[AT] Off Topic Parts for old tools

[Milo Holroyd]

On 11/2/19 9:57 PM, Cecil Bearden wrote:
> 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
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Not familiar with that saw, but found this 
 >https://spemco.com/8652k12-eaton-cutler-hammer-industrial-trigger-switch/<

perhaps could be made to work?