"Frank Boettcher" wrote in message
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On Tue, 12 Aug 2008 07:54:52 -0700, "Eigenvector"
wrote:

I was cutting some 16/4 poplar on the tablesaw and got halfway through it
when the saw stopped dead.

At first I thought the blade had simply stopped but then I realized the
motor was completely off. Breaker on the tablesaw has popped. Once I
reset
it and gave the motor some time to cool down it worked just fine.

For the sake of clarity, what do you mean by breaker on the tablesaw?
Did the breaker in your electrical panel blow or the overload on the
table saw motor.

If the former on an otherwise cool running motor, you were drawing too
many amps on the circuit, combination of the work required for the
operation and whatever else was drawing from the same circuit. If the
latter, you overheated the motor and the overload protected it from
damage.

The tablesaw fuse popped. I say popped because its labled "fuse" and it's a
button that you push. Just being clear because it is ambiguous what I
meant.


Since you were not cutting clear through and without a splitter,
fairly easy to bind the blade and cause an overload.

Frank

I've never had anything like that happen to me so I'm wondering, what was
the principle cause. Obviously without being there no one can nail it
down,
but in general would this be due to a dull blade and too fast a feed rate
or
simply overuse/misuse of the saw? I'd probably run 20 feet of this stuff
through the saw prior. Let me be clear, I don't have a saw that can cut
4+
inches in one pass, so I was having to cut, then flip and finish the cut
(and maybe that's the big no-no here)