On 08/05/2016 15:23, 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

If its a decent jigsaw, then replace the armature. If not, bin it.


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Cheers,

John.

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