I bought a used Festool Trion PS 300 EQ-Plus jigsaw for my son earlier this year. I borrowed it recently. A few days ago I tried to cut through 1/4" BB ply with it because I thought that was the easiest quickest way for me to get it cut. I clamped a level to the plywood to use as a fence for the jigsaw. As you can see I didn't get very far into the cut when it started throwing sparks off. I noticed that the blade had turned inward! I can't see anyway I could have turned that jigsaw. What the heck is going on here?
This was the second time I'd attempted to do this same exact thing. I think the first time I was trying to cut through 3/4" BB ply. I figured that was just too thick for it and thought even the cheapest jigsaw could make it through 1/4" ply without any problems. Wrong!
Could the tool be bad? Is it worth fixing? If so how would that work? I know these green tools are expensive as the dickens. How's the warranty on them?
Any thoughts or ideas are appreciated.
Thanks, Mike
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