Need more start up torque

[randyjaco]

I just looked at other 14 inch metal cutting band saws and they all had 3/4 or 1 HP motors.
Is the Century motor really the original motor or was it re-powered at some point by the previous owner and not done correctly?
I would check the date coding here and see if the age of the motor matches the date of manufacture of the saw.
http://vintagemachinery.org/mfgindex/detail.aspx?id=2461

Keeping things original is great when possible. But having working machinery is more important to me persoanlly than having a museum quality tool in my shop that I can't use. Your thoughts and mileage may vary.

Since it's likely to be a 1920's motor, the codes didn't work. I am going to have to tear it down next week. Too many things happening this week.