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I'm 75% into a build (huge new desk for my wife's office and a couple of matching large book cases) and right in the middle of cutting some dados on my TS I smell something funky coming from the TS motor. I stop, take a look, and then go into panic mode. There's smoke coming from the motor. It over heated to the point where the plastic electronics casing melted away from the motor. Crazy. I shut everything off, unplugged the TS, and spent the next hour with two vacuums sucking up the smoke waiting for the thing to cool down. Thankfully, no fire, but man did this suck (and smell!!).
Now I'm stuck with a non-functioning TS. It's an old Walker Turner 10" saw that works great otherwise. The motor isn't original...I bought the saw about 3 years ago with this motor and it worked, more or less, fine since then...at least till today.
Any thoughts on where to look for a new motor? I need to fit the motor mount for this saw (belt drive) and I don't really know much about motors. I have a motor repair shop in town that I plan to visit and see if they can rebuild the motor, but other than that, I'm kind of stuck. Thoughts?
Now I'm stuck with a non-functioning TS. It's an old Walker Turner 10" saw that works great otherwise. The motor isn't original...I bought the saw about 3 years ago with this motor and it worked, more or less, fine since then...at least till today.
Any thoughts on where to look for a new motor? I need to fit the motor mount for this saw (belt drive) and I don't really know much about motors. I have a motor repair shop in town that I plan to visit and see if they can rebuild the motor, but other than that, I'm kind of stuck. Thoughts?