dodge man
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I also have air tools a prefer them. I also have a few battery ones but no impact battery powered yet.
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There are some areas where air tools seem to have an advantage- like auto body work.
First admittedly you do have a hose to drag around, but No battery weight or bulk.
Plus when a person really gets serious about things like sanding the body down to metal, an air tool can be run flat out, non stop as long as you have enough air compressor to drive it.
Then there is actual painting- again air is a requirement. I think Auto body work will continue to favor air tools.
I like cordless tools to, just ordered some new LI batteries for my Craftsman 19.2 volt tools. Great for when working outside the garage/shop
First admittedly you do have a hose to drag around, but No battery weight or bulk.
Plus when a person really gets serious about things like sanding the body down to metal, an air tool can be run flat out, non stop as long as you have enough air compressor to drive it.
Then there is actual painting- again air is a requirement. I think Auto body work will continue to favor air tools.
I like cordless tools to, just ordered some new LI batteries for my Craftsman 19.2 volt tools. Great for when working outside the garage/shop
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Why is an air sander better than corded electric sander? The electric doesn’t run out of air, freeze the body or kick up dust as bad.
buck12
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One other advantage to battery powered tools is I don’t have to listen to a compressor. I know you can buy quite compressors but every compressor I have is loud. When I build my shop in 2008 I wired it to put the compressor in the attached shed but still have not gotten around to running pipe into the shop for air. Like I said in an earlier post the job has to require a pneumatic tool for me to use one.
PILOON
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Fact is you really need all three!
Battery for portability and convenience.
Air for durability and some trades (automotive & aviation)
Corded for 'in between' like when a bit more torque is needed than battery, and power is handy.
Air tools tend to be much lighter and compact but have an inconvenient hose to drag (like corded)
Up on a ladder or on a boat battery wins. (also aviation repairs out in the field)
Like everything else in this world, nothing is perfect!
Battery for portability and convenience.
Air for durability and some trades (automotive & aviation)
Corded for 'in between' like when a bit more torque is needed than battery, and power is handy.
Air tools tend to be much lighter and compact but have an inconvenient hose to drag (like corded)
Up on a ladder or on a boat battery wins. (also aviation repairs out in the field)
Like everything else in this world, nothing is perfect!
bunyip
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I have found the milwaukee 18v have a lot of torque, boring a 1/2" hole through a fencepost the bit found a metal spike, bit stop and I almost started spinning, a far cry from some earlier 18v tools I had.
sea2summit
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I love air tools around the garage but I sure love being able to throw an battery powered impact wrench in the milk crate and run out the the issues in the field instead of a breaker bar and wrench.
ponytug
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I just did nearly same thing with my 18V drill trying to bore a large diameter fence post, and the bit hit something hidden and jammed. I had a Greenlee bit extension on and the jammed drill got wrenched out of my hands. The extension rod is only 3/16" in diameter but didn't bend. When I went to back the drill bit out the shank sheared off. I am very impressed with bit extension.
No idea what I hit. Now I have a fence post with a buried bit...
Yes, tons of torque in my battery tools.
All the best,
Peter
buck12
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Well stated.
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When my brother's were Matco Tool Distributors one of their customers said he wanted American (USA) made air tools and my brother told him he could get them, but when he showed that customer the prices on Sioux air tools, the customer decided he could do with the Snap-On, MAC, Matco and other foreign made tools.LOL Some thought that Snap-On was American made, but they're not.
I only had one customer, a big trucking company's trailer rebuild shop that had Sioux air tools and I became convinced that Sioux tools just could not be beat. But it's been a few years, so I don't know now.
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I only had one customer, a big trucking company's trailer rebuild shop that had Sioux air tools and I became convinced that Sioux tools just could not be beat. But it's been a few years, so I don't know now.
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