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I have been using a General 260 for 15 years and find it to be very
good. But, in the last few months have had problem with it losing power
and stalling out. I end up taking lighter cuts to avoid stalling it. The
belts seem ok, and I cleaned them, not sure why its losing power? Any
ideas or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

I don't know anything about this lathe but if it's a Standard "Capacitor
run" motor the capacitor may be failing.

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Stuart Winsor