[ale] WAY OT: Air tools?

[cfowler]

You need to get a very long pipe.  Allow the pipe to act as a fulcrum to
provide way more power than the 120lb wrench.  You can use your body
weight too.


On Mon, 2003-02-03 at 11:20, Robert L. Harris wrote:
> 
> 
> The directions for the impact wrench say not to exceed 120lb, I dialed
> it all the way up to 120 and it didn't help.  It was able to tighten
> them down nicely but for breaking loose the existing ones did squat.
> 
> Thus spake L. Wayne James (wjames at mindspring.com):
> 
> > Many modern compressors have a pressure control at the tank where you set the 
> > pressure in the hose.  It sounds as though yours is set too low.  Look at the 
> > wrench to determine its working pressure and set the "hose pressure" 
> > accordingly.
> > 
> > I am also assuming you are using the impact wrench and not the "air ratchet".  
> > The ratchet will not break the lugs loose by itself.  The air drive in it is 
> > for spinning relatively loose nuts quickly.
> > 
> > HTH,
> > Wayne
> > 
> > 
> > On Monday 03 February 2003 10:59, Robert L. Harris wrote:
> > >   Got a great deal on a set of air tools recently and I'm looking for some
> > > more info on usage.  I've got plans for it when I get my house and have
> > > used them a good bit since I got them but had a wierd stumper Sat.  I
> > > went to take the tires off my brother in law's car so I could change his
> > > breaks.  The wrench wouldn't even budge the lugnuts which were removed
> > > without too much work with a 4x tire iron.  The compressor had plenty of
> > > preasure and the wrench was hitting just not very hard it seemed, I
> > > tried the dial on the bottom of the wrench, no change.
> > >
> > >   Anyone have a good website on things like how-to's for air tools, etc?
> > >
> > > Robert
> > >   (For those who don't like OT, I'll use the air chissel to cut open
> > > hard drives on occasion, it's rather fun actually)...
> > >
> > > :wq!
> > >
> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > Robert L. Harris                     | PGP Key ID: E344DA3B
> > >                                          @ x-hkp://pgp.mit.edu
> > > DISCLAIMER:
> > >       These are MY OPINIONS ALONE.  I speak for no-one else.
> > > FYI:
> > >  perl -e 'print $i=pack(c5,(41*2),sqrt(7056),(unpack(c,H)-2),oct(115),10);'
> > 
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> :wq!
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Robert L. Harris                     | PGP Key ID: E344DA3B
>                                          @ x-hkp://pgp.mit.edu 
> DISCLAIMER:
>       These are MY OPINIONS ALONE.  I speak for no-one else.
> FYI:
>  perl -e 'print $i=pack(c5,(41*2),sqrt(7056),(unpack(c,H)-2),oct(115),10);'
> 


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