Re: [ATM] routers in the old and new world

[Dominic-Luc Webb <dlwebb@canit.se>]

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> Check to see if the 'trigger' has a little button that you can 
depress.  
> Those are used to lock the 'trigger' in place.
> Ken

I have certainly looked, and yes (but no), most have an 
"extra" little button on the side. However, it is not what 
you refer to. You have to first press this, and then the 
pressure switch to turn on the router. The pressure switch alone 
will not depress. You therefore have to use both thumb and 
fingers to make the typical european routers turn on at all. 
There is no toggle switch to force them on. To that end, I 
note that I have found 2 cases in which the same manufacturer 
(both American, BTW) has placed a toggle on the chassis of the 
American market model, but a pressure switch (plus that 
extra switch I refer to) on a fixed handle on a model that 
appears to be the European market equivalent.

I think the switch you refer to is called a "lock-on" switch, 
whereas all the European ones I have seen are exclusively 
"lock-off". In terms more familiar to Americans, this works in 
principle the same as the safety switch on a pistol. These tools 
would have to be deliberately modified to stay in the on state. 
The manuals make this painfully obvious. Your remark suggests 
that indeed Americans typically have routers with toggle 
switches to force them on. I am going to try and find a 220 V 
American router.

Dominic-Luc Webb
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