On 6/25/2011 11:29 AM, David wrote:
So, it is like the most useless machine, where one flips a toggle and
then it immediately shuts itself off? The difference being that the
saw is a useful machine.
Yes, but that would be safe. ;-)
My 7x12 horizontal bandsaw has the same setup as
I'm reviving an old band saw that someone donated to our hackspace. It
looks a bit like this one, but way older and junkier, and without the girl:
http://www.oceanmachinery.com/images/kmt-band-saw.jpg
It has an automatic shut-off switch that triggers when the saw has cut
all the way through
On 22 June 2011 17:31, Sebastian Kuzminsky s...@highlab.com wrote:
I think I want a button that latches on, can be easily unlatched by
punching it (like an e-stop button), and that unlatches automatically
when the bottom limit switch (or the fuse) opens the circuit.
How about a standard NVR
Hi Seb,
If you have room for a relay or small contactor big enough to
operate the motor, then I'd vote for the classic latching circuit.
This has some examples, but it's in the form of a quiz:
http://www.ibiblio.org/kuphaldt/socratic/output/acmcc.pdf
That way lots of things can stop the motor,
On 06/23/2011 02:31 AM, Sebastian Kuzminsky wrote:
I'm reviving an old band saw that someone donated to our hackspace. It
looks a bit like this one, but way older and junkier, and without the girl:
http://www.oceanmachinery.com/images/kmt-band-saw.jpg
It has an automatic shut-off switch
On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 10:47 PM, Jake Anderson ya...@vapourforge.com wrote:
Simple answer is to make the on/off switch down there a toggle switch.
Thats how ours is done, when the saw gets down there it flips the toggle
switch off,
when you want to turn it back on you flip the same switch to
