After twenty-some odd years of working on motorcycles and LBC's with hand tools I finally decided to treat myself and spring for an air compressor - now I need to get the air tools! The first purcha
You will definitely want to go with the 1/2", leave the 3/8" for the Air Ratchet. The Chicago Pneumatic brand is in fact Harbor Freight and the cheap crap you talk of. Alright for some people but if
My I-R impact is an old one.>> Yep, HAS to be Frank!! Now for my .02, Skip. Blue Point from Snap-On. May or may not be US Made. That said, is will still have to BEST of all the warrenties around. All
My personal opinion - Snap-On has good stuff and a great warranty. It's their motto that gets me - "You can buy better, but you can't pay more". (ducking and running - lol) Rick
Author: "Larry B. Macy, Ph.D." <macy@bbl.med.upenn.edu>
Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2006 21:57:16 -0400
Oh man, I gotta agree with Ed?????? Snap on and MAC make the best friggin tools anywhere. IMHO. I, personally like the MAC wrenches over the Snap-On ones, wider sides for ease on the fingers. I built
<<I've got a bunch of Stanley wrenches, sockets and ratchets that I've been using for nearly 40 years now and never broken or damaged. >> Sorry Jim, you are NOT talking apples to apples. Buy one of t
Ah yes, Stanleyson --New britian, china They turned chink about 5 years ago. So all my carpenter tools are now Irvin since the chink stanley stuff is just like all the other chink dung forged metal.
But I believe my point is still valid. There are lots of applications of this principle. I could buy a $500 Precision Instruments Torque wrench, but why should I when I would most likely never need i
OK, Dr. Macy, the world in nearing The End!!!!!! Now FRANK C. agrees with me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! <<Ah yes, Stanleyson --New britian, china They turned chink about 5 years
Those are the best brands. There are 2 ways that impact wrenches will help you1) Loosening/tightening things that require more torque than you can apply by hand. You want a good 1/2" drive for this.
Harbor freight sells CENTRAL pneumatic, which I would assume is a low quality product. CHICAGO pneumatic is one of the best, and in our experience at my dad's shop is better than IR.
-- "Larry B. Macy, Ph.D." <macy@bbl.med.upenn.edu> I haven't used MAC, but have used Snap-On very extensively on flight lines at Edwards and Warner Robins air force bases. They are the best I've used
I have an old Buffalo Pneumatic 1/2 inch drive impact. I bought it in the 70's and it still kicks a$$. It is one of the few air tools that I own that actually has a serial number on it! I can't remem
One tool I use more than any other is a CORDLESS impact wrench. It fills the bill for item 2, though not so much for item 1. It produces enough torque (40 to 50 lbs) to loosen the average bolt and lu