Re: Electric impact wrench info ?

["Robert Myers" <rmyers@inetone.net>]

At 06:31 PM 10/25/97 -0700, you wrote:
>Mittal, Vikram (SUPP) wrote:
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Kevin Ford replies:

>Dewalt makes them in corded and cordless models, and Sears has a 
>Craftsman one.  Dewalt makes some good products, and they should be 
>readily available from Home Depot, and the like, as well as industrial 
>suppliers.  
>
>They are quite costly compared to the air powered ones, and aren't 
>available in as high of torque ratings.  I wouldn't recommend them.

To which I ask: 

Isn't a lower torque an advantage sometimes?  Like when the yahoo uses an
impact wrench to put your wheels on?  Most electric impact wrenches that
I've used/seen reach about 75-80 ft-pounds which is about right for your
lug bolts (81 ft-pounds).  An air operated wrench can twist those puppies
right off if the yahoo has a mind to do it (or, as I suspect, is totally
mindless).


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