Well, it seems like I'm the next in line to fall victim to the Porter Cable 7529 router.
I bought this about 8 years ago and have barely worn down the brushes 25%, taken great care of it.
The speed control aparently went bad and the brushes overheated trashing the armature.
Probably $100 to fix it now..
Is it even worth writing Porter Cable a letter of discontentment?
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> Well, it seems like I'm the next in line to fall victim to the Porter
> Cable 7529 router.
> I bought this about 8 years ago and have barely worn down the brushes 25%,
> taken great care of it.
> The speed control aparently went bad and the brushes overheated trashing
> the armature.
> Probably $100 to fix it now..
>
> Is it even worth writing Porter Cable a letter of discontentment?
If it makes you feel better but they will probably laugh.
On Sun, 28 Jan 2007 17:38:59 GMT, <[email protected]>
wrote:
>Well, it seems like I'm the next in line to fall victim to the Porter Cable 7529 router.
>I bought this about 8 years ago and have barely worn down the brushes 25%, taken great care of it.
>The speed control aparently went bad and the brushes overheated trashing the armature.
>Probably $100 to fix it now..
>
>Is it even worth writing Porter Cable a letter of discontentment?
Considering that even P-C admitted a couple of years after its
introduction (and several years ago) that it had faults, you'd
probably just be piling on with a message to the choir. They replaced
the 7529 in their product line with the allegedly improved 8529. It's
virtually indistinguishable in appearance from the 7529.
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