Samuel L.
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Do you guys know if it or the dewalt one are Washer and dryer safe.
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One has up to 80 foot pounds of torque one can have over 3000 foot pounds of torque.
Its due to the fact that the air ratchet is just a air motor usually, this causes there well known kickback, and limits there torque, some very high quality air ratchets have the same style of device as the an air impact but much smaller.
An air impact has an air motor attached to a spinning hammer that comes up against a mating surface witch is connected to the tool head, and when tool comes up against resistance the hammer separates makes half a rotation to build up energy and then hits the mating surface and then repeats that cycle, the cycle produces very little kick back witch is why they are favored when high amounts of torque are needed.
In the case of guys who are not mechanics are concerned:
Its the same difference between a drill and an impact driver, except the power is supplied by a vanned rotor.
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I tend to hate air ratchets.
When tightening a bolt here is how it works.
- It pulls on your hand like a leash on a small Chiwawa
- Then within a fraction of a second the Chiwawa turns into a Great Dane with rabies chasing a rabbit and takes your arm and twists it against the nearest object shattering every bone in your hand.
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I have one of the new Mac and Snap on catalogs in my bedroom, that's the only way I can manage to find out about their tools.
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The only thing I can say about the Impact is not enough torque.
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I actually loved the job (except upper management) made the best of it and invested in some tools to help with mufflers, I would work at another heavy duty shop in a heart beat, and will probably pursue it as a career.
But yes the reason mechanics need huge tool chest is because there is always a tool that shortens the time to do a job, or makes it so that there is less grunt work.
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Do they have a cap at how much they donate. Some companies to that we will donate 15% till they reach 100k in donations. I don't like bs like that, but it's very common.
Well because they offer it all year long I don't think so.
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Last summer I got my first job (i'm 16) pulling wrenches for a school bus fleet that has 600 units, one of the worst jobs was replacing mufflers, I had to shimmy under the bus (I didn't own a creeper at the time Big Mistake) and then fight with the bolts to get them off and then beat the living crap out of it with a hammer to slide it off the turbo pipe and then beat it the other way off the exhaust the whole time laying on my back sporting 45 pounds (a third of my weight) of muffler on my knee caps, getting covered in carbon deposits and then having to hold the new one for 15 minutes trying to shimmy it it the pipes and then finger-painting muffler cement on the ends and clamping them on, one day I had to do 2 in a row. I came out so dirty you could grease an axle with my face.
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Yea I talked to my mac tools guy he says when you buy a pink utility cart or tool chest/tool chest add on in pink 15% goes towards breast cancer reasurch
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DR also found the chest and I think it said 10% was going to help research
Well that's the snap on chest.
I couldn't find out the % donated when you buy the mac chest. Oh and turns out you can also buy pink mac service carts too.
I might talk to the mac tools guy who comes to the place I had my summer job last year, latter today.
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Mac tools has a whole line of stuff that funds breast cancer. Its a campaign called "wrenching for a cure".
This is this months catalog Cover.
You can order almost any tool chest from mac tools and have it come in pink and support breast cancer.
Because Us Mechanics love boobies and big chests.
http://resources.mactools.com/flyers/CAM_2014_11/index.html#/10/
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Do you know the month.
We will launch it next year
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I Didn't find it I came up with the idea and made a rendering.
But I might make one in my garage with a plastic welder. If I can come across a cheap bare dewalt tool or power source and order a cheap made in china Milwaukee battery case online. But I don't know about the wiring
I got the idea only last night so don't expect me to have one done by tomorrow. I made the picture with Microsoft Paint.
Some other ideas I have:
-2x20V max into 36 volt dewalt adapter
-20V max into makita adapter
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Does anyone know if dewalt might come out with a cordless miter saw for there new line.
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So picked this up on sale at Canadian Tire for 145$ normal price is 300$ and even for below half price not worth it here are my problems with it:
- drawer bottoms are 3/16 pressboard
- drawer slides are garbage and need to much force to pull
- drawers are held together with bolts and twist under force
- drawers are about 14" wide and 14" deep
- powder coat is already separated from the metal in multiple places
- power bar has no off switch
- light is small and not that bright
- overhead storage cabinets are about 5 inches deep and slam shut by themselves
- takes 6 hours to assemble with a socket, screwdriver, and wrench (would have taken 12 if you would have used only a adjustable wrench and screwdriver like they recommend)
I am planing on returning it and if that wont fly with costumer service, i'm selling it for what I paid for on the classified adds. Because even if its half price it isn't worth it.
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Yea too bad companies can lie about there products they sell in north america.
But on the topic of brand interchanging ability I want to buy some Milwaukee tools but don't want to have to start using 2 different batteries so I got the idea for this little device.
Here is a concept photo:
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Yea the whole 20 volt thing is annoying but if you refer to both Dewalt lines as 18 volt then it becomes a cloud of confusion.
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So I was wondering because the Stanley Black and Decker company owns:
-Dewalt
-Black and Decker
-Porter Cable
-Mac tools
And all these brands have a 20 volt max lithium ion cordless line does that mean that they are interchangeable. I'm just wondering if you could say:
-Go buy a Black and Decker 20 volt cordless hedge trimmer and run it on Dewalt batteries.
-Charge up a porter cable battery pack with a Dewalt charger
Because I know that mac tools runs their new cordless line on the Dewalt 20 volt batteries as an option but can it go beyond that.
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So being a summer student Heavy Duty Mechanic, here are my tools.
Sorry that my sockets are so Shiny they haven't been used much.