Workmate,
converting it into a sort-of table saw...
Anyway - the kit came with a red plastic stick thingy with a sprung
C-shaped grip at one end, which you clipped around the handle/switch of
the upside-down saw, which switched it on. The handle of the stick
protruded beyond the table, where it could easily be knocked with a hand
as and when required, killing the motor. Sounds very Heath Robinson
to write it down, but it actually worked extremely well, both in keeping
the saw switched on reliably, and being very easy to switch off.
Expect it would be against all the regs these days though...
David