Kato Posted February 14, 2018 Report Share Posted February 14, 2018 ...makes me want to murder someone sometimes. I've seen a lot of great stuff get tossed at work but today takes the cake. Brand new, still in the baggie...IR W7150-K2...and it is an absolute BEAST!!! Came with two 20v 3.0Ah batteries, and fully charged this thing will twist your arm if you're not careful. Any time I get an impact at work I test it out on the frame anchors by my bench. Normally an impact will loosen the nut, then tighten it with decent force. This thing tightened the nut enough to whip my arm, if I wasn't strong it could have caused me some serious pain. It's a beautiful impact for sure, and powerful as all get-out. If I take my phone into the shop tomorrow I'll snap some photos of it. Frickin' brand new, clean as a whistle, nothing wrong with it. Screw it, it's brand new and in perfect shape...lets. throw it away. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stercorarius Posted February 14, 2018 Report Share Posted February 14, 2018 If an impact wrench twists your arm, then doesn't that make it a poor impact wrench? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kato Posted February 14, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2018 No, not at all. I just wasn’t ready for the power and let it get away a little bit. Even an impact with good kickback control will still have a little snap to it when the nut stops. It’s defintiely a quality tool, the moron using it was the problem. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stercorarius Posted February 15, 2018 Report Share Posted February 15, 2018 11 hours ago, Kato said: No, not at all. I just wasn’t ready for the power and let it get away a little bit. Even an impact with good kickback control will still have a little snap to it when the nut stops. It’s defintiely a quality tool, the moron using it was the problem. Ah gotcha. I just misread that. Looks nice. They let you take home things that are thrown out like that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kato Posted February 15, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 15, 2018 Nope, can't take anything home. Until it's out of the building in the scrap bins, the compactor, etc., it still belongs to the company. Luckily though we can use stuff in the shop, which means we save a ton of money for the company by using the tools and stuff that gets tossed. Gotta blame the vendors and manufacturers for that, we just do what they tell us. They want a product back, we ship it back. They want it destroyed in field, we destroy it. It's sad but it's a fact of life for companies these days. I don't complain, probably 95% of the tools we use in the shop came from returns and they're perfectly good. Best part is when I break a tool I can just walk over to the scrap bins and toss it in and I never have to worry about any lost money. I used the impact yesterday for some stuff, pulling wheels and wheel hubs off of a stockchaser and doing lugs on a forklift...very, very nice gun. A ton of power, a great amount of control. Didn't experience any kick at all, and the brake stops when you let go of the trigger. Variable-speed trigger takes a little getting used to, never had one on an impact before, seems kinda weird at first. But, it's a great impact. Paired with the Sunex impact sockets I have it's a fantastic tool to use. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khariV Posted February 15, 2018 Report Share Posted February 15, 2018 I'm confused. I thought you had said that you were told to trash it? How are you still using it in the shop if they told you to toss it because it was "dangerous"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stercorarius Posted February 15, 2018 Report Share Posted February 15, 2018 Yeah variable speed is the best. My holdup to getting an ir is that it's not a whole battery system. For a tire shop or somewhere that exclusively runs impacts it'd be the way to go though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jronman Posted February 15, 2018 Report Share Posted February 15, 2018 could do a "stuff we keep" thread for my work. It is quite an accomplishment for my boss to throw something away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kato Posted February 16, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2018 9 hours ago, khariV said: I'm confused. I thought you had said that you were told to trash it? How are you still using it in the shop if they told you to toss it because it was "dangerous"? Nobody said it was dangerous. We are allowed to go through the stuff that gets returned and anything good we use in the shop. Saves the company money in the long run. If something is supposed to get destroyed in field whoever makes that decision wouldn't know because they don't ask for it back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kato Posted April 22, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2018 Been using the impact for all kinds of stuff, it's a really great gun. Takes bolts out of reach truck drive wheels, which are torqued to 170 ft/lbs, super easy. I used it yesterday on a rack kit, to repair a damaged