According to Larry Jaques :
On 13 Oct 2007 03:47:24 GMT, with neither quill nor qualm,
(DoN. Nichols) quickly quoth:
According to Larry Jaques :
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Ah, a reboxed HF gun. Gotcha.
Well ... it is nicely anodized a Burgundy color, and it was
nicely polished before anodizing. I've not seen the Harbor Freight
ones (no local branch that I know about here in Northern VA). But I
would not expect a HF air tool to look as nice.
They don't, I assure you.
I somehow did not expect them to. Whether the works of mine are
as good as the exterior appearance remains to be seen. :-)
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Quickest fix: Go talk to a body man at
the nearest body shop. He could show you how to use each chisel in
your set in ten minutes. If you were to take a pizza down at noon, you
might get more help than you imagined. 
That sounds like a good choice. Thanks!
They use air hammers on a daily basis and have a complete assortment
of chisel types for you to see.
Great!
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The MALE portion goes on the air tool, sir.
Of course. But while the tool is in use, the female has to be
connected to it -- and if the male is screwed directly into the handle
of the tool, that joint between them is going to be rattled rather
thoroughly.
I've never seen any problems with any of my tools at that junction.
Well, except the one I dropped directly on the connector from 6' up on
a 4-wheel alignent rack. It bent the connector and cracked the Rodac
tailcap, but a new connector installed with Gorilla Snot fixed it
right up. That's held for 25 years now so I don't think it's going
anywhere.
That sounds good enough. How often is the female on the hose
replaced? That is the part which I would expect to suffer more from the
vibration.
Note that the pigtail has
a male fitting on the loose end. giggle
The pigtail which I got has a male 1/4" NPT on each end.
I've seen them both ways, with 1 threaded end and 1 male QD fitting
end.
O.K.
Actually -- I already have an in-line oiler.
Bueno, bwana.
Makes it harder to forget to lube the tools (except the paint
guns). :-)
Right, do not use that line for painting. It looks funny.
Do you use different colored hoses for paint, I hope?
I will once I start painting. Right now, I'm using the air
primarily for driving various tools. One interesting one which I got
from a hamfest along with a nice screwdriver one is something called a
"Screw-Stick". It has a hex drive at the bottom and a tube to just
clear the points of the hex all the way through the body. What goes in
it is a series of short screws with a hex head, beveled just enough so
it will force the hex drive up when it reaches bottom. There is a
section about half the diameter of the screw thread connecting the head
of one to the screw of the next. When the screw bottoms, it drives only
through the narrow section, which wrings off as it torques the screw
into place, leaving you ready for putting the next screw in the next
hole. I wish that I could find a few more sticks. I'm reluctant to use
these up until I can get replacements. (I've been watching eBay for a
few years and not seen them.)
Stretch that last coil a bit until you get a spring which will hold in
a chisel but move enough to let you manhandle one out of the gun
without having to twist the sprint each time. You'll get used to it
pretty quickly, after maybe a couple dozen uses.
O.K. Thanks!
Um, I meant "spring", not "sprint".
I read it as "spring", given the context.
But the air chisels don't do your hand too much damage
without. The impact is primarily focused on the chisel end and air-
damped through the tool body. The stronger the tool, the softer it is
on your hand since you won't have to push very hard to get it to work.
O.K. I've been considering getting some of the cushioned
shooting gloves for use with my .41 Magnum. The rest of my firearms are
gentle enough so there is no problem.
Wuss! I take bandaids for shooting my KelTec 9mm. It eats my thumb
knuckle for lunch every time if I don't have one on there.
Hmm ... that sounds like a bit of poor design there. The .41
Magnum did not used to bother me, but with 66 years on these old joints,
things are a bit more sensitive now. :-) Sort of encourages me to load
up light loads. :-)
Thanks again,
DoN.
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