I have a very old bandsaw and motor. Right now, the motor still works - kind of. When I turn on the band saw, it take about 5 sec to get up to speed, which it did not do a few days ago. Next, I can saw for about 15 sec until the motor starts to smoke. I don't know if I should go for a different motor(I can't find an identical one anywhere) or see if I can fix it.
I do not know what is wrong with the motor and did not know if anyone could guess.
Here is the manual for it:
http://vintagemachinery.org/pubs/detail.aspx?id=2920
Thanks,
Derek