Birthday Ideas? Tools for a newbie
06-12-2008, 02:23 AM
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Milwaukee power tools are plenty strong, even the 18v versions.
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06-12-2008, 09:12 PM
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Well it looks like the 28V Milwaukee is going to win out. The Snap On would be nice, but for the price difference i'm going to pick up the 28V drill also.
As far as torque wrenches, I'm going with Snap On. Anybody had problem with there newer electronic Techwrenches? http://buy1.snapon.com/catalog/catal...e=snapon-store
As far as torque wrenches, I'm going with Snap On. Anybody had problem with there newer electronic Techwrenches? http://buy1.snapon.com/catalog/catal...e=snapon-store
06-12-2008, 09:51 PM
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Well it looks like the 28V Milwaukee is going to win out. The Snap On would be nice, but for the price difference i'm going to pick up the 28V drill also.
As far as torque wrenches, I'm going with Snap On. Anybody had problem with there newer electronic Techwrenches? http://buy1.snapon.com/catalog/catal...e=snapon-store
As far as torque wrenches, I'm going with Snap On. Anybody had problem with there newer electronic Techwrenches? http://buy1.snapon.com/catalog/catal...e=snapon-store
06-13-2008, 01:18 PM
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As far as torque wrenches, I'm going with Snap On. Anybody had problem with there newer electronic Techwrenches? http://buy1.snapon.com/catalog/catal...e=snapon-store
Didn't see any need for the electronic....and Mooty makes an excellent point on the battery.
Why?
06-13-2008, 02:58 PM
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some tq wrench must be zero'd when you are done using it. else the mechanism will become "used up" not as accurate (i dont understand why it does that, but that's what the manual said). but there are also some that dont have to be zero'd. i get those if possible. my wheel nut tq wrench is never zero'd, i just leave it at the tq i want. but the other tq wrenches i use on the car must be zero'd. this is not an indicator of the quality of the tq wrenches, all of my tq wrenches are snap on's. i think it's based on design that dictates if it needs to be zero'd or not.
06-13-2008, 03:28 PM
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my snap on 1/2 tq wrench is now 5 years old, never had a prob. i just had tq chk'd. it's still good.
some tq wrench must be zero'd when you are done using it. else the mechanism will become "used up" not as accurate (i dont understand why it does that, but that's what the manual said). but there are also some that dont have to be zero'd. i get those if possible. my wheel nut tq wrench is never zero'd, i just leave it at the tq i want. but the other tq wrenches i use on the car must be zero'd. this is not an indicator of the quality of the tq wrenches, all of my tq wrenches are snap on's. i think it's based on design that dictates if it needs to be zero'd or not.
some tq wrench must be zero'd when you are done using it. else the mechanism will become "used up" not as accurate (i dont understand why it does that, but that's what the manual said). but there are also some that dont have to be zero'd. i get those if possible. my wheel nut tq wrench is never zero'd, i just leave it at the tq i want. but the other tq wrenches i use on the car must be zero'd. this is not an indicator of the quality of the tq wrenches, all of my tq wrenches are snap on's. i think it's based on design that dictates if it needs to be zero'd or not.
06-13-2008, 04:30 PM
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I appreciate everybody's input!
A couple of quick questions:
1) If you could only have one torque to start with, 1/2 or 3/8 drive?
2) For doing the simple things I mentioned, do really need an impact wrench with monster torque breaking ability? Or would something in the 200 ft/lbs range work?
Matt
A couple of quick questions:
1) If you could only have one torque to start with, 1/2 or 3/8 drive?
2) For doing the simple things I mentioned, do really need an impact wrench with monster torque breaking ability? Or would something in the 200 ft/lbs range work?
Matt
