Motor needs replaced or rewound

[Mike B]

The saw has been a good worker for me. My son turned the switch on, went into another room to plug in the extension cord (at a job site) and then took a few minutes to walk back to it.
Apparently a small chunk of wood was wedged in the blade guide and it caused the motor to smoke.

Is it reasonable to replace the motor? Has anyone done this? Right now it's just taking space up until I find a motor for it.

Thanks for any input on this.

[Duane]

I would check the brushes out 1st.
If they are not cracked and at least half the material is still present on them then you know the windings have burnt the insulation off. In which case it will be time for either a new field assembly or a whole new motor. My guess is the insulation has burnt off of the field assembly and you don't need a completely new motor, BUT I am not a specialist or a tech so take that for what ever its worth to you.

I would take the motor to an electrician to get the field and armature tested 1st though to make sure which is bad or that only one of the two is bad.