on off switch for router table

[segovia]

Hi - I have recently made a router table and fitted a trend 240v router. Do you know where I can buy a safety on of switch similar to those you would find on a off the shelf product ?? j

 

[OPJ]

Is this the sort of thing you're after?

It is a bit dearer than similar models that Axminster and others sell - the biggest advantage being that you can plug in and remove the router easily and at your will. Most of the others require you to cut the plug off and wire the router in to the NVR box, as far as I know.

I've been using the Charnwood one on my table for over a year now and I love it.

 

[gidon]

Something like this?:
http://www.axminster.co.uk/product.asp? ... e=1&jump=0
Cheers
Gidon

 

[Mike.C]

Here one http://www.diytools.co.uk/diy/Main/sp-4 ... switch.asp Trend sell their own but I seem to remember they cost a lot more.

EDIT: Olly shame on you, you beat me to it :lol:

HTH

Cheers

Mike

 

[segovia]

hi These look great at least I know what I am looking for a NVR switch Thanks John

 

[johnjin]

Mike, Olly's one is a penny cheaper.

John

 

[jimi43]

I don't know if you want the emergency function...I would recommend it but if you want just the NVR switch...the one you find on machines...I picked up one of THESE yesterday to replace the one on my pillar drill that went pop over the last weekend.

Really good value....

It has the NVR function but I think a big mushroom is safer....but since I have one of those near every tool point it was a bit redundant for me.

Jim

 

[devonwoody]

Jim, I see it is suitable for upto 13.5 amps/230 volts.

Is that amperage high enough for the initial switching on of a top end router?

 

[9fingers]

Jim, I see it is suitable for upto 13.5 amps/230 volts.

Is that amperage high enough for the initial switching on of a top end router?

It will be good enough for anything you can run from a 13 amp plug/fuse.

Bob

 

[devonwoody]

Thanks Bob. I will get one then.

 

[segovia]

Silly question maybe, does the charnwood have on off capability - difficult to see from the picture and does it have a 13 type socket as I don't want to cut the plus off the router ?

John

 

[Mike Wingate]

I got mine from here.
http://www.woodworkingcentreshop.co.uk/ ... uting.html
It controls a 2000watt DW625e router. It sits wherever I place it, by magnets, screws or bolts (magnet setup for me) The plug from the router plugs into the switch box. A lead from the switch box goes to the mains socket. Under the mushroom knob are a green and red pair of buttons. It is a good safetey aid, and convenient as my router is always in the switched on poition in the router table. Pic enclosed of unit in my smaller table.
http://s130.photobucket.com/albums/p244 ... CT0182.jpg

 

[segovia]

Hi Thanks, looks bigger on your table than in the catalogue picture, looks like it will do what I need - `Thanks

 

[Mike Wingate]

Bargain.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/CHARNWOOD-W025-NO ... 2a03c02b8c

 

[Mike.C]

Mike, Olly's one is a penny cheaper.

John

Trust you to notice that :wink:

Cheers

Mike

 

[jimi43]

AH!! Now I see that the Charnwood one is like the one on my Scheppach...

Does my head in if it is the one that you lift up the clip to lift the red button to get to the green button to switch it on.

I can't get used to that at all even after over 6 months. I will stick with me on/off and mushrooms.

Ebay does have some superb deals. I got really great emergency stop switches...really expensive metal ones...with anodized knobs...couple of quid each. The guy doesn't have any more...unfortunately.


Jim

 

[devonwoody]

That one on ebay shown by jim.

Can I run from my mains 13 amp socket and plug wired to the NVR, come out of the NVR to another socket which has a 13amp plug which fits to a router and get the NVR affect?

 

[jimi43]

Hi DW

If you wire the output side of the switch to the 13AMP socket in use by the router this will switch that socket on and off (zero off too).

The switch is basically a relay which is activated by the green switch. The relay then switches and puts the main circuit through from the input to the output and at the same time...holds itself on.

If the power drops out OR you press the red switch you basically break the relay "hold on" link and the relay drops out. The output is therefore dead EVEN IF the power comes back on...until you press the green button again.

Does this make sense?

Jim

 

[devonwoody]

No jim

I want to wire the ouput from the NVR to a socket and then I want to connect the router using its 13 amp plug to that socket.

 

[jimi43]

No jim

I want to wire the ouput from the NVR to a socket and then I want to connect the router using its 13 amp plug to that socket.

Exactly. That is what I am describing. The socket will then become an NVR socket...is that what you want?

That switch comes with a diagram.

Jim