A setting tool, comprising: at least one housing and an electrodynamic drive, wherein the electrodynamic drive comprises at least: a first
excitation coil; a movable
electrical conductor, for example a squirrel-cage rotor or a second coil, which is arranged movably in the setting tool; a driving-in element; a cable; a tensioning device for the at least one cable, comprising at least one spring element and a means for deflecting the force, wherein the at least one means for deflecting the force is preferably designed as a movable roller which furthermore preferably has a groove for receiving the cable; and a stop; characterized in that the cable is fastened at one end directly or indirectly to the movable
electrical conductor and at the other end directly or indirectly to the housing of the setting tool, and in that, in the inoperative state of the setting tool, the cable is tensioned by the tensioning device, by pretensioning of the spring element, so as to keep the movable
electrical conductor pulled into an inoperative position defined by the stop, and wherein, during a setting operation, the movement of the movable electrical conductor further tensions the spring element via the cable, after which the spring element rebounds again to a pretensioned state and pulls the movable electrical conductor back into its inoperative position.