"Larry and Lois" writes:
Dont destroy your saw's cord. get an adapter, for the plug.
my mother-in-laws house was built 1949 and has all 2 prong sockets. when i
go there i carry my own plug adapter. so i can plug in my 3 prong laptop.


I wouldn't suggest this.

I would get a hammer drill and drill through the slab close to the plug you
want to use, and drive a grounding rod into the ground.
then put in a 3 pround plug with a wire attached to the ground rod.(carful
not to hit any under ground pipes or conduits while drilling) or run the
ground wire through the wall and put ground rod outside of foundation.


Nor this.

Dont use the water pipes, or any other pipe as ground.
if it does surge, into the ground(i.e. the pipe) you will kill any one in
the house useing the water or taking a bath.


Say what?

it would be best to call an electrition to install. if you have no proper
knowledge of wiring.

Now here is the first bit of good advice in this post.

and the land lord cant say anything if an electrition does it and you are
paying for it.

Whoops, spoke to soon.

scott


wrote in message
roups.com...
I'm new to woodworking, and thought I'd try here for advice first.

I just inherited my grandfather's tools, and one of them is an old
Uniswaw. It's down in my basement now, and I would like to hook it up,
but all the outlets down there are two-prongers and the saw is
obviously three.

If I were to run a piece of wire from the cabinet of the saw over to
one of the exposed water pipes, would that be enough grounding for me
to be able to safely cut-off the third prong?

Also, if this is safe, how big a wire should I run? (The saw is 110
volts, BTW)

Thanks,
Greg