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Larry Jaques Larry Jaques is offline
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Default Impact wrench torque

On Sat, 23 Feb 2008 11:03:19 -0600, with neither quill nor qualm, F.
George McDuffee quickly quoth:

On Sat, 23 Feb 2008 11:46:26 -0500, Joseph Gwinn
wrote:

What torque is your arm rated for? It seems unlikely that any human can
put a 1000# push on a handheld tool that might be 12" in diameter at
most.

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There is a reason these are called *IMPACT* guns


Yabbut, methinks the 1,000# figure is calculated using Searz Foot
Pounds. I doubt a 1/2" gun would do better than 300, with a 3/4 or 1"
drive capable of doing up to 1k.

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