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Going to finish cleaning and lubing the headstock parts and look at fixing/replacing the motor control piece that attaches to the face plate and then I should be in business!



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Still learning the part names. The shaft that the speed control plate/knob attaches to is rusty and worn ...

Great news, the motor works! Replaced the starting capacitor and it fired right up! After rewiring the switch, that is, must have pulled something loose when monkeying around in there.

Going to finish cleaning and lubing the headstock parts and look at fixing/replacing the motor control piece that ...

How did you check the capacitor? If you check a capacitor with a multimeter set to Ohms you will get infinity, an open circuit (nothing?).

I discharged the capacitor and attached the leads from the multimeter. If it’s good it should start at 0 and climb to infinity as the multimeter charges it ...

Initial testing indicates the capacitor is shot. I connected my multimeter and got nothing. The windings appear to be okay, reading 8 ohms

The thingy in the middle turns out to be an old Craftsman table saw blade guard mounting bracket (googled the part number).
Thanks for the assistance so far!
I pulled the motor and it’s a Franklin Electric 3/4hp.

Opened her up and looks like someone’s been in here before, as it has a V belt instead of the older version.
Still just hums, shaft spins freely.

Howdy. I just bought an old SS Mark 5, s/n 283005. Never owned one before but have fond memories of working with my Grandpa with his.
It’s in rough condition and expect to be doing a lot of reading and asking a lot of questions.
Right now the motor just hums and nothing turns, the speed control ...