Never would have thought of a foot switch Tom. I have decided mine will be like the pic from Travis, with the switch box attached to the rear of the slider.
My saw is a short slider, and the wire has to extend 5' to the rearmost position , and 2' to the forward position. I looked around and could not locate any nearby places to buy the parts, so I just ordered them from Amazon yesterday. Should be here within a week. I went ahead and got the switchbox with an emergency stop button plus the start and stop buttons. Meanwhile I will build a holder to attach it to the slider.
I will document how I do it, for future use.
To be continued...
Rick Potter
DIY journeyman,
FWW wannabe.
AKA Village Idiot.