Safe way to carry dust remote

Velcro it to your apron.

One other thing, be careful and mindful as to where you set the remote, I have come dangerously close to sucking it up while cleaning up the top of my TS.

how about using a Clapper for a remote !! easy on, not so sure about off though :)

Our son-in-law has his attached to a bright orange tennis ball with a screw-eye and nut. At least he doesn't have trouble finding it.

Ron

Don't have a remote for the DC, but do use one for the air filter on the ceiling.. I use Velcro to stick it to the front of the bench where I can get to it easily..

I have a wired remote switch for my DC... It's a plastic outlet/switch box on 12 or 13 feet of cable with a large R.E. magnet epoxied to the back... I just stick it to whatever tool I'm using at the time..

mac

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"mac davis" wrote

A wired remote?? Isn't that an oxymoron?

Use a flat black shoelace or something similar. Cut it where it will be behind your neck and glue or sew a bit of velcro to the ends. They had similar straps on some pacifiers when my 32 year old was a babe.

How about hanging it from a piece of 2 pound test fishing line?

Mine usually ends up on the Beismeyer fence on top of my table saw, since the table saw gets the most use. I like pocket T-shirts because that's where I can find a pencil quickly, but the pocket is a bit too small to hold the DC remote. Most shop aprons have lots of pockets, I hate to admit it, but I have never washed my shop apron.

Don't think so.. they do advertise "wireless remotes"..

The DC switch is on the DC motor, I plug the DC into an outlet box with 2 runs of wire, to an inline switch and to a plug.... What would you call it?

mac

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Just kiddin' ya mac. Back in the old days, all remotes came on a wire. Then the TV remote entered our culture. And big butts began growing everywhere. Now almost everything is wireless.

My first TV mute switch was a peice of speaker cord wired into the TV speaker. I had an inline lamp switch on the other end. I would flip the switch and it interupted the speaker wire. Blessed silence during the commercials. People thought I was some kinda electronic genius. Then the TV remote came along. I was no longer *smart*. :-)

I saw a really neat idea for a DC on/off mechanism, cheap too. A flexible cord line running around the shop, similar to what they had on a bus or train, trips a single switch near the DC. Very nice remote control, yet no wireless remote device to lose.

A friend of mine did that, with a few washers here and there to bring the twine down to his reach... Seemed to work well for him until he wore out the spring on his shop-made switch.. Of course, he was about 8" shorter than I am, so I used to be scraping my hat on the damn washers all of the time..

mac

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do what the middle school my wife taught at did.

tie it to a toilet seat.

But then I'd have to go into the bathroom whenever I wanted to switch the dust collector on or off! ;_)

I have been using your exact setup for over 10 years with good results. I do have it on a lanyard and hang it on the same hook as my apron. When I get the apron I put the lanyard on and tuck the remote into a pocket on the apron. Never had a problem (or even near problem) doing this. You should get at least one additional remote as a backup in case the one you have fails. These can be bought from x10.com (a bit pricey at $19.95). If you are really cautious and concerned just buy a few remotes and scatter them around the shop.

Marty

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