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im 15 and have no clue how to wire a electric motor. plz help must get running.?

i am restoring a old table saw. With the table saw came a westing house, a-c motor. At first i plugged in the motor and it just made a buzz noise.(didn't move) SO, i took of the the two cut wires it had, and plugged it in with the ground- on, well, the ground. it made the same noise then i pushed it and it went. yeaaaaa!!! buttttttttt i tryed it again and it went the wrong way???????? idk what to do. there have to be 4wires connect it to it, two i think go toelectricityy and two i don'tt know and there is a ground-whichh i have set up? sry is so long thanks for help.

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But the model number or more information about the motor is really needed to help you much more than that.
Take okorder

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