Is it me or does it seem Porter Cable has gone the way of Dewalt and othersthat have been bought out by Multi National Conglomerate's ? I use to havean old PC 14.4 cordless hammer/driver 7years old and that thing ran like achamp. Only needed to buy 3 new batteries in 7 years and I use it everyday!The sad thing is it was stolen about 2 weeks ago, so started looking at areplacement and not happy. And they're now built in Freakin China now!! What would be a good replacement these days? Or are all built like shit?Rich

Check out Bosch. Popular on job sites and rentals around here. Amazona good source, CPO Bosch for refutbs, new, and rebuilt. ConsiderMilwaukee, too. HTHJoe

evodawg wrote innews:gqvplt$a2b$ I might have liked the $lider :-)

Porter Cable Quality ???

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evodawg 17 years ago

I have the 12" Hitachi and have no complaints, works great. I do a lot of crown and needed the extra 2" and didn't want a sliding miter.

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Michael Dobony 17 years ago

I got a great closeout deal on a cordless DeWalt set at Lowes. The hammerdrill clutch is trash. It will drive a deck screw through the decking on setting 1 and that is how DeWalt said it was designed :( After THREE NEW drills I was blessed by having the set stolen. I now have an M18 Milwaukee set and it is GREAT! You will not go wrong with Hilti, Bosch, or Hitachi. Stay away from DeWalt except for the drywall cutout tool.

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Red Green 17 years ago

evodawg wrote in news:gqvplt$a2b$ snipped-for-privacy@news.motzarella.org:

I might have liked the $lider :-)

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