Hi All - I bought a 60s-70s era Parks 12" planer ... yes, without hearing it run (no plug available ... long story ... etc.) Caveat emptor, I know. Anyway ... it looks like it was well taken care of, fairly clean, no gouges on the table or apparent knife accidents. Bearings are tight. Was told it ran the last time it was plugged in - which was years ago.
Makes a sound like it's trying to run when power is applied, but no go. I tried bypassing the magnetic switch - direct 230 volts to the motor - but still no go. Tried spinning the pulley while applying power - still no go.
This is a big 184 frame 2 hp 230v Baldor industrial motor, mounted in the cast iron base. I guess I'll have to heave this thing out of there and check things out. Any suggestions or ideas what might be wrong? I'll clean it, of course. Check the wire connections. I'm bummed because I figured it was a bad capacitor, but shouldn't it have run when I spun the pulley, if it was a bad capacitor? What else can go wrong on these?