I'm considering the Rikon 10-353 bandsaw, and noticed something interesting with the power setup. I'm curious actually if this is code compliant in the US.
The 220V power on the Rikon requires a 4 wire cord (2 hot, neutral, ground) and plug. Three of those wires go to the motor (2 hots+gd). The neutral, one of the hot wires, and the ground are also routed to the aux 110V power receptacle, for plugging in a lamp. That lamp is then of course on the same 220V circuit breaker in your house. Other bandsaw vendors all seem to say their aux receptacle just flat won't be powered if you're using a 220V motor.
This all seems rather nifty, but I'd swear that other times I wanted to set up such a way to share 220V and 110V on the same wiring, I was shot down because of electrical or code issues. But I'm not an electrician by any means, so maybe I just misunderstood. Any input here?