I started milling cypress stripps Sunday and continued Monday. Other than one bowed board which gave me a workout keeping it next to the rip fence, progress was going fine. I lost count, but I think I have about 100 strips. I have more wood to cut, but about a foot into cutting one strip, my saw expelled a small puff of smoke and stopped working. The cypress was cutting easy. The board wasn't binding. My best guess is I let sawdust build up under the table and get into the motor. After cutting each 1x10 I was stopping to sweep up the garage, but I had not been cleaning up around the saw motor.

I have now cleaned up under the saw table, and tried the reset switch without any luck. I am still hoping it was dust and wood chips that burned and not the motor. My saw is a direct-drive Delta, model 36-600. I have had the saw less than two years.

Looks like there will be a delay before I get the last of my strips milled.

Anyone have anything similar happen with their saw? Am I looking at a motor replacement?

Brian Ramoly