I have one and will be contacting PC for a replacement base with handle. Please see details below, or click on image to be redirected to the US Consumer Products Safety Commission.

Units

About 100,000 in the United States and about 7,800 in Canada

Description

Four Porter-Cable 3 1/4 horsepower, electric, fixed-base production routers and one production router base are being recalled. The recalled routers are about 11 inches tall and 7 inches wide. The top of the router motor is black plastic and has the on/off switch for the router. The base is painted gray and has two side handles, an adjuster ring on the top and a clamp screw on the rear. The side handles on the base of recalled routers have no insulation. The Porter-Cable name and logo are on the front of the base. The recalled routers and base were manufactured from 1990 to April 2014. The following router models are being recalled:

 

Model Number	Speed/Feature
7518	5-speed
7519	1-speed
7519EC	1-speed/has an extended chuck
22-7519-60	1-speed/ uses 220-volt power source

 

The router model number and the manufacture date code are on a metal plate on the back of the upper motor housing. The date code consists of the year of manufacture, the week of manufacture and the manufacturing plant code in the YYYY WW-XX format.

 

The router base is model number 75361 and is also sold separately. The model number is located on the side of the base opposite the Porter-Cable label.

Incidents/Injuries

None reported

Remedy

Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled routers and router bases, unplug the routers and contact Porter-Cable for a free replacement router base with insulation on the handles.

Sold at

Major industrial equipment suppliers and woodworker suppliers nationwide from 1990 to April 2014 for about $85 to $690 depending on the model.

Manufacturer

Black & Decker (U.S.) Inc., dba Porter-Cable, Towson, Md.

Importer/Distributor

Black & Decker (U.S.) Inc., dba Porter-Cable, Towson, Md.

Manufactured in

Mexico.

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John Morris
The Patriot Woodworker

Thanks, John!

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Lew Kauffman-
Wood Turners Forum Host

Time Traveler and Purveyor of the Universe's Finest Custom Rolling Pins!

You bet Lew, I actually have one, so I'll be performing the recall, I'll let yall know how smooth the process went.

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John Morris
The Patriot Woodworker

They have been this way since 1990  and no one has been injured but they are incurring the cost to make sure?

Maybe the GM debacle has put the fear of god in to them. What with Justice talking criminal charges.

I remember the stapled Ford Pinto  gas tank explosions and Ford quite publicly let it be known that the cost to change the tank design was more than the cost to defend the wrongful death  law suits  and damages awards so they left the deadly gas tanks in the Pintos and kept selling 'em. 

How times have changed.