"Kevin Singleton" wrote:

It sounds like a problem I'm having with my drill press. From what little I
know about electric motors, it's probably a start/run capacitor. I doubt
it's the blade, though.

It was the capacitor. I replaced it and the bandsaw is back to its old self.
It only cost $8 from an electric motor shop, so it may be easier to just to try
a new one instead of diagnosising the old one.
-- Doug