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I removed the belt and motor runs fine, i am able to rotate the quill by hand (with resistance)
I was able to lubricate th peed shaft and the motor shaft.
Tested with no change.

It is a model mark5 made in 1954

Thanks for all your suggestions. None work, it is a very old model i am assuming. The shopsmith logo when removed does not provide access it just exposes a single screw hole. I removed the cover exposing the belt and there are no visible oil holes on the motor shaft (under the spring). All online vi...

I am new so please be patient. I have an old mark 5. At least 30 years old. It was last used for turning about 4 years ago. It now wont run, it tries to run about 2 dozen rotations and then the circuit breaker trips. I have rotated it counter clockwise while turning the speed control to slow. When d...