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JPG40504 wrote:You have at least two wires separated. It looks like one has been contacting the armature.

Careful reconnecting the separated wires properly(you should see a repeating pattern of the rotor wires path to the commutator(copper thing the brushed contact) may bring it back. Far from easy!!!!

No joke!!! Those wires are barely over the thickness of a human hair. I couldn't even see them without the magnifier.

tdubnik wrote:No joke!!! Those wires are barely over the thickness of a human hair. I couldn't even see them without the magnifier.

Before I would attempt to fix this myself, I would get a reading from someone who repairs small motors (a motor shop). It seems obvious what needs to be done but it might not be as simple as soldering two wires back together.

tdubnik wrote:No joke!!! Those wires are barely over the thickness of a human hair. I couldn't even see them without the magnifier.

A motor shop might be able to help. The question is why they burned out like that. If AC is applied rather than DC to the input, the motor wouldn't turn and the current through it might get rather large.

Did you ever find replacement motor/parts for blade height on this saw, I have one and need same parts. Ty sharon

If you read through the thread you'll discover the motor was burned out. Original poster noted that with all the used radial arm saws for sale cheap the better path was to look for a nice used bargain saw locally. With respect to parts availability, I'm assuming things haven't changed for the better in the last 9 years.....

take it to a trade school , they usually work on electronic stuff and normally dont charge that much. JMO the senior year at trade school where I went had classes on electric motor wiring