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Well, after a good cleaning & lube, it's running just fine now.

thanks for the tips!

Its been sitting for quiet a while now. So far I've cleaned everything thing up inside with compressed air, but have yet to lube it.

When I turn the chuck with the motor in or out of the headstock, it has a lopsided resistance to it as it rotates.

Hi,

So my 1981 Mark V has started to give me problems....

When I turn it on, the motor will start (although it hums) and run for like 5 seconds, the it pops the breaker. If I try to mess with the speed control at all during those 5 or so seconds, the breaker goes immediately. If I try to turn it ...