I have a Delta 36-470 contract saw for 4 years and the switch stopped working the other day. I opened it up. There are two springs with conductive cylindrical caps on (looks like made from carbon) and one of the cap was broken. I called Delta support and was told I had to buy a whole switch kit for $46. I just want to ask if people here have other ideas that cost less before I make the purchase.
Thanks.
Yep, any motor-rated switch (durable contacts) of the proper capacity should do. Unless you have to have magnetic or something, should be about six bucks.
I am assuming this is just a plain switch, and not a magnetic switch. The switch on my Delta jointer went. I replaced it with a $4 toggle switch from HD for about $5. I had to cut an adaptor plate, but that was not a big deal. Grizzly has a nice looking switch for not much more that looks to be a direct replacement, but the freight and delay were problems.
Just make sure that the switch is rated for the motor size you have; if you don't, it can fuse closed and that might not be good.
Here is a perfect switch ...
Same thing happened to me. For a while I bypassed the switch and used a separate switch connected to a plug --- but Canadian Tire sells a 2 pole switch that is almost an exact replacement, when I spotted that I replaced the switch and it even fit the pounting box properly, and that was my experience. They even call it a machine switch I think. It's been a while.
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