"Duane Bozarth" wrote in message
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TP wrote:

Hi,
I have a Delta 12 1/2 in planer. I accidentally fed a strip of wood of
1/8
in thick through the planer and didn't realize that the thinest limit is
3/16. It planed ok but after that it won't start anymore. Did I just
burn
the motor by doing that? Is there a fuse or something to protect
overloading? Anyone ran into the same problem?

Have you lowered the tables? Perhaps the head is jammed against
something solid?

Does it try and stall or is there simply no power to the motor?

Sounds coincidental to me...if it was running fine when you finished and
turned it off, I'm thinking more than likely you've had a switch failure
or some such. Don't have one so don't know what was done about overload
protection. I assume that would be in the operations manual if you can
read the Chinese... There's always Delta's 800 number if no more
direct help here.
Doesn't it have a universal motor? Those things aren't famous for
reliability.
Does it have a thermal overload switch? If there is one, push it and try
again.
Can you turn the motor shaft by hand (disconnect it first)? If you can't,
the motor must be repaired or replaced.
Don't apply power to the unit if you can't turn the motor shaft by hand. If
you do this, you are merely finishing the job of destroying the motor.
Jim