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Thanks for all the input. I'll check all of these, this weekend. Thanks again.

Please help me. I have (3) Mark V's. The oldest one I got out of an old barn and lubricated it and got it running almost like new. My problem is I went down to the shop to turn it on and the motor runs fine, but the quill doesn't. I can hold my hand on it while the motor is running. The bearing is g...

I was a patternmaker in the NAVY, and they taught us how to make joints. I watched that video and it was quite interesting. The test we had in glue joints was the same one, if the joint failed you flunked. On end grain joints we would do what they called "Sizing". You would apply a small a...

I started woodworking in high school and I got "C's" & "D's" in it. Then I joined the NAVY, and with their infinite wisdom made me a Patternmaker, an extreme woodworker. We made wooden patterns for metal castings. We worked within 1/64th of an inch. Can't even find a tape tha...

Sorry it took so long for me to get back. Here is an update: I don't know anything about motors, so bare with me as I try to explain what happened. The man at the motor repair store told me that the windings that run the motor were burnt. He said that half the windings are to start the motor and the...

Thanks for all the input. I think I,all be making a trip to the motor repair shop as soon as the snowstorm is gone. As far as making history, I'm glad I could help. Maybe it happened to someone else they were just too embarrassed to say. I really like this forum. I read it all the time to answer oth...

If it is the starter cap, how do I fix it? What all will I need to get from SS?

I'll have to check the name on the motor tomorrow. I'll probably have to take it apart again. Oh well, whatever it takes. I love my SS when it's working good.

As a matter of fact, it was a waxy smell. So,is my wife going to kill me, or can I fix this boo-boo fairly easily?

I love Deep Purple, but not when it comes to my SS. (now, you got me singing Smoke On The Water). Anyway, I had it running for 2 hours or so in the table saw position I stood it up for the drill press, went to Lowe's, came back and started to drill some holes. I drilled about 10 holes and it started...