Bandsaw is Jet JWSX 16". Bought new by me and is about 5 years old.
Resawing some 4" oak today to make some joist mouldings (pitch levellers and decorative). Blade (Tuffsaws) went bang. Not unexpected as it is well used and I had a feeling.... Did not break at the weld though.
I tried to stop the saw but stop button seemed to do nothing at first, though this may just have been the racket from the freewheeling top wheel . This may be relevant - it has been a bit stiff of late. Cleaned saw and replaced blade with 3/4" M42 Starrett. Reset all guides, tensioned correctly (saw will handle up to 1" and is shipped with a 3/4"), wheels turned by hand freely and blade seated on (undamaged) tyres properly.
Saw fails to start. No hum. Nothing. Capacitor mounted on top of motor feels warm through plastic casing and motor is a bit warm. Had been using saw for an hour or so, but not pushing it. Later check: No obvious external signs of damage to capactor when pulled fro plastic case.
Checked circuit breaker, fuse, both fine. Other machines run fine from same socket. Pulled out the start stop switch and cleaned off dust. Connections all fine. Replaced.
Checked manual on-line as I thought there was a cut off overload switch. Can see no reference to one in the manual (though there is for smaller machines) and can find none on the machine.
Checked that the case closed cut out switch is not disengaged (the case pushes a toggle in when closed to complete the circuit. Would be easy to override but have not done so).
So guys? Is there something I am missing? Not got any electrical test gear out yet as this happened at 8pm.
Anything obvious that I am oblivious to?
Thanks. Adrian