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Sparks don't shoot me ,but have any of you guys found a local supplier foe those little piggy back switches woodmizer uses for their controls,like Grainger. Frank C.

Nope. Checked the industrial supple places.

I've seen switchs in Grainger catalog that look like they were the same as the ones Wood-Mizer uses.
But they come in a NEMA 4 case and the prices are 3 times what Wood-Mizer charges.

Grainger Switch (http://www.grainger.com/Grainger/items/2BW46)

I have made field repair on these switches to tide me over until I can get a new one.

Mary called me for breakfast so I'll look up my post later.

Here is the post I made on repairing an switch with broken contacts with contacts out of another old switch.

Spare parts on hand (https://forestryforum.com/board/index.php?topic=24023.msg352296#msg352296)

This info won't help you if you don't have an old switch.

Also,  sometimes it's just the spring that needs replacing.  Wood-Mizer has the springs available so you don't have to buy a whole switch.

BTW.  I posted this in March and we got a new switch in the box but are still using this old one.

Bibby, we think alike. I just did the same thing last week. broken contact on fwd switch replaced with one off an old up/down switch. 30 min repair vs waiting 3 days for a new one.

I changed most of the electronics as they came due on the hours of service chart in the manual.
These parts are all organized in a parts drawer......they are worn but not out of repair and are my    "repair kit" should I need a repair.

Robert

We buy the switches from our supplier and the finger system is modified by them to work on our mill.  If you buy them locally they cost more and you would have to modify the finger system to match our configuration.