foot activated 110v switch

[crewchief888]

hey fellas, this might be a stupid question but here goes..

i'd like to use my 16gal shop vac as a "portable" dust collector for a table saw and miter saw. the saws are on opposite ends of my basement, so installing dust collection plumbing ist gonna happen...

i'd like to have a foot operated switch to power the vaccuum. seems like ive seen a pedal switch like this before, but i'm drawing a blank. ive checked a couple places like grizzly online and havent turned up anything.

anybody got any ideas?

 

[Git]

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B017T2J2NC/?tag=atomicindus08-20

 

[tarbellb]

I bought a Temco version of this guy (for about the same price, but cant find them now?).

All cast aluminum, pretty nice for the <$20 shipped.

Remember most of these are momentary switches, meaning you will need your foot on it the entire time, not click-on/click-off.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Heavy-Duty...220184&hash=item2844f1119b:g:eBsAAOSwScdZyhBc

 

[bczygan]

Here's a push on-push off version:
https://www.amazon.com/SSC-Controls-S420-1501-Maintained-Electrical/dp/B01GI7HRJK/ref=sr_1_21?s=industrial&ie=UTF8&qid=1523893444&sr=1-21&keywords=foot+switch

 

[rlitman]

Harbor Freight sells foot switches:
Momentary
and
press on - press off

I use the momentary version on my scroll saw as a dead-man's switch.

 

[bczygan]

Harbor Freight sells foot switches:
Momentary
and
press on - press off

I use the momentary version on my scroll saw as a dead-man's switch.

Gonna have to get one of each!

Bill

 

[crewchief888]

thanks guys !!

got one ordered off amazon since HF wont show me if it's in stock anywhere.

 

[rlitman]

I would say that the Amazon model is quite a bit nicer than the HF one, and if I were aware of it at the time I bought mine (a few years back, when I had my kids first working on the scroll saw), I'd have gotten it.

My HF pedal is all plastic. While I can't say I've had any troubles with it, I have an SSC pedal for my TIG welder, and that baby is all steel, and is really built like a tank, and also made in the USA.

So, while I posted the links to the HF stuff, I'll say that you made the right choice.

 

[crewchief888]

I would say that the Amazon model is quite a bit nicer than the HF one, and if I were aware of it at the time I bought mine (a few years back, when I had my kids first working on the scroll saw), I'd have gotten it.

My HF pedal is all plastic. While I can't say I've had any troubles with it, I have an SSC pedal for my TIG welder, and that baby is all steel, and is really built like a tank, and also made in the USA.

So, while I posted the links to the HF stuff, I'll say that you made the right choice.

if i got the one from HF and added shipping it was within a couple dollars of the one i ordered off amazon with "free shipping".
if the one at HF is all plastic, i probably wouldnt have bought it anyway...
saved me a trip to HF...

 

[Brian_WK]

Not a foot pedal but I use one of these auto switches LINK for the exact same thing. Dust collection on the table, miter, circular saw, router, power planer. The auto switch stays attached to the vacuum and I just plug my tool into the receptacle.

Brian

 

[rlitman]

if i got the one from HF and added shipping it was within a couple dollars of the one i ordered off amazon with "free shipping".
if the one at HF is all plastic, i probably wouldnt have bought it anyway...
saved me a trip to HF...

Yeah, if you had to order it, the choice is a no brainer. The cord on my HF switch is kind of stiff, and because of that, I had issues with it sitting flat on the floor until I screwed it to a heavy block of trex. Still, I'm not unhappy with it, and it serves its purpose.

Not a foot pedal but I use one of these auto switches LINK for the exact same thing. Dust collection on the table, miter, circular saw, router, power planer. The auto switch stays attached to the vacuum and I just plug my tool into the receptacle.

Brian

My Fein shop vacuum has something like that built in. The problem is that between the vacuum and my chop saw, it trips the breaker. My solution was to plug the vacuum into one circuit, and the saw into another. I then plugged a lamp over the saw into the vacuum's outlet. Turn the lamp on, and the vac starts up.

 

[landrover bodger]

the foot operated switch from a sewing machine works ok on my forge blower ( hair dryer)

 

[rharman]

I went with a remote control switch. Just carry a little fob.