You never know when something you are considering throwing away might prove useful. When living on Waiouru the lack of space meant it was almoist impossible to keep “stuff” that might prove useful one day. Back on land I’ve been keeping (hoarding) anything that just might be needed at a future date.
Today was that date! Three cupboard doors have been fitted to my new workbench, all requiring handles. I had one plastic bathroom handle several decades old that was surplus to a bathroom renovation. There was also a box of round wooden drawer knobs salvaged from an old lowboy. Rummaging around in another former ice cream container I found an On/Off switch that could be used to control the planned router lift.
Some time was spent with the multimeter working out the switch mechanism. With that sorted a hole was cut in the side of the router compartment.
The plastic cupboard handle can be seen adjacent to the hole for the switch. In the last compartment you can also see the steel drawer runners.
I could buy a $2 mounting block but as there was plenty of scrap timber I decided to make one.
Actually I made a second to cover the rear of the On/Off switch.
The switch has an inbuilt safety function. Obviously pressing the green button powers the connected appliance and the red button will cut the power. The switch has an additional terminal which prevents the attached appliance from automatically restarting should the electricity supply fail and then reconnected.
A couple of cable clips to be fitted and this part of the project is complete.
The next step is to install and plumb the bench top sheets.
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