Sunday, February 2, 2014

Foot switch for power tools


I've been after a foot switch for some of my power tools for a while. 
The main use I'll use this for is my pedestal drill, it's really inconvient and sometimes dangerous to start the drill press with my hand whilst holding a piece in place with the drill bit. 
It would also be useful to have for the router and the dremal. 
So I got a 240v/15amp foot switch off eBay and wired it up. 


And done! 
I used crimp connectors covered with tape and it's a spdt switch so it's only switching the active wire. 
Works a treat. 

Al