I have an old Craftsman table saw of about the same age (1968). Mine
started to give me trouble several years ago. I took it to a small motor
repair store. They cleaned the ancient sawdust from inside of the motor
and oiled it. It has worked fine ever since.

The reason I am posting is that on my motor there were no obvious places
to oil it. The unit can be oiled at both end of the shaft. There is a
small rubber plug that has to be removed. Added about 10 drops of oil
once per year and replace the plug.

wrote:

JP wrote:

Blow the saw dust out of the motor
I have to do this to mine once in a while & my saw is 45-50 yrs old
Michael wrote:

I've had this table saw for at least 20 years. Lately, it's
been tripping the breaker with greater frequency. I'm
wondering if the motor is wearing out, or if I should
check something else.

Thanks,

Mike


I second this. My craftsman is 45 years old and occasionally starts
throwing the breaker. Cleaning out the motor and adding some oil
eliminates the problem for a year or two.