On Sun, 27 Nov 2011 00:06:06 -0500, wrote:

On Sat, 26 Nov 2011 18:59:07 -0800, Gunner Asch
wrote:

On Sat, 26 Nov 2011 17:18:48 -0500, wrote:

On Sat, 26 Nov 2011 05:02:39 -0800, Gunner Asch
wrote:

On Fri, 25 Nov 2011 22:35:02 -0500, wrote:

On Fri, 25 Nov 2011 16:54:23 -0600, Ignoramus32097
wrote:

On 2011-11-25, wrote:
On Thu, 24 Nov 2011 23:22:30 -0500, "Stormin Mormon"
wrote:

I'm not properly set up. But, the fellows who are, seem to
really get a lot of good use out of thier air tools. Must be
a reason the pro repair garages use them.
The reason pros use them is they pack more power into a smaller
lighter unit, good ones last forever, there is NO shock hazard, and no
spark hazard when working around fuel vapours etc.

You can have my air impact when you can pry it out od my cold dead
hands - along with my air ratchet and drill.

The electric impact? I returned it after the first time I tried to use
it . total waste of money and effort.

I have a 3/4" electric impact, that works very well. Took off forklift
wheel nuts very quickly.

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and 3 times as heavy as a good air operated one.

Yes and no.

Did you add in the weight of the compressor?

Gunner

Did you add in the weight of the coal fired generator, or the nuke??

I don't carry the compresser around - just string out the hose.

Thats going to be hard to do out in the field, isnt it?

My genny weighs a hell of a lot less than a compressor..and your
compressor not only is big and heavy..but it too needs the nuke or coal
fired power plant.

My electric tools bypass the middle man ...G

Gunner

Lots of service trucks have either self contained or engine mounted
compressors to allow use of air tools "in the field"

And CO2 tanks are a lot less bulky, and a lot lighter, than a
generator (or compressor) for "limited" field use.

Indeed they do. And in fact..I have a gasoline powered air compressor
(Emglo) that I use. Doesnt have a tank however..which means I have to
keep a tank at hand. (Im needing a carby rebuild kit currently for
it..very hard to start)

And I have indeed used CO2 tanks for exactly this as well.

And none of them require hooking up to a nuke or coal fired generator
VBG

And yes..I do have a big electric air compressor thats hooked to the
nuke/coal fired generator (actually I think my power comes from Hoover
Dam..so tis Green!) and lots and lots of air hoses. Probably 500 or more
feet of it.
And a bunch of air tools, everything from air powered jig saw to air
powered grinders, drills, ratchets, etc etce etc.

But when Im in a hurry to break off a lug nut or similar..I drag out the
electric impact wrench and plug it in, ZIPPPP and Im done. No waiting
for the compressor and its 120 gallon tank..and the subsidiary 80 gallon
tank to fill. Which can take a bit.
(VBG)

:P

Gunner


Gunner

One could not be a successful Leftwinger without realizing that,
in contrast to the popular conception supported by newspapers
and mothers of Leftwingers, a goodly number of Leftwingers are
not only narrow-minded and dull, but also just stupid.
Gunner Asch