Adding a ring light to a 1981 Draper Tools PD-16 'Drilling Machine' 1981 Mascot Tools (Floor Standing Pillar Drill)

[TheJay]

Hey everyone, I have a very old pillar drill press from 1981 (Draper). It has a green on and red off button on the side. I wondered how I can take power from the drill press when the green/black button is pressed and turn it off when the red button is pressed?

Even better, how could I connect a three way switch so that I can turn it on and off manually, as well as having a position for automatic.

 

[rjenkinsgb]

Just hand paint it afterwards - it will be hidden & glued / screwed in to the plastic adapter, so the finish there is not really important.

 

[TheJay]

Thanks, working on that.

I'm really struggling to implement the design, I have mocked up the parts of the wiring in the hope someone can describe what else I need to do/include or can annotate the following image:

I have added a diagram for the button, including behaviour of pressing each part. The idea is pressing I will turn the light on constantly, pressing II will turn the light on when the motor is active and O will turn off the light completely regardless of motor state.

 

[rjenkinsgb]

Lamp neutral goes to incoming mains neutral.

Lamp live to light switch common.

One of the side contacts on the light switch goes to incoming mains live; that ON regardless of motor state.

The other side contact goes to motor live, eg. at the overload; in that position, the light comes on when the motor is on.

 

[TheJay]

Yeeeeeeeeeees, thank you! It works in my mockup, so it's time to finalise.

 

[TheJay]

Progress

Still quite a lot of preparation work before fitting to drill press, very pleased so far.