On Sun, 08 May 2016 15:49:10 +0100, Bob Minchin wrote:

Mr Macaw wrote:
My jigsaw started sparking and throwing out smoke, so I took it to bits,
found a shorted coil in the motor, and disconnected it. But it's still
doing this (sew video). Is there anything that can be done, or does it
go in the bucket?

https://www.dropbox.com/s/75z1zyve3jajgg7/Saw.AVI?dl=0

You need to repair the coil not remove it.

Removing it makes the motor provide force 23/24ths of the time. How is that wrong? And why would it still flash at the brushes when the shorted one is removed?

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