Gary McFarlane
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- Oklahoma City, OK
Rethinking my approach...
Bill1, Bill2, your arguments/logic are well-placed! I'm rethinking my "automation" approach. I already have 3-way switches for the DC and they're pretty convenient - within two steps of every tool in the shop. With the auto-closers on the blast gates, I've paid attention to how I use the DC over the past couple of days and auto-on isn't much of an improvement over what I have now. I do tend to leave it running between operations and with the auto-closers, I just push the button on the way from one tool to another and open the gate on the tool I'm using. I'm thinking a better approach will be to make it easier to open the blast gates that are "hiding" under or behind some of my tools. I use a heavy string under my downdraft table to open its gate and that works well. Thanks for the insight!
Bill1, Bill2, your arguments/logic are well-placed! I'm rethinking my "automation" approach. I already have 3-way switches for the DC and they're pretty convenient - within two steps of every tool in the shop. With the auto-closers on the blast gates, I've paid attention to how I use the DC over the past couple of days and auto-on isn't much of an improvement over what I have now. I do tend to leave it running between operations and with the auto-closers, I just push the button on the way from one tool to another and open the gate on the tool I'm using. I'm thinking a better approach will be to make it easier to open the blast gates that are "hiding" under or behind some of my tools. I use a heavy string under my downdraft table to open its gate and that works well. Thanks for the insight!