Hey guys,
Awhile back in a trade magazine or catolog or something I saw an outlet box that you could plug a power tool and a vacuum into and when you pulled the trigger on the tool the vacuum would come on. I already have a vacuum so I don’t really need one that has this mechanism built in to it.
I need to set up a cutting station on a jobsite using one of those circular saws Makita makes for cutting fiber cement siding with the dust shroud on it.
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A few people sell them including Sear and (IIRC) Woodcraft...
yep,sears has them,it's the only reason i would walk in the store.larry
hand me the chainsaw, i need to trim the casing just a hair.
Make your own:
http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2007/02/diy_auto_vacuum_system.html
Z
Sears. $19.95. I have 2
Ever blow the circut breaker on it? I do. No biggie but it can be frustrating at times especially when my router tables plugged into it and I'm part of the way through a piece.
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Especially when you are in a customer's house and the breaker box is unlabelled and the blasted thing didn't trip far enough to be easily visible. Note to self: see if there is device that tells you which one is actually thrown next time.
Which is why I've been known to go straight to the service panel and jamb my two 10 guage leads straight into the bus bars.Blow a breaker?What breaker?Be sickofitall...
The Auto Switch from Sears is good to have. It comes in handy. Go to Sears.com and search for item # 00924031000.
or try:
http://tinyurl.com/en32f
Billy
Ditto what all the others have said: Sears. I keep it with the vac in the van, and use it whenever using a tool connected to the vac. Although it doesn't save a ton of time, the convenience is worth every penny. A few second time delay continues to let the va
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What you want is a current relay. Run the hot wire from each outlet through one, wire all the relay outputs together (if you need to use more than one relay) and use the combined signal to operate a contactor relay to turn on the vac. Eg, http://tinyurl.com/3cq9zk .
Just don't try to use the current relay to switch power -- just have it operate a regular relay.
...see if there is device that tells you which one is actually thrown next time...I saw something like this at the local auto parts store a couple years ago. The guy demonstrated it by pluging one device in the rec. and scaning over the breakers in the epanel. Didn't need one at the time and don't remember e tool name.
Are you sure you want to cut fiber cement siding with a circ saw? Those 6 tooth blades deflect badly and the dust makes an awful mess, not to mention health hazard.
Why not buy a set of shears? They cut cleanly and you can use them anywhere on site without a lot of setup. Porter Cable has a good one.
http://www.toolsofthetrade.net/articles/showarticle.asp?articleID=1517&position=0&type=article
The fiber cement siding I'm using is not a Hardi product, which is relatively thin. It is a Nichiha Premium Sierra Shake or something like that and it is 7/16" thick. Any shear I've seen only cuts up to 5/16".
The benefit to it, being a shake style siding, is that it comes in lengths and not sheets like Hardi-Shake panels. Most of it will be in gable ends so there will be less waste. It is also cheaper than Hardi and it can be stained to look convincingly like real cedar shakes since it has a very real looking texture and deep joint lines. Try that with any Hardi product.
That sounds interesting. I hope you will post pictures after you have it up and stained.My experience cutting Hardi with a circ saw was that the 6-tooth blade was very prone to deflecting and wandering way off line. Once it started wandering even a little, it was impossible to coax it back into line as you might with a wood blade by backing up and adjusting direction. I would expect 7/16" material to be the same or worse.Maybe a 7 1/4" diamond blade would work better.BruceT
I second what BruceT says about the diamond blade. I had one to cut some brick and used it on a couple of pcs. of Hardie instead of going across town to get my shears...but huge amounts of dust. After a couple of cuts, I made the trip.
I absolutely second what Bruce said. Get the fiber cement shears. It is one of those wonderful tools that you may not use every day but will pay for itself the first job you do with it. No air born dust at all.