All Porter Cable cordless discontinued
Sorry if this post is redundant or dated information, I did some searches first before posting but couldn’t find anything similar.
Was at the DeWalt/Porter Cable repair facility today to pick up a part and the service tech told me that DeWalt is eliminating all Porter Cable cordless tools. All PC cordless tools being sold now are from inventory and they won’t be making any more. Porter Cable will still function as a brand but will focus on the “woodworking line”. He’ll still repair PC cordless for a while.
I did some useless complaining and he just shrugged and said it was a high level corporate decision. The “New Products” section on their website seems to match what he was saying. Who knows what they’re thinking. Maybe they think DeWalt has higher visibility and it’s a cost cutting thing to eliminate similar product lines.
Time to switch to Rigid, Bosch or whatever one’s preference is.
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I didn't know anyone ever bought them...........
Black& Decker, DeWalt, PC, & Delta- of course they are consolidating the product lines, wouldn't you?
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- Fyodor Dostoyevski
this is a good thing...
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming
WOW!!! What a Ride!
Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!
This is timely - I was just looking at my old 19.2V PC drill in the shop yesterday & was wondering if they still made any cordless stuff. Never really liked that drill anyway. IIRC, the batteries are shot & never bought any replacements.
Wasn't aware that DW owned P-C tho, guess that buyout slipped past me.
Mike
>This is timely - I was just looking at my old 19.2V PC drill in the shop yesterday & was wondering if they still made any cordless stuff. Never really liked that drill anyway. IIRC, the batteries are shot & never bought any replacements.<The tech told me yesterday they'll sell you a 19.2 battery for $90. How nice - what a deal!I've got 3 that are hosed. The saw and drill are still fine. So I'm going to rebuild them per directions I was given on another post.
I was thinking there must some source for the basic cells that go into all of these batteries. I would imagine they are like computers...pretty much all have the same guts.I've got an iPod speaker system that has a dead Lithium Ion battery in it that they don't sell a replacement for and went looking for any generic cell of the same rating. No luck as of yet...Steve
>I was thinking there must some source for the basic cells that go into all of these batteries.<Here's the thread I referred to.
http://forums.taunton.com/tp-breaktime/messages?msg=104993.1
Edited 6/3/2008 12:49 pm ET by jdarylh1
That link is to my message in this thread...Steve
>That link is to my message in this thread...Sorry. I fixed it. It should be correct now.
Wow, only $90, sounds like a bargain. . . Not!
You got a link to the site that tells how to rebuild the batteries? I would maybe consider it if it were easy & cheap enough.
That PC drill was my second, the first went up in smoke a week after I got it. Seems like I had a cheap moment and went with the PC instead of my usual Makita to save a few bucks. I know I regreted it from about the day I bought it.
Mike
>You got a link to the site that tells how to rebuild the batteries? I would maybe consider it if it were easy & cheap enough.<The link I posted above will take you to a thread that covers most of the information. I haven't done it yet, but it seems like it won't be too hard if one takes it slowly at first and pays attention.Just learned about this site: They'll rebuild a 19.2 for $38 + shipping.
http://www.wcbatteryrebuilders.com/Here's another one:
http://www.primecell.com/
Their charge is $51 + shipping. They upgrade the capacity though and have been doing it for a good whileBatteries Plus also rebuilds.
Thanks
PC use to be made in jackson tn and it was PC... about 1995 i think... b&d purchased them and they went to hell... I use to work for/with them in their Nascar sponsorship... that all went away... even then when i could get PC cordless tools for free i never had any... so not sure it is a bad thing... but i do like the rest of the stuff i was able to get as "samples" it was a fun time free tools for me for the asking...
p
There goes any chance of selling my Bammer.
that tool will be worth a fortune some day because it is practiclly new...
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming<!----><!----><!---->
WOW!!! What a Ride!Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!
you see this????
After complaining a bunch PC offered to replace the Bammer with any equal value product. ...
http://www.amazon.com/review/product/B0000225L3?showViewpoints=1
I'm all over it in the mornig....
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming<!----><!----><!---->
WOW!!! What a Ride!Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!
What'd you find out?
dunno yet..
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming<!----><!----><!---->
WOW!!! What a Ride!Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!
After complaining a bunch PC offered to replace the Bammer with any equal value product. ...
Does that mean they will replace it with another worthless POS?
Polish it up real nice and I'll bet you could get $5 at a good flea market.