I picked up what appears to be a pretty good Porter Cable 5182 15-A (3 HP) router at a sale this weekend. Does anyone have any experience with these? Any opinions? It went REALLY cheap and I figured I couldn't go wrong. If nothing else, it weighs enough to make a pretty good boat anchor . Anyway, I plugged it in and tried it out when I got home and it seems to work okay. It's got a 5-position switch for speed control that's some form of very early electronic control it appears. The lowest setting seems to have some trouble stabilizing, but the other 4 settings appeared to run good. I think it may need a new set of brushes too. Anyway, I'd really appreciate any information anyone might have on this model.

Sounds like a 7518, if it is its an excellent router, I have one in a table that i have used for many years.

regards
jerry

I bought one of these back in the 80s, it's since been discontinued and replaced by the 75182. The collet broke on mine and I cannot find a replacement anywhere. It worked ok but I had trouble with the bits wandering up and down. So I was always over tightening to avoid this problem and that caused my collet to brake. good luck

I have the same router 5182 on my gerber cnc. Its an older one and i am having issues with it, though would like to buy another because all the replacements are too mall in diameter. Would you be interested in selling?

Thanks Eric

Want to sell it?

Please email [email protected]

Thanks, Eric

I just bought a 5182 at community garage sale, it appears old, very heavy, the speed setting appears broken but it works.

Dan

Hello and welcome to the forum. Dan
the thread you are following is quite old

it may be the capacitors in the controller...
change them out...