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About 2/3 of the time when I start it, the motor tries to turn but the blade doesn't move. I've found that if I turn it off and manually rotate the belt by hand and then turn it back on I can get it running. I've tried adjusting the belt tensioner and got the drive belt as tight as I can by hand. Nothing seems to fix it though. Any ideas?
It's weird as there is nothing slipping. The motor is trying to turn and the belt or blade seems like it is being bound up somewhere. I'm going to go over all the bearings tonight and make sure they are turning freely. Is there anything I should use the clean up all the metal shavings other than a dry rag and air?
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110v motor. I'm assuming it's got a starter capacitor on it. Now that I reread your initial post I think that could be your problem. Also sort of verified that when you give it a push it takes off.
It should fire off nice and fast. The motor should be able to overcome the belt if it is being bound up.
You were spot on. Old capacitor looked very rough. Ordered a new Dayton replacement from Grainger. Will update if it fixes the issue but after researching more it sounds like it is the capacitor.
So that didn't go as planned... got the new Dayton capacitor installed and the bandsaw started right up and worked great for about 2 minutes. Then POP, the capacitor exploded. I looked everywhere on it for a polarity + or - and couldn't find anything. Assumed it could be installed either way, but apparently not. Next plan is to order two capacitors and if it blows up again just install the next one opposite of the first.