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Re: [Shop-talk] Compressor woos

To: Doug Braun <doug@dougbraun.com>
Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] Compressor woos
From: Jeff Scarbrough <fishplate@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2021 15:36:17 -0400
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I like this one.  A squirt of WD-40 should loosen it up.  My table saw does
this occasionally, but it's only 66 years old

On Tue, Aug 10, 2021, 10:41 Doug Braun <doug@dougbraun.com> wrote:

> Isn't there a centrifugal switch that disconnects the start capacitor as
> soon as the motor starts spinning?
> Possibly that isn't working properly?
>
> Doug
>
> On Tue, Aug 10, 2021 at 9:25 AM John T. Blair <jblair1948@cox.net> wrote:
>
>>
>> Anyone have any ideas?  I was thinking that it is either a bad spot on the
>> armature, or a bad start capacitor.  If it's the capacitor, why would it
>> start
>> after I moved the position of the motor a few degrees?
>>
>> I check with a local shop and they want $200 to put it on their bench!  I
>> think that's a little steep.  So I guess I'll open it up and shot gun the
>> start
>> capacitor.  Is there anything else I should l for while I'm in there?
>>
>> I do plan on cleaning all the parts while it's apart.  I also don't
>> see any place
>> to oil the motor.  So I'm assuming that it has bearings that are
>> lubricated for
>> live.  Or is there something I should do there, oil, grease?
>>
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<div dir=3D"auto">I like this one.=C2=A0 A squirt of WD-40 should loosen it=
 up.=C2=A0 My table saw does this occasionally, but it&#39;s only 66 years =
old=C2=A0</div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gma=
il_attr">On Tue, Aug 10, 2021, 10:41 Doug Braun &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:doug@=
dougbraun.com">doug@dougbraun.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=
=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padd=
ing-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div>Isn&#39;t there a centrifugal switch th=
at disconnects the start capacitor as soon as the motor starts spinning?</d=
iv><div>Possibly that isn&#39;t working properly?=C2=A0 <br></div><div><br>=
</div><div>Doug<br></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" cl=
ass=3D"gmail_attr">On Tue, Aug 10, 2021 at 9:25 AM John T. Blair &lt;<a hre=
f=3D"mailto:jblair1948@cox.net"; target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noreferrer">jblair=
1948@cox.net</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" styl=
e=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);paddin=
g-left:1ex"><br>
Anyone have any ideas?=C2=A0 I was thinking that it is either a bad spot on=
 the<br>
armature, or a bad start capacitor.=C2=A0 If it&#39;s the capacitor, why wo=
uld it start<br>
after I moved the position of the motor a few degrees?<br>
<br>
I check with a local shop and they want $200 to put it on their bench!=C2=
=A0 I<br>
think that&#39;s a little steep.=C2=A0 So I guess I&#39;ll open it up and s=
hot gun the start<br>
capacitor.=C2=A0 Is there anything else I should l for while I&#39;m in the=
re?<br>
<br>
I do plan on cleaning all the parts while it&#39;s apart.=C2=A0 I also don&=
#39;t <br>
see any place<br>
to oil the motor.=C2=A0 So I&#39;m assuming that it has bearings that are l=
ubricated for<br>
live.=C2=A0 Or is there something I should do there, oil, grease?<br><br>
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