Busted jigsaw motor - fixable?

[Mr Macaw]

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?

[Mr Macaw]

Why can't I disconnect the shorted coil?

The reason is it's shit. The motor can't have had adequate cooling. I = was using it to cut wood, without pushing it hard, for about 10 minutes,= with a 50% duty cycle.

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[John Rumm]

You can usually get armatures - they are one of the more expensive bits, although with jigsaws the gearbox may cost more.

e.g. for:

A new armature is £40:

(see item 62)

Depending on model it might be more or less.

I bought a new armature for my SDS a while back, that was £26 inc delivery - certainly better than £100 for a new drill.

[Mr Macaw]

Couldn't I short a winding 180 degrees round from the already shorted one?

[Dave Plowman (News)]

Really? Bought some plastic parts for my Bosch jigsaw when the blade locking mechanism failed. I thought the price silly.

[Mr Macaw]

Funny, that's exactly the part that failed on my Bosch, hence I bought a cheap shit one next. I couldn't get a spare.