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From: sasaki@harvard.ARPA (Marty Sasaki)
Newsgroups: net.rec.wood
Subject: Quality control - Porter Cable
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Date: Mon, 11-Nov-85 19:56:48 EST
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Posted: Mon Nov 11 19:56:48 1985
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Summary: 

Rockwell was pretty well known for quality machines. Towards the end,
the quality control really slipped. Delta bought most of the
stationary machines, while Porter Cable re-acquired the hand tools.
Quality was still pretty poor with Porter Cable.

About a year ago, the employees of Porter Cable bought the company.
They realized that things had to improve, or the comany would go
under. There has been a definite increase in the quality of Porter
Cable tools.

I have gathered this information from several local woodworking stores
and local professional woodworkers.

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  Marty Sasaki				net:   sasaki@harvard.{arpa,uucp}
  Havard University Science Center	phone: 617-495-1270
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