Old table saw.

Back around 1980 I bought a Craftsman 10 inch, 3 horsepower, cast iron table saw to help in building my garage. I used it off and on since then. It came with me when we moved to Louisiana in 2015. A few months ago I went to use it and the motor acted real strange. I checked the capacitors and found one of two had popped open. I bought some new ones and got the motor running again after several tries and capacitor changes. I went to use it the other day and the blade got jammed and the motor stopped. Nothing I did would make it run. The circuit breaker wasn't tripped and the switch on the saw wasn't broken. I swapped out one of the capacitors, still nothing. I tried to check the capacitors with a multi meter but my meter doesn't have a "Farad" setting. As I was getting ready to try a different test I noticed a red button on the motor and I remembered from the first go around that the motor had a circuit breaker. I pushed the button and it clicked. A reset. I plugged it in and the moror started again. That saved several hundreds of dollars on a new table saw. And the new saw blade I bought can be used and not thrown away.

Just about ready for El Dorado.

The Oosa plane is flying well as is the Navion and Oriental. This will be the first time in a long time that I'm not using an OS.46LA engine on a contest plane.The Navion has an Evolution .60 and the Oriental has a Brodak .40. This morning I took the Oosa plane to the park to find out how much fuel to use for a pattern flight.l put in 4 .75 ounces and started the maneuvers. I got to the square eights when the air went very turbulent. I had to fly out the tank in level flight. Even then the plane was rocking in the wind. I had started a timer at engine start and it landed at 6 minutes and 45 seconds. I have 8 minutes to get the flight in so that should be enough fuel. The Evo .60 takes the same amount and the Brodak takes 3.5 ounces. I hope I do better in the raffle than I did last November. My plan is to get $10.00 worth of tickets on Saturday and $30.00 worth on Sunday. Saturday's raffle has small tools and stuff so I won't have that much to gain. Sunday has the kits and engines. A lot more valuable and useful.