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First, thanks Frank for all the help. It appears that the noise maker was the belt. After extracting a broken adjustment screw and replacing it, I was able to install the new belt. After fiddling with pulley height a bit, I turned on the motor and the sound was back to normal. The previous...

Hi Frank, Thanks for the quick reply. To answer your questions: FL - How did you know the spindle was still spinning? What did you see when the chuck was not spinning with the spindle? I could see the pulley over the spindle spinning over the top of the cover, and assumed the spindle was...

Hi Frank, Thanks for all the great articles. A few months back I found an old Craftsman DP model 103.23640. I flipped the switch, it purred to life and I bought it for $70. Since then I have used it on several projects, and then one day I screwed up. I was drilling though some 1/2" bar...