Garage Gazette
TOOLS AND THE SHOP => ANTIQUE ELECTRIC/AIR TOOLS => Topic started by: goodfellow on August 14, 2018, 09:15:28 PM
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Here are a few of my 3/8", 1/2" and my former go-to 3/4" impact wrenches. It represents about 45 years of buying impacts. I particularly like the older angle head impacts -- they are so ergonomic and fit my hand better than any pistol grip wrench I have ever tried. I sold all the pistol grip 3/8" drive models years ago.
Of particular interest are two 40 year old US models. One is the CP 723 3/8" impact in the upper left hand corner of the first pic. Super smooth and powerful American made air tool. I was told it was a rebadged Skil tool, but I also have evidence that it was sold by B&D. The others are 1970's vintage 3/8" models made in Japan --two Rockwell models , one Sun (Rockwell), and one Rockford (Rockwell) and an "Executive" Rodac Japanese Butterfly impact that I use mostly as a nutdriver and sheetmetal screw driver -- works great for metal fab work.
The other interesting impact is the "Red" US made 1/2" Rockwell impact with the "ultra-fine" pressure adjustment screw under the trigger. Most other 1/2" impacts of this type had a rather simple pressure adjustment on the bottom of the handle - like the "Black" US made Rodac in the other pic. Both were purchased in 1973.
The other 1/2" is a HF professional model that I really like -- never has failed to perform. Since purchasing the HF gun, I hardly ever need to use the 3/4" Generic Taiwan 1250ft/lb double hammer impact.
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(http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/oo18/goodfellow_2004/Craftsman/PICT0299Medium.jpg)
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...It represents about 45 years of buying impacts....
Wow, you go away's back, huh? Well, Rome wasn't built in a day! lol
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If I remember tommorow at work I'll snap a pic of my 1/2 Craftsman 1/2 proto and 1in cp...ya no 3/4 for me if I need to bust something loose I go straight for the big gun
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I have a cheap butterfly that I really like for low torque assembly/removal tasks. Those angle heads look very interesting.
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My work users
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Vintage! These are my newest air tools.
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No photo , but I had an Atlas 1/2 dr with long shaft for a flip socket. Monster took two hands to hold on to it.
Better than by hand , but it was all show. I knew I should have taken a photo. Glad it's gone.
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Here are most of my users. Ingersoll and CP for the most part. Got a couple more 1/2 impacts, and a 1/2 drill. 1/4 in ratchet in another drawer, used the heck out of it. Had a 3/8 angle impact several times, started of with the red RODAC.
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(https://i.imgur.com/emAr4YKl.jpg)
Plus some other junk in that drawer.
Bought the 2135TI new. Best 1/2 gun I've ever used. The 2145TI came off ebay rebuilt for under $100 (right place, right time). The 3/8 snappy I traded a dorm refrigerator for. It's low torque, but that's perfect for a job I used to do installing crimp lock nuts on #12 screws.
Greyson