In article <i9ZUj.126590$Cj7.48995@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, Calab <myspam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
wrote:
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>What should I really be looking at when checking out the impact
>wrenches?
Quality of fit and finish, and quality of the casting. You can buy the
$29 cheapie, and it'll work for most things although it will not be as
effective as a higher quality unit with the same force rating because it
won't be able to deliver that force for quite as long an impact. But it
will probably be okay for occasional use, until one of the castings
fragment and shoot pieces of metal all over the place.
For the most part, I am very, very wary of inexpensive impact tools,
because the Chinese just seem unwilling to use decent alloys and to
inspect their castings. But I would be MORE wary of an air-powered
cheapie than an electric cheapie because the consequences of a failure
are worse.
--scott
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"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."
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