On Thu, 07 Oct 2004 03:47:32 +0100, Andy Dingley
wrote:

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.