On Sun, 08 May 2016 23:51:49 +0100, John Rumm wrote:

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.

For an expensive jigsaw, you can actually buy an armature for significantly less than the price of the whole tool? Isn't it the most expensive part?

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