Best automotive malfunction switches according to redditors

Common upgrades:

• buy or make some push sticks
  
• zero clearance insert for safety and improve cut quality
  
• on/off paddle switch for safety, something like this: https://www.amazon.com/Woodstock-D4151-220-Volt-Paddle-Switch/dp/B005W17FRS
  
• thin kerf blade(s). i like switching between diablo 24T rip blade for ripping, and diablo 50T combo blade for everything else. the thin kerf helps cut through harder woods with our so-so 1hp motor.
  
• i don't know if you have a miter gauge, but if not they are useful. or better yet build a cross-cut sled
  
• your crank handles look to be in good shape, but if you need to replace you can get aluminum for about the same price as plastic: https://imgur.com/a/M33dCdU. available from ebay seller or1more.
  
• (typically later because $$$) a biesemeyer fence, like a delta t3. these are pricey but your best upgrade as the stock fences are pretty bad.
  
  
  EDIT: formatting

If you dont care about the safety feature of a mag switch then you can go with something like this: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005W17FRS/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I have one on my Unisaw. Its still wired into the original mag starter but since its an on-off switch and not a momentary button (like it originally had), the safety feature is rendered useless. Didn't bother me personally

I'm not 100% sure for your car, but in all likelihood it uses a J1939 CAN bus for the wiring. What that means is that there isn't a direct line from the switch to your lights - it goes from the switch to the cabin ECU and then to the lights.

So in order to wire a switch to your fogs you would have to avoid all that and pretty much start from scratch. You could probably use the pigtails coming from the lights, tap into a 12v power source and run the wire directly to the switch inside the car. There are lots of places online to show you how to do that. It would basically be the same as wiring in aftermarket lights.

That being said, if it were my car I would try to get it fixed the right way. Looks like maybe p/n SW8551 would work.

It looks like with a bit of cleaning and replacing the start stop button with a new start/stop paddle switch you will be all set.


The replacement switch is cheap too: $17 http://www.amazon.com/Woodstock-D4151-220-Volt-Paddle-Switch/dp/B005W17FRS

I'd hate to have a saw start spinning if I leaned over the table and hit the pedal accidentally, or at any point really.

I use a paddle switch like this:

https://www.amazon.com/Woodstock-D4151-220-Volt-Paddle-Switch/dp/B005W17FRS

https://www.amazon.com/Woodstock-D4160-110-Volt-Paddle-Switch/dp/B005W17HYY

With leads or sockets made for removable tools:

https://www.amazon.com/Router-Safety-Paddle-Switch-Removable/dp/B01B1KE4EK/

http://www.rockler.com/safety-power-tool-switch

http://www.woodpeck.com/elecswitch.html

https://www.amazon.com/ROUTER-TABLE-PADDLE-PEACHTREE-WOODWORKING/dp/B00153I3IC

Yeah, thanks for confirming. I've heard that before... I have a friend who has never shut his down (for many years). I guess they're made to run all the time. I planned on putting one of these on the right side of my lathe mounted to the lathe itself: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005W17FRS/ref=s9u_simh_gw_i1

Boom

https://www.amazon.com/WATERWICH-Electronic-Waterproof-Assemblies-Universal/dp/B0749D7G8B

Woodstock D4151 110/220-Volt Paddle Switch https://www.amazon.com/dp/B005W17FRS/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_ogXYxb59S2XJM

That's the switch I have

Mine was messed up when I purchased my unisaw. I'm pretty elecricaly savvy, and after looking into all the parts I needed, contactors, relays, flux capacitors, etc. I just canned it in favor of one of these

Simple, cheap and it works well. You just have to remember, if the power goes out, don't sit on the blade until the power comes back on--or just hit the off switch.

emergency stop

> As long as it isn't any sort of hazard,

having a ton of leads coming off your battery is a hazard.

And at < $200 its worth it. https://www.amazon.com/Apollointech-Pillar-4-Switch-Control-Wrangler/dp/B01M7NWAAF/ref=pd_sbs_263_8?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B01M7NWAAF&pd_rd_r=W7V4VX9AF1VK9X1QSFB4&pd_rd_w=M1gtJ&pd_rd_wg=wRNNm&psc=1&refRID=W7V4VX9AF1VK9X1QSFB4