Leave the saw on ,,,simple.
Designing and building for 50 years
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On May 28, 2021, at 9:23 AM, Brian Lamb <blamb11@...> wrote:
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Common problem, solved many years ago by adding a pendant with start/stop buttons in it.
I just cut the first 4¡¯ x 8¡¯ sheet of plywood on my new Hammer K3, and was perplexed at the location of the on/off switch. With the plywood oriented with the 8¡¯ length perpendicular to the saw blade (cutting into 3¡¯ and 5¡¯ lengths) I was set up and ready to make the cut. In order to turn the saw on I had to crawl under the overhanging portion of the plywood to access the on/off switch. I can¡¯t see any other means of turning on the saw. Given that the Hammer line is CE compliant with all of the safety considerations of blade guard, splitter, sliding table that keeps ones hands away from the blade, blade brake and such I find it odd that it is impossible to turn the saw on without having to get on your hands and knees to access the switch. I see that the higher end format saws have the switch on the end of the sliding table. This makes complete sense because the end of the sliding table never travels to the start of the blade diameter and so is always exposed or ?physically available to the user. Am I doing something wrong in my use of the saw, is there another way to orient the workpiece so I don¡¯t have to crawl under it to turn on the saw?
