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raweber
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Holy cow you guys are awesome! I had forgotten how friendly and helpful the Shopsmith community is.

And the answer is...

The switch was wired incorrectly. I have warned my wife to be extremely skeptical if I ever tell her I'm going to be doing electrical work around the house.

Anyway, I followed heathicus' link to the thread which very plainly stated the proper configuration of the leads, and I did in fact have them reversed.

FYI, I was a little underwhelmed by the plastic switch my Dad gave me from his old SS, so I'm not complaining that I sprang for a brand new 20 Amp DPST switch from Grainger. Now I can't wait to put the whole thing back together and make some sawdust! (Of course, we're leaving for the weekend in about an hour...)

Thanks, everyone,

Rob
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Thank you for posting the findings. It is always good to know how these problems get resolved.:)
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dusty wrote:Thank you for posting the findings. It is always good to know how these problems get resolved.:)
Indeed! It helps to know which hypothesis(speculatiom)/educated guess proves out. Input for the next time!!!:cool:
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athomas01
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raweber wrote:Holy cow you guys are awesome! I had forgotten how friendly and helpful the Shopsmith community is.

And the answer is...

The switch was wired incorrectly. I have warned my wife to be extremely skeptical if I ever tell her I'm going to be doing electrical work around the house.

Anyway, I followed heathicus' link to the thread which very plainly stated the proper configuration of the leads, and I did in fact have them reversed.

FYI, I was a little underwhelmed by the plastic switch my Dad gave me from his old SS, so I'm not complaining that I sprang for a brand new 20 Amp DPST switch from Grainger. Now I can't wait to put the whole thing back together and make some sawdust! (Of course, we're leaving for the weekend in about an hour...)

Thanks, everyone,

Rob
athomas01 wrote:It's got to be the wiring hooked up to the switch... that would be my guess... An easy test is to bypass the switch altogether and hook power to the motor directly... I suspect it will turn just fine...

I knew it!!! might not know woodworking like ya all do but I do know a little about wiring! :)
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