Comments on: Tool of the Week

By: Brian DR1665

Brian DR1665 — Sat, 16 May 2009 00:53:26 +0000

Oh man. I was just linked to the site today via Twitter and I’m enjoying poking around. Despite my tardiness in replying to this one, the cordless electric impact gun is the best.

This is my cordless impact gun. There are many like it, but this one is mine. Without me, my cordless impact gun is useless. Without my cordless impact gun, I am useless (or relegated to breaker bars, severe bleeding, and an endless river of swear words).

I was lucky and got one of those blue, “Goodyear Racing” 24V models for Christmas a couple years back. Recently, I played musical wheels with no fewer than FIVE cars in a single day. This was the tool to have, as the cars were located in three different locations. A single charge was all it took and made wheel swaps a fifteen minutes per car affair.

Greatness. Subscribed.

By: Slantsick

Slantsick — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 14:23:26 +0000

Nice- but after the previously-featured bigass hammer, I’d say the most important tool is the length of rugged pipe: the poor-man’s impact wrench. It’ll break any nut you put it on (one way or another) and it’s an excellent way of stress-testing your ratchet as well. After all, the lever was the first tool. (After fire, I suppose.)

By: Mike Bumbeck

Mike Bumbeck — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 03:23:25 +0000

Correct! The boneyard is the killer app for this tool.

By: casadelshawn

casadelshawn — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 03:02:36 +0000

Looks a lot like the Harbor Freight unit to me. It's no DeWalt, but great for boneyard stuff.

By: Mad_Science

Mad_Science — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 23:38:30 +0000

Where’d you get one for $40?

For the price of most of the cordless impacts I find, I could get a liquid CO2 setup and run the air tools off of that.

By: TV's Paul Y.

TV's Paul Y. — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 21:40:38 +0000

Good god, man, why was I not previously aware of the existence of electric impact wrenches?
This is a major failure on my part.

I could also see this being handy, living, as I do, in a modest apartment in the woods– an air compressor just isn’t a practical thing to keep in my home.

By: Ed

Ed — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 20:38:31 +0000

Word. I’ve got a 1/2 inch drive Snap On version of this and it’s by far my favourite piece of kit. So much so that even in the workshop my air impact wrench now sees little action. You kind of wonder how you ever managed without one!

By: jeremy!

jeremy! — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 19:54:02 +0000

Hmmm…I like this idea. I’ve always wanted an impact wrench but the lack of a proper garage limits my ability to have a large compressor. Got a brand name?