Get the Motor Running

Pretty much ever since I bought a used Hitachi Bandsaw for re-sawing, I've hated the puny little stock motor that it came with. Don't get me wrong - it's a cute little motor, if all you ever resaw is cute little pieces of wood. The motor is rated 1.5 HP, but I think they misplaced the decimal point and it's really 0.15 HP. Naturally, I've ignored the need to replace the motor until I've actually needed to replace the motor. I suspect the motor felt my contempt towards it's meager performance and very graciously and unceremoniously died on me last week. So...motor shopping I went. I looked at various online vendors and then wandered over on Ebay. There, I stumbled onto someone selling overstock BALDOR motors running at the lower RPM of 1740. And it was the frame size I needed for the Hitachi. So I ordered it and am now waiting patiently to get the motor running. The whole idea of replacing the motor came about 3 years ago I asked Bruce Creps at Notable Woods (http://www.notablewoods.com) who also uses the same type of Hitachi as I do, what he did to upgrade his motor. And he very graciously responded and gave me a few tips about the pulley size. BTW, they sell very beautiful wood and they re-saw A LOT of wood.