FWIW, I've heard bad things about almost all of Porter-Cable's line except things like routers and circular saws. They seem to make rock-solid things-that-spin-fast-and-hard, but more trouble with things that are a little more delicate.

Also, FWIW, Porter-Cable (and Delta) are now owned by B&D, too. That only happened about a year ago, so they might not have sent all that factory work to the lowest bidder yet.