Well the positive thoughts of Dan and GrayBeard paid off, it works again!!!!
Well we had the whole saw apart. There is a surprising amount of circuit boards and such in the saw. My husband checked all the wires for electricity, and he did find one connection that was a little loose. Nothing was burned out or smoking. He thinks that a thermal break may have been over heating in addition to the loose wire. But when he plugged it in to test it, it worked! He even made the blower work better while he had it apart.
I did have a Dewalt on my Christmas list just in case, but it isn't quite in the budget this year. Maybe by the time my birthday rolls around.
Well back to making sawdust!
MrsN