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Plugging the roller motor directly into power, I eventually managed to get the shaft to turn, but it was struggling. Here are a couple of pictures, on the picture with the label am I missing the cap and spring that is in place on the second picture. I believe these are there to allow replacement of ...

Where the short power cord plugs into the roller speed controller, I know has power coming out of the electrical socket. I removed the roller drive motor and turned the gear on the end of the shaft by hand, just in case it was frozen. I tried it with the roller motor in my hand, just in case the dri...

Apologies if this is posted in the wrong forum section. I have a Shopsmith Planer Pro that I purchased circa 1987. I haven't used it in a few years, but have just started to do some woodworking again. So I decided to see if I could update the cutter head with a Byrd Shelix unit. I dragged the Shopsm...