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Re: Air Hammer

To: "Rush" <jdrush@enter.net>, "Shop Talk" <shop-talk@Autox.Team.Net>
Subject: Re: Air Hammer
From: "Phil Ethier" <pethier@isd.net>
Date: Sat, 1 Jan 2005 17:24:33 -0600
> I picked up an air hammer from Horrible Freight yesterday and the power
> is dismal. I tried to use it to bust some tie rod ends and it wouldn't
> budge them. The impact force feels about the same as taking an 12 oz
> hammer and letting it freefall about two inches. It's been about 20
> years since I used an air hammer, but I remember then trying to shake
> themselves right out of your hands. Is it defective? Am I expecting too
> much of an HF tool? Am I using it wrong?
>
> It is item 47868. Normally $29.99, it was on sale for $9.99.

It's defective.  I bought a similar ten-buck unit from Menards some time
back, and I have cut concrete slabs with it.  Not what it's designed for,
but it works.

Silly question, but are you sure you are getting full pressure from your
compressor?






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