I bought a 12a band saw a few weeks ago and have put a lot of hours on it. It goes through 5" of oak pretty nicely.
Tonight I was cutting 3/4" luan, which is reasonably soft. The breaker tripped. It is a 20a breaker, #12 wire, and nothing else on the circuit. I reset it, and finished what I was doing.
I have used a heavily loaded 15 sander on the circuit, so I am a little perplexed as to why the breaker would have tripped. It is about 2 years old.
Any ideas, other than a defective breaker?