I dimpled a few holes and then went to cut something on the bandsaw. Loud noise followed by no noise and darn, a dead bandsaw. It should be noted that things like this happen, all the time. As tools age things weaken, such as the handle on my drill press. It just broke off. The new handle is a cheap vise grip and it works fine. Next the band saw motor made a terrible noise and locked up. I thought it bit the dust, but a buddy of mine decided to check it out, (thanks Roger) so we removed it and sure enough it worked. Reinstalled it and it's now fine. We figured a bolt loosened and the motor cocked and locked up. Stuff like that just slows things down, but that's life. I guess I learned that things get old and break. You can do a cheap, but adequate fix or buy a new one. ($$$)