Re: Was: OT 3/8" Air Impact Now: Electric 1/2" Impact

["Chris DeLong" <green536@hotmail.com>]

also keep in mind that chrome vanadium sockets are brittle and when used 
with an impact they can shatter and send dangerous debris at your eye ball 
at an alarming rate.

Chris DeLong
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Seattle, WA USA
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>From: "Dave Ewing" <rabbit16v@prodigy.net>
>To: "Scirocco List" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>Subject: Re: Was: OT 3/8" Air Impact Now: Electric 1/2" Impact
>Date: Sat, 6 Oct 2001 10:41:21 -0700
>
>The only reason you would need impact sockets is that they are easier on 
>the
>nut/bolt and they are easier on the impact gun since they are a softer 
>metal
>that chromium whatever.  Again this depends on how much you are going to 
>use
>them!!  I bought a small 1 inch extension in impact so I could save my
>impact guns and I believe sometimes the nuts/bolts get tighter and are
>broken loose easier with a harder metal socket!  If you will only use them
>to pull wheels and axle nuts then buy those sockets, watch out buying whole
>sets though usually half the sockets you will never use!!
>
>Dave
>
> >
> > I bought a Dewalt about 3 years ago (before I got an air compressor)
> > and used it quite abit. I was pretty satisfied with it. It was strong
> > enough to remove the front axle nuts which is why I bought it. I
> > couldn't do it using a 16" breaker bar. I think its rated @ 240 ft-lbs.
> >
> >
> > The craftsman looks to be the same thing and is about $20 cheaper.
> >
> > Another part of the cost is impact sockets if you don't already have
> > them.
> >
> > > I've been considering getting an electric impact.  Are they worth it?
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
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