I don't think you could overload this motor in a jointer, unless face
jointing hard wood and doing it rapidly. Your 16 ga wire was very short and
probably didn't make enough drop to be a big deal. I think you have an
insulation fault that caused the overheating and eventually got serious
enough to short out and blow the breaker.

If it is not enclosed, you could have sawdust in the starting switch???

My jointer is a 6" Sears with about 1/2-3/4 HP and never overloads.
Wilson

"Jack" wrote in message
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On Sun, 11 Jun 2006 13:07:23 GMT, "Tom Gardner"
wrote:

Farm duty motors are green, green is ok...stay away from blue motors.
Usually farm duty motors are totally enclosed drip proof and will serve
you
well. Keep an eye on http://www.surpluscenter.com/
they have been a good, cheap supplier for me.

Your site does have the motor I could use for the replacment.
I will check with them tomorrow for the S/H after I replace the
16/3 wire to a 12/3 wire and test it again. Thanks you.


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