Porter Cable At Home Depot

stp57

I have never owned Porter Cable tools, but I have always assumed that they were quality made. I ran across some of their cordless tools yesterday at HD & they appear to be made as cheap (pricewise also)as Black & Decker now. The cordless circular saw was an embarrassment for such a grand old brand name. Does PC happen to have two levels of cordless tools?
Steve

MALCO.New.York

Yes they do. The ones they make today and the ones they USED TO MAKE!

PC is B&D!

__________________
Something to One may be Nothing to another!

Ultimate Wisdom---------
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OW-cnizLDEE

woodworkbykirk

yup they've gone downhill, the only stuff thats sold around here by pc is the compressor combo kits, sanders and routers ( the routers are still good), might see the odd circ saw here or there too,

i

neolitic

Gawd I hope they don't fk
with my circular saws or routers!



Is it really a router if it isn't gray?????

__________________
Put your location in your profile!
(Sorry....it seems there really are dumb questions)

BKFranks

They're owned by Black and Decker.

Here's the list of tool company's they own: http://www.bdk.com/
Black and Decker, Dewalt, Porter Cable, and Delta

__________________

CrpntrFrk

WHAT!
I feel so used!

__________________
DO IT!! DO IT!! DO IT!!

Kastoria

Yeah I just bought the new combo set last week cuz I was so excited that porter cable finally stepped up and went lithium, new design etc. WRONG. I had the set at home for about 2 days...never used it and returned it-something just wasnt right, the feel seemed cheap all around. I was pissed. I like the older tools by pc that I have, they work great and reliable. But unless they go back to how they use to make them, they're out for now.

skymaster

CrpntrFrnk: Just to end your prolonged agony; Powermatic is owned by Jet tools, WMH is the umbrella corp: Milwaukee is owned by Ryobi. NO american tool companies left.

72chevy4x4

Is Milwaukee still a good tool?

I have an old PC 1/2" cordless drill from 99 which I've always loved-good balance and power, but the batteries are dead.

hughjazz

http://www.ttigroup.com/en/our_brands

wellbuilthome

PC is starting to suck . Home cheepo has there own line of PC tools . They are cheaper and no good Makita makes some good tools .

genecarp

GRIZZLY? Maybe not, i think alot of it is built overseas .

__________________

neolitic

Last I knew nearly all Grizzly
was Chinese.
Mostly made with old American
tooling shipped over there.
Yes, TTI owns Milwaukee and
Ryobi, not the way it was
presented above.

__________________
Put your location in your profile!
(Sorry....it seems there really are dumb questions)

skymaster

Gene; Grizzly 100% Taiwan and china sorry :{

Renegade 1 LI

I own a powermatic 66 made in the USA & I was just looking at on the other day & it still says made in the USA, salesman says they still build a few powermatic tools in Tn. He was explaing the tool number code & how you can tell where it is made.

WarnerConstInc.

I like german tools!

Joining_heads

ditto

threaderman

No kidding,I guess sometimes ignorance is bliss!

__________________
Joe ---International Code Council Member

Your plumbing & gas specialist proudly serving Oklahoma City OK, Moore, Warr-acres, Norman, Midwest City, Edmond, Bethany, Forest Park

woodworkbykirk

i saw a pc cordless drill in at rona the other day, 18 lith ion on the shelf for $150, looked bulky and awkward

as for things B&D owns, i see they own weiser locks, that explains why the local building supply has been getting alot of defective lock sets and passage sets returned defective. we use schlage no issues unless its missing some screws in the packaging

MALCO.New.York

Weiser has been Crap for years.

Schlage and Baldwin are the better Residential brands.

__________________
Something to One may be Nothing to another!

Ultimate Wisdom---------
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OW-cnizLDEE