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Malcolm Webb
 
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Another silly question but, as an old boss once said to me -- "You didn't
ask. And if you don't ask you don't want to know. And if you don't want
to know I'm not going to waste my time telling you".

I have a router which does not have a lock-on for the power switch i.e let
the switch go -- the router stops. How could this router be fixed into a
commercial router table?

Malcolm Webb


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"Malcolm Webb" wrote in message .uk...
Another silly question but, as an old boss once said to me -- "You didn't
ask. And if you don't ask you don't want to know. And if you don't want
to know I'm not going to waste my time telling you".

I have a router which does not have a lock-on for the power switch i.e let
the switch go -- the router stops. How could this router be fixed into a
commercial router table?

Malcolm Webb



First, make sure you have an external power switch on the table. then you can use duct tale or open the unit and bypass the power
switch. Otherwise get a 3-1/4 HP unit and dedicate it to the table.

I'm sure there are other options as well.

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Those trigger switches are nice for hand routing but a pain with tables.
Question, does it have a pin next to the trigger that locks the trigger
until you tweak it? If so, you can use it as is.


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Another silly question but, as an old boss once said to me -- "You didn't
ask. And if you don't ask you don't want to know. And if you don't want
to know I'm not going to waste my time telling you".

I have a router which does not have a lock-on for the power switch i.e let
the switch go -- the router stops. How could this router be fixed into a
commercial router table?

Malcolm Webb




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No, my router doesn't have a lock-on pin. It has a pin which has to be
pressed in to enable the power switch to be depressed, but as soon as the
switch is released the motor cuts.

Malcolm Webb




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Zip tie and a light switch

"Malcolm Webb" wrote in message
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Another silly question but, as an old boss once said to me -- "You didn't
ask. And if you don't ask you don't want to know. And if you don't want
to know I'm not going to waste my time telling you".

I have a router which does not have a lock-on for the power switch i.e let
the switch go -- the router stops. How could this router be fixed into a
commercial router table?

Malcolm Webb




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On Thu, 07 Oct 2004 00:05:10 GMT, "Rob V" wrote:

Zip tie and a light switch


Don't use a lightswitch - the surge currents on something the size of
a table-mounted router will kill it.

I strongly suggest a no-volt release switch, as for any machine tool.
It also avoids the main risk of accidentally plugging the router into
a live outlet.


Personally I wouldn't buy a router with an intermittent switch like
this. I hope the manufacturers are listening.

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On Thu, 07 Oct 2004 02:12:33 +0100, Andy Dingley
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On Thu, 07 Oct 2004 00:05:10 GMT, "Rob V" wrote:

Zip tie and a light switch


Don't use a lightswitch - the surge currents on something the size of
a table-mounted router will kill it.


maybe. I had a 2HP induction motor running on one for several years.
it came to me from my grampa that way and was old then, and when I
sent it to my BIL it was still there and running fine....







I strongly suggest a no-volt release switch, as for any machine tool.
It also avoids the main risk of accidentally plugging the router into
a live outlet.


I've never seen a stand alone one for sale. I wish I had a source for
them... know of one?






Personally I wouldn't buy a router with an intermittent switch like
this. I hope the manufacturers are listening.



different countries have different safety rules, and some places
disallow lock-on able switches for some tools....
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On Thu, 07 Oct 2004 03:47:32 +0100, Andy Dingley
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On Wed, 06 Oct 2004 19:17:41 -0700, wrote:

Don't use a lightswitch - the surge currents on something the size of
a table-mounted router will kill it.


maybe. I had a 2HP induction motor running on one for several years.


Induction motor - lower surge than a brush motor.


yes, but....

it was 2HP running on 110V... and the OP never said how big his router
was.





I strongly suggest a no-volt release switch, as for any machine tool.
It also avoids the main risk of accidentally plugging the router into
a live outlet.


I've never seen a stand alone one for sale. I wish I had a source for
them... know of one?


Axminster do a few for the UK / Euro market. They sell one as an NVR
switch for small machinery, or the same thing in a neater box with a
socket for rather rmore markup. I just use one from an old table saw.


thanks. found them on axminster's website:
http://www.axminster.co.uk/product.a...sfile=1&jump=0
http://www.axminster.co.uk/product.a...sfile=1&jump=4
http://www.axminster.co.uk/product.a...sfile=1&jump=0

I've never seen these for sale this side of the pond. I'm sure there
would be a market. listening, Robin Lee?





Personally I wouldn't buy a router with an intermittent switch like
this. I hope the manufacturers are listening.


different countries have different safety rules, and some places
disallow lock-on able switches for some tools....


Which countries ? They're OK in Europe and presumably in the USA. I
keep hearing this as an explanation, but can't find anything to back
it up.


Japan, though that was for a handheld planer, not a router. I don't
have any information about routers there.

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Personally I wouldn't buy a router with an intermittent switch like
this. I hope the manufacturers are listening.


As this is my first router, I wasn't aware that some are provided with a
lock-on switch, but maybe I should have been because my other power tools
have lock-on switches.

Malcolm Webb


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Router is a Performance Pro 2050CLR, sold here in the UK exckusively by B
& Q under the PerformancePro badge. It appears to be identical to Model
950 marketed in Australia under the GMC badge looking at a review of it on
the internet.

Malcolm Webb


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