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Are they imperial or metric? I had to chop a channel into two bolts holding down the table to get them off on the back end whereas the front was held down by standard hex head bolts which I found odd. All the sockets, spanners, hex etc in the world but they were larger than a 5mm and smaller than 6.

That looks very similar. The belts shouldn't be touching the bolt in between that connects the tilt mechanism shown in the picture should it? How would I go about loosening/tightening/aligning the belts?

The motor badge looked original, very old. Can't remember the exact name but B C, I want to say Crompton? 1.5hp, looks similar to others I have seen of this era anyway.

Managed to fix the start stop switch and get the bed off after a battle to remove some imperial hex bolts somewhere between a 5 and 6mm... Gotta love 'em Took off the blade and ran the motor for a good 5 mins or so as advised and no smoke. The belts were hot (probably not surprising) but then...

Yes it was taking a little while and I was taking it easy on it to be on the safe side. I don't think it was pinching, I couldn't feel the tell tale resistance. It felt more like a dull blade but I wouldn't expect that much smoke with no burn marks on the wood.

Sorry had to put my son to bed. Don't worry re: my fingers, I had a push stick for the right hand and my left is firmly posted to the table around 6" from the blade as a guide not holding onto the wood. I didn't see a riving knife so may have to buy or fabricate one. There was no burn marks on...

Glad the whine isn't something serious sounding.

I thought the engine would smoke if under load not all the time? I felt the blade soon after and it was cool to the touch. The smoke didn't seem to come from the blade but I will try a different one tomorrow. The smell isn't fishy, maybe sawdust but there was no burning on the wood cut at all...

So I just took delivery of a Startrite table saw and you can hear the whine when it starts up, I assumed from belt/belts that need replacing but then it billows out smoke when cutting a thin piece of soft wood. Would a belt throw out that much smoke or is the motor shot? Not the happy new tool...

What a fantastic and helpful thread! I have an old startrite table saw being delivered today which will need some TLC. Could I ask how you found out which belts you needed and where you got them from please? Did you oil the internal moving parts? If so what did you use? I have white lithium...