"Bob" wrote in message
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Recently acquired a decent 2 hp 110/220a motor, and am now wondering if
it would be too much for my little BS. Has anyone had any experience
with big motors on small bandsaws? Would this be the funny car of the
woodshop?

An electric motor HP rating is what its capable of putting out. If you do
not stress it, it does not produce any more HP than your existing motor.
The
only way to make it produce the full 2HP is to really load it up. So you
are in control. Go for it.

Two horse 110 is stretching things, which make me wonder if it's not one of
those 3450 cap start cap run types. If so, remember to change the pulleys.

The belt effectively limits the power available to the tool, but with a
bandsaw's low torque requirements, shouldn't be a problem, just overkill.