[AT] Off Topic Parts for old tools

[Cecil Bearden]

I stopped by a Garage sale this morning on the way from the Hardware 
store.  I picked up a few old Black & Decker and Porter Cable saws.  In 
particular a Model 314  4-1/2in worm drive trim saw.  I trimmed out my 
house with one of these saws.  My original one has a bad switch, and the 
blade guard spring is always breaking.   The "new"one also needs a 
spring.   I started looking for  a replacement switch and found that 
those heavy duty trigger switches for Rockwell/Porter Cable tools has 
been unavailable since 2015....    There really is no replacement for 
this saw, the foreign made junk just will not hold up.  The switch was a 
weak point on a lot of Rockwell tools as they had such a high inrush 
current the switches burned out quickly.  New tools have to have some 
solid state crap in the switch circuit now, instead of just a simple 
switch.

Have any of you guys had to replace one of these trigger switches on a 
large drill or belt sander or skil saw??
Cecil