I am glad to have two functioning drills again among the rest of my 18v cordless, Porter-Cable tools. I employed the drill this weekend and it works fantastically, once again. I couldn’t see how the wire was routed from the factory as the drill sort of spilled into pieces when I was forcing it apart. The only real challenge to assembly of this drill was this black wire that seemed to be oddly short, compared to the other wires. It required some extra persuasion to get the wire in a place that would not pinch it when fastening the halves together. I imagine it was placed after the halves of the drill were fascinated together… but how? I would like to see how they actually stuck that in that location on the assembly line. I am fascinated by the placement of the RF theft prevention tag. A little RF theft prevention tag stuck on the inside of the base of the drill. While reassembling the drill, I discovered what was causing the resistance to disassembly.

Worst case, it doesn’t hold up and I try something else so there was nothing to lose. I was a bit skeptical but the model maker assured me that the rapid-prototypes that are made in sections are held together quite successfully with this adhesive.

The two parts allowed me to layer and harden some more of the glue around the base for added strength. The model maker I took it to, looked at the parts and said that the first course of action he would try would be to use an industrial strength version of Loctite with an accelerator. I wasn’t sure what the best solution was for fixing the switch so I took the part and its broken bit to the model shop to consult one of the many individuals, all of which are more adept and providing an effective solution. It was no longer able to move the selector mechanism at the bottom of the motor assembly. Upon examining the Forward/Reverse Button, it was very apparent what exactly had failed: a very small pin that protruded from the component simply sheered off. It is basically a handle with a trigger designed around a motor and gear box. After applying what I would consider an unreasonable amount of force, the drill exploded in my hands. The drill was held together with 8, easily accessible, screws but there was some significant resistance at separating the two halves of the drill. I had some time at that moment, waiting on feedback from an engineer to some design of a some part or system so I decided to investigate the true failure of the drill as I explain how the drill ended up at my desk. “Hey Porter-Cable! I love Porter-Cable! Why is it sitting there?” Like so many other good intentions, they start well and just end up sitting, and it did until a coworker made a comment. I brought the drill to work with the intent of taking advantage of the tools in the model shop to conduct the repair. I planned to fix it after my family vacation but it ended up just sitting… for a long time. While cutting the hole, the drill jerked, my thumb hit the Forward/Reverse Button, something snapped and the button moved back and forth freely with a limp rattle. In my late-night cramming to complete the project, I was obviously not at my peek, exhausted and not ensuring my drill remained coaxial to the hole I was drilling. When renovating house in 2014, I broke the Forward/Reverse Button while drilling a 4 inch hole for the purpose of routing a vent for a bathroom. As more tools were being released, more were going to be available for this system and I had a project for every one. At that time, I was a HUGE Porter-Cable fan as they enabled me to add to this system more very useful 18v tools. I got these tools to conduct some renovations on rental property and they all worked very well. It came with a drill, reciprocating saw, circular saw and a rather nice flashlight. If you’d like to learn more about cordless batteries then we suggest you read our article on Lithium-Ion vs Nickle Cadmium Batteries.I bought into the 18v Porter-Cable cordless tool system in 2009 with the 4-tool Combination kit. WHERE: All The Home Depot locations in the U.S. You can learn the benefits of lithium-ion & view product demos any time at. Lithium-ion chemistry is not harmful to the environment and it outperforms NiCad by as much as 50 percent, requiring less charging time and saving energy. WHY: After doing your bit to save the environment, reward yourself with an upgrade! Trade up to a lithium-ion drill – a revolutionary cordless tool that offers more power and less weight, charge fast and run longer.

The Home Depot will recycle old drills and batteries with an environmentally safe, zero-landfill process, ensuring that every piece of material is reprocessed for reuse. WHAT: Drop off your old or broken drill and battery at your local Home Depot store for recycling. Are you in the market for a new drill? Do you own an older NiCad Drill? If so you might want to take advantage of The Home Depot Drill Recycling Event going on now at your local THD Store.

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