Got an awesome cordless drill with dead nicad battery packs and don't want to throw it out? maybe a welder is the answer you're looking for... if you are. Hello! i have a nice porter cable cordless drill with several battery packs. i don't know that any of them will even hold a charge, anymore. i saw an auction on. Nicd battery pack rebuild total cost at time of rebuild was $22.54 to rebuild the entire 14.4v pack with better than original batteries. here are soldering.