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Opps! The drive collar on the jointer was loose. My brain must have observed the cutter slowing down and I interpreted the spindle slowing. I was wearing ear protection with 30+ Db protection so it was really quiet. Thanks for the post for making me take a second look. On the plus side I didd take t...

Thanks for the responses. For the suggestion about the hubs, I checked the drive hubs and they were OK, but I, cleaned and reinstalled anyway. Specific to the condition of the stall the Mark V motor did stall. When I took the board off of the jointer the motor restarted, and accelerated slowly.

I was using my shopsmith jointer with about a 1/32 depth of cut on a 7/8 inch edge and the machine slowed to a stall. I checked my belts and all appear to be normal. I also checked the power and this also appeared to be normal. No smoke from the motor. Any thoughts on the problem?