Jointer in wood shop out of service for motor work

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ISSUE or REQUEST:

Affected Tool or Resource: Jointer in woodshop

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The motor in the jointer was starting rough, then rougher, then not starting at all and tripping the circuit breaker. We diagnosed it as a bad cetrifugal switch, and have ordered a replacement.

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Parts should be here Weds or Thurs and then we’ll try to get it back on line as soon as we can. We do have a 6" jointer hanging around as a backup if someone /needs/ to get their jointing on. That jointer does have an switch issue that can make it difficult to turn on.

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The jointer is back in service now. We replaced the centrifugal switch and motor capacitor, and it starts up much better now.

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Thanks Carl for all your work on this!

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