Looking for a motor source

Yellow Pages?

------------------------ Anything less than 10-15HP is considered a throw away.

Costs more to rewind that a new one.

Lew

In what way is it dead ??? May be a simple problem ... How does it act when you apply power ???

Bob, please turn off the HTML posting in your newsreader.

I finally found where to turn "OFF" HTML in Thunderbird, and did so ... just out of curiosity, what is the difference ??? Obviously, it must be something annoying to others ... what does it do??? For some reason Thunderbird sets it to "ON" by default, and I just rebuilt this computer, reinstalling everything, so it got set that way upon installation.

Sure sounds like you would qualify for a replacement ... check out Tractor Supply and Northern Tool for replacements. You won't find a great deal there on a Baldor, but you might find a Marathon or other slightly lesser quality motor for a fair price.

Someone mentioned Yellow Pages and, on your previous post, someone mentioned taking it to a shop to be evaluated. My local electircal supply company, which has a department for repairing motors, will, for free, evaluate any motor and give quotes for repair or replacement. Shop around for such a company/shop.

Assuming you've done the troubleshooting, as recommended on the previous thread, check Marathon or Baldor motors, on Amazon, for comparable replacement motors. I bought a new Unisaw motor at a much cheaper price, via Amazon, than what Delta, my local shop & Gainger (also local) wanted.

I think, if you email the specs of your motor to Baldor, they will match the correct replacement motor.

Sonny

Hello Larry,

New industrial / Farm duty (continues duty) motors can be found at farm supply stores. My local one is called Track Supply (used to be Farm Fleet?).

Also, check with your local motor repair places. I had a 2 HP Leeson that was flaky. They only charged a $20.00 bench fee to see if they could fix it.

$236 is probably a good price for an OEM motor. $150.00 for a used Jet sounds like a very good deal to me. It may qualify for a you suck.

Also, check OWWM.org for Bring Out Your Dead, BOYD forum. Ask if any one in your area is selling a motor.

Mike > I've posted a couple times recently about the death of my jointer motor.

It messes with the way our newsreaders are set up, or alternatively, we see nothing but a bunch of HTML tags. Neither is good if your intent is to communicate.

Couple of places to get pricing:

John

I'm sure they will but the price will be as high as what Jet wants.

A motor that hums on startup is a classic sign of a bad start capacitor. See if it runs when you give it a spin. A new capacitor is about $10.

If it was totally kaput, I don't think it should hum or do anything else.