Power Tool Switch Plate

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I made this for my power tools, Table Saw, Lathe and Jointer all of which are vintage, and just us a regular 120vac light type switch instead of the more modern tool pushbutton switches. This is just a plate that attaches the same as any other switch plate does and the paddle fits right over the switch and slides up and down in the channel. The letters just press into the face, no glue is required. It uses 4 2mmx6mm screws to hold the cover that holds the paddle in place. The cover may need a little bit of touch up if the paddle is stiff to move. I just used a file to clean it up a little bit. This one the paddle was printed in ABS, and the plate and letters were printed in PETG, because I didn't have any grey ABS on hand. I did not press the letters into this one because I wanted to save them for when I print an ABS version. This was just printed as a test to make sure everything fit together. Update: I just noticed that two of the holes for the cover are "missing" from the plate. They're not missing, but they're under maybe 1 or 2 layers of plastic, so you should be able to push a screw through without much trouble. I uploaded a corrected plate with all the holes there.