Any experience with electric impact guns?

[Richard Beels]

I have the B&D Industrial one, which is basically a black colored version
of the yellow DeWalt.  $150 and it's built like a tank.  Which is the
difference between it and the $60 chinese imports.  Better plastics, better
engineering, heavier-duty...

Cheap power tools are just like cheap almost everything else.  They do work
but they get hot quickly, have a lower duty cycle, don't tolerate drops
very well, are less efficient electrically, usually louder, cheaper
plastics, fit & finish isn't as good, etc...

If you just want to use it occasionally in the garage and never take it to
the track, go ahead and get the cheapie - just understand its
limitations.  FWIW, as an example...  I have a $20 HF 5" grinder.  Loud,
motor wobbles a little, loud, shoots sparks from the motor spindle when
running, loud, sounds like it's grinding itself to death & vibrates like
crazy but after 3 years it's still running and I've beaten up on it a
bit.   These aren't precision instruments...


At 09:06 12/07/2001,  josh Wyte was inspired to say:
>Sorry bout the total cross posting guys.
>
>Please reply privately to me...
>
>I need to buy an impact gun to work on my project and
>I've priced out several.  There's the $180 Craftsman
>300 ft lb one, then Harbor Freight has several.
>
>However, Harbor Frieght has 2 that cost $49.99 and
>seem to have about the same specs as the ones that
>cost closer to $200.  They're made by Chicago Electric
>Industrial.  240 ft lbs of torque, 120 Volts, 7 Amps,
>2400 BPM, 2100 RPM unloaded.
>
>Primarily I'll be using it to break free suspension
>bolts, lug bolts etc...
>
>Anyone heard of this/used it with good results?
>Obviously I'm attracted by the super low price tag in
>comparison to the others.  I can actually buy one of
>these *and* a set of impact sockets and still eat real
>food!  :-)
>
>-josh


Cheers!