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A year ago, I faced a decision upon moving to a smaller shop...keep my shopsmith, or keep my Ryobi bt3000, with its incredible sliding table...I could've combined them- who knew! Now I'll be looking for another bt3000!

freely, considering the other belt is still on. I was trying to change the speed to slow, when I discovered it was "frozen".

I will do that next. BTW, do you think the stuck speed control (whatever caused it) would account for the first problem; i.e. that the motor does not turn the shaft..it wants to, but just cant get it going?

On that note, actually, after lubing the sheave and removing the drive belt, and opening the keeper loop on the spring to do so, I was able to move the speed control sheaves back and forth and the spring loaded sheaves on the motor shaft as well, being careful to not let it go to fast against the fi...

will do. tx for the comeback.

I just bought a 1959 Greenie, for a great price, with a note that it "needs a new motor." When plugged in, the motor hummed and the shafts tried to turn. I unplugged, oiled the sheave shafts and tried again. It moved a little but not much. I removed the drive belt, and as suspected, the mo...