[Dewalt miter saw won’t work in the cold]

I’ll be staying up in Sask for now. This has been the coldest winter we’ve had in a long time. I’m gonna try to take apart my miter saw this weekend. I mainly use it to cut cement board siding. Might be full of cement dust. We’ll see. 

[Dewalt miter saw won’t work in the cold]

Working outside in -20 degree Celsius. My miter saw doesn’t want to fire up right away, it screeches and slowly turns for about ten seconds and sometimes starts to smoke before it starts spinning normally. It keeps working fine after that if I’m continually making cuts. The blade is stiff to turn by hand too before I get it going for the first time. All my other saws (skill saw, table saw etc.) work fine. Only have a problem with the miter saw.