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Thanks for the responses. I tried Dusty's suggestion of letting the shopsmith run at slow speed for 15 minutes. I first oiled it again. After letting it set for a few minutes I was able to rip several one inch boards without tripping the breaker. I'll try some other operations over the next few days ...

Thanks for your response. The shopsmith is on a 15amp circuit with a GFI. I am currently using the shopsmith in my garage while I am working to complete my shop in the house we just moved into. (Sometimes it is the GFI that trips and sometimes it is the breaker.) The circuit is not dedicated but ...

After not using my Shopsmith Mark V much in the past couple of years I have been trying to use it for some small projects over the last 2 weeks. It is causing the circuit breaker to throw frequently on startup. The problem was getting worse so I oiled it. This seemed to help some but it still throws ...