GraemeVW
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I need a new switch for my lathe. This pic is the same ad mine but with slightly different mounting.
It's a forward/off/reverse switch, is labelled as A and has 3 screws, so I'm assuming it would have had a dewhurst switch.
These seem expensive, although as it lives in the cabinet, tatty ones are fine. I don't even need the faceplate.
My question is, how solid are they? I assume they are good as everyone wants them and there are still loads in use, but I need to hang an extended handle on it as in this pic.
Will it take that kind of sideways leverage?
There are modern reversing switches on eBay cheap enough, but not sure what they are like. Anyone used one? Do they feel nice and solid? Will they cope with the same extended handle set up?
Of not, I guess I could make the handle shaft dpuble supported and link it to the switch further inside the cabinet rather than just putting the handle directly on the switch shaft.
It's a forward/off/reverse switch, is labelled as A and has 3 screws, so I'm assuming it would have had a dewhurst switch.
These seem expensive, although as it lives in the cabinet, tatty ones are fine. I don't even need the faceplate.
My question is, how solid are they? I assume they are good as everyone wants them and there are still loads in use, but I need to hang an extended handle on it as in this pic.
Will it take that kind of sideways leverage?
There are modern reversing switches on eBay cheap enough, but not sure what they are like. Anyone used one? Do they feel nice and solid? Will they cope with the same extended handle set up?
Of not, I guess I could make the handle shaft dpuble supported and link it to the switch further inside the cabinet rather than just putting the handle directly on the switch shaft.