DF 700 stopped working

[Craig Caughlan]

After years of excellent service and more than a couple thousand perforations en white oak, my DF 700 stopped working. It was being used for 30 minutes when it smoked and stopped. The motor was not that warm. I waited until it cooled down to see if it would restart. But no. Possibly the brushes after so much use. I'm in Mexico City, Mexico and there are no reppair faciliities for Mexico. I've done some googling to see if I could locate a source for brushes without success. I just wrote to Festool;s Repair Service. Any suggestions would be helpful. I can't imagine sending this tool back to the US for repair.

 

[Ultimate Tools Marketing]

If it smoked, I don't think that the brushes are the cause. If you do inspect the motor brushes however, it will be very clear if they are the issue - a pin will be pushing through the face.

 

[Neil Lickfold]

I would suspect that the armature needs replacing along with the brushes. Those parts should be available. For the 230v models, the motor parts and bearingas are available from partsworls in the UK. Not sure about the 120v version