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Well, this is sort of the whole point. I got specs from a forum thread like this and it ended up being wrong for me, despite it being even the same model motor. If I list the specs here, someone else...

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After another hiatus of trying to figure this thing out I decided to start at the beginning. Specifically the start capacitor.

The old one was well past it's prime and...

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Thanks again to all who have offered tips. They have been extremely helpful. It's been a while, but it looks like I'm not out of the woods just yet.

I did take the suggestion of...

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Just wanted to hop back in to share results. It took little time to get around to it, but cleaning up the contacts on the centrifugal switch did the trick. They were not just dirty,...

Thanks for the well explained advice!

"Wrap a thin rope or twine around the shaft. Turn the power on and then pull the rope to give the shaft a good spin. See if the motor spins up to speed."

Tried this and the motor spun right up!...

Update: I ended up checking the connection to the new capacitor and it might not have been on so well. Made sure the connection was good and tried again.

I now get the hum again, but nothing...

Hi all!


Last fall, I acquired a Rockwell Unisaw 34-466 (mid-late 70's). At the time I had no way of testing it out, but took it with the idea that being a project could be fun.


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