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I've already got the compressor, impact wrench and nail gun. I'm trying to work out when I'd ever manage to use the ratchet, drill or chisel.
The ratchet appears worth it for the included 'impact' bits alone ... The chisel is just _so_ handy when you need one and nothing else works quite as well. I have a Landrover, big tools that are also noisy work well for me ...
Angle grinders an absolute 'must-have' ... the chisel is best as a de-scaler or paint/rust/shite-remover 'cos it mostly doesn't harm [1][2] the under-lying structure and can often reach where an angle-grinder can't. [1] Unless you're a really ham-fisted twat ... [2] When used with a de-scaling bit/bits.
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I can't imagine not having an air ratchet again, I've got a 1/4" a 3/8th" and a 1/2" and even they're not enough. I'll be toddling along for one of the rattlers, as they're another thing you can't have enough of. The air chisels are brilliant for other things than just chiseling if you modify the chisel bits. A ball ended tool (as an example) makes a great tool for knocking out dents out of mudguards. -- Beav VN 750 Zed 1000 OMF# 19
I'm gonna get the whole lot if i can! -- 'I'll be back......' Nige Subaru WRX (54) Land Rover Discovery II BMW 650 GS Dakar