In the QandA section, Sandor Nagyszalanczy identified a bad capacitor as the most likely culprit in a grinder that would not start unless spun by hand, and suggested that any motor repair shop could easily replace it. This rather curious comment followed. – Editor

"While this should correct the problem, it could be pretty expensive to have a motor repair shop do the work. I believe that many, if not most, readers, being pretty handy men and women, could easily replace it themselves for a lot less money. I found a new starter capacitor for $3.60 at a local electrical supplier and it took about 20 minutes to replace. It took considerably longer to find the local supplier that had the right component. Oh yeah, forgot to mention, I do have several degrees in electrical engineering, but it really isn't rocket science." – Jim Jones