oldmanmcgee wrote:

Bought at garage sale. Plugged it in and it acts at though it is bogged
way down. Turn it off, and tried again. The rotation of the shaft
switched, and continues to switch every time i turn in on and off. Any
Ideas. Tested voltage, that fine. something the key i think, appears to
be broken off the on/off switch


How about a model number? That will help locate a manual, and tell
who made it for Sears. Emerson made a lot of their saws in the past.
Does it have a run capacitor?