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

Radial arm saws usually have universal motors. Hard to see how one
of those can run backwards. But, if it is an induction motor, a bad
starting cap could certainly cause that.

Jon