load up the motor. It sounds like you may have a bad set of bearings
in the motor, but you didn't mention any abnormal noise. Is there any?
Hey Bruce,

There was no noise. The first indication I had of something being
wrong was a hesitation and slow start when I turned it on.

At any rate I've waited several hours now giving the motor time to
cool down. I just tried it again and I'm afraid the motor is shot.
It was slow starting and on the second attempt it started but ran in
reverse.

I know that sounds crazy but it ran in both directions. At least it
did for a few minutes. I removed the belt and it did the same thing
running free. There was no noise but after about a minute I could see
a lot of smoke coming out of it on from the headstock end and a very
strong smell of buring plastic. Looks like I'll have to order a new
motor if I'm to use the Jet mini cause even though it's low on hours
that motor is bad.