RE: Any experience with electric impact guns?

["Neal Tovsen" <sixteen.volt@verizon.net>]

I'd be interested in hearing the responses you get too.

IIRC, Chicago Electric is Harbor's "cheap-and-made-in-who-knows-where"
brand. I have their $19.99 4" angle grinder. Presuming it's a typical
example, I would say that it is a decent deal for the price. The grinder has
not failed me and appears to be holding up rather well after several long
days of use, but it is DEFINITELY NOT super high quality. For me, I needed a
grinder but figured I probably won't need it often. If it breaks and I have
to buy two more of them to complete the job, I'll still come out ahead.
However, if it is a tool you will need often and you rely on it, spend the
money for Milwaukee or something similar.

Neal

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> [mailto:owner-scirocco-l@scirocco.org]On Behalf Of josh Wyte
> Sent: Friday, December 07, 2001 9:06 AM
> To: quattro@audifans.com; A4@audifans.com; scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> Cc: vw-vr6@onelist.com
> Subject: Any experience with electric impact guns?
>
>
> Sorry bout the total cross posting guys.
>
> Please reply privately to me...
>
> I need to buy an impact gun to work on my project and
> I've priced out several.  There's the $180 Craftsman
> 300 ft lb one, then Harbor Freight has several.
>
> However, Harbor Frieght has 2 that cost $49.99 and
> seem to have about the same specs as the ones that
> cost closer to $200.  They're made by Chicago Electric
> Industrial.  240 ft lbs of torque, 120 Volts, 7 Amps,
> 2400 BPM, 2100 RPM unloaded.
>
> Primarily I'll be using it to break free suspension
> bolts, lug bolts etc...
>
> Anyone heard of this/used it with good results?
> Obviously I'm attracted by the super low price tag in
> comparison to the others.  I can actually buy one of
> these *and* a set of impact sockets and still eat real
> food!  :-)
>
> -josh
>
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