frame. Used the impact to sink a couple of 3/4" Titans into the floor, did it like the floor was made of butter. All of the other impacts we use for that kind of stuff struggle sometimes, sometimes you have to drive the Titan in, then pull it out and drive it back in again...do that a couple of times to get them to sink in all the way. The IR did it like butter, I couldn't feel any resistance at all. I was actually worried that the guys drilled the holes too big but I cranked on the Titans with a wrench to see if they were loose or would easily loosen, they were tight as tight can get. Also grabbed another almost new Flexzilla Pro compact impact, which makes the total of those 5 or 6 by now. Still had the box, high-flow swivel connector, papers, etc.. Don't know what it is about them, people use them and then return them. Never anything wrong with them except being dirty from use...wait, I take that back, one had a busted trigger, but the other 4 or 5 I've pulled have worked perfectly so far. It's all good to me because now most of the guys in the shop have their own. Nice when you get free tools And once again I'm stunned by what we throw away. Just pulled out of the scrap bin yesterday, almost brand new, probably used once, Lincoln Powerluber 1884. 20v Lithium grease gun. I saw the gun in the bin and I think my eyes bugged out, I instantly grabbed my hook to pull it out. Pulled the case out of the garbage, and managed to pull the extra battery out of the scrap bin with a magnet. Perfect condition, not a scratch and barely any signs of use. Had grease in it so it must have been used, but I'll be danged if I can find any problems with it. One battery was close to full charge, the other wasn't. Charged them both to make sure they'd take a charge and that the charger was working. Put a grease cartridge in it and it pumped perfectly. Didn't have the typical sticker on it explaining why it was returned so I don't know what the excuse was, but I don't care. I have one of the 18V PowerLubers that I use a ton, but gave it to one of the guys, I'll use this one now. I'll get pics Monday if I remember to take my phone out on the floor 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kato Posted April 23, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2018 Taken with my phone so if they come out sideways I’ll fix them when I get home 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kato Posted November 24, 2018 Author Report Share Posted November 24, 2018 Another score in the "I can't believe what we throw away" category...two IR Cordless Impact/Ratchet Kits. The ratchet in one kit had a broken anvil but otherwise both kits looked like they were never used. Still in the plastic, still in the box, and came with really nice carry bags. Gave a kit to one of the guys (of course I gave him the one with the busted ratchet, which I'm hoping I can fix sooner or later), kept one for myself. Used it yesterday and today and both tools are fantastic. Feels kinda weird using power on a 1/4" drive, kinda afraid I'll bust the anvils. The impact works exceptionally well as an impact driver. Used it to make a cradle yesterday and it sunk screws like nothing. Used both to service some pallet jacks today, the ratchet worked great to pull the set screws out for load wheels, and the impact did well yanking bolts to replace a battery connector. Really nice kit to use. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
method Posted December 13, 2018 Report Share Posted December 13, 2018 Nice! The grease gun looks great. I've had two older nicad alemite guns and bought a milwaukee 18v gun earlier this year. The design is similar to the one you posted and is much more comfortable to use with that style although the milwaukee looks more rugged having seats beneath the cartridge for it to be laying on. How do you find the power of it? You can't really buy cordless IR stuff here unfortunately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kato Posted December 13, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2018 I had an 18v PowerLuber that is NiCad, and it was nice, gave it to one of the other guys. This one is good, power is pretty good, puts out grease nicely and seems to do it with a little bit more force than a hand-pump gun. Doesn't seem to eat battery power when I'm using it for longer duration, at least I haven't really noticed it draining batteries fast. We have a section of conveyor that takes a ton of grease and this thing is a dream for that. I can easily dump a tube and a half doing the spiral, doing by hand you get to the point where you say "five, six, ahhhh, that's enough"...when it really isn't. With the cordless guns you can actually put the amount of grease in that you need and not have to worry about losing use of your hand for the day. I'm getting older and older as time goes by, I can't crank on a manual grease gun like I used to. It has two feet under the motor section, but it sits on the grease tube on the end so it's not totally off the ground if you set it down. I like it though, use it all the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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