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The power supply is the same as in the USA. 240v, 60hz.

And further… I connected a belt sander, putting the motor under load, and it labors, clicking in and out. I think I understand now that the clicking is the startup winding being triggered on and off. The motor seems to be deciding to drop back to startup. Is this triggered by load (current draw) or ...

My apologies for the pause here (life intervened). I had decided that the problem was bent motor sheave tines. I purchased what I thought was a dead-motor markV in order to get the sheeves. It turns out this had a 240v motor and the problem was a broken tab on the lower shaft eccentric adjustment. I...

Thanks for info on the hz. It’s for hobby use. I pull the spring and sheeve off to dig deeper. There was some friction on the key. I filed it and achieved smoother movement. However the bigger story is that the outer sheeve sticks to the inner sheeve and doesn’t close completely (in comparison to th...

A2F1F03A-356D-42CF-801B-5A88E6FB6293.jpeg $matches[2] It is a shop smith. And I didn’t read the label carefully... 50hz Does that explain things? Do I need to convert the power to 50hz to use this? Also included a photo of the inner sheave, which sort of shows the bend. I’ll try to figure out if I ...

Everything is well oiled and travels. Belt is new. It still won’t start properly past G and when hooked up to the bandsaw, won’t start up properly at the lowest speed. The remedy each time is to lower and adjust speed and it then recovers. The inner sheeve on the motor has a slight dent in it so it ...

Thanks for the advice. It is all oiled. No visible issues in the sheaves. However the inner sheave pulley was loose. I tightened the set screw. It now works better but I can only get to V before it starts to misbehave. Past V it suddenly slows, back to about O speed. It clicks but I think that is du...

Installed a used 240v motor on my markv.
Model CA48L2A15 Smithcorp.
As I up the speed to about L, the motor starts clicking and slows down.
I checked the centrifugal starter cutout and saw no corrosion etc.
On a bench test, motor runs fine.
Any suggestions as to a possible cause?