We camped…. and slackline.  And screw off, I’m just going to stay with film.

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This saw died again recently, a few years ago when I first got it, I replaced the motor run capacitor.

Once again this year it exhibited the same symptoms

• Blade spins freely by hand (with power off)
• blade WILL spin if ‘kick started’ (with power on, i used a push stick)
• the motor hums like crazy, and then blows the circuit breaker (the house breaker)

OK, so I ordered another capacitor thinking that it was likely that sears had caps sitting on shelves for years and they die… The new capacitor DID NOT FIX IT.

The problem is a switch that cuts the cap in and out of the circuit based on the speed of the motor.  it is located at the top of motor by the accessory shaft.  .  It’s a plastic and brass piece that can be dissassembled and cleaned, and reassembled.  see the pictures below…

The current server is a vintage 2006 cheapo intel chip/board.

The new server is in testing, and will go live in a few days.  featuring dual dual xeons.  hoorah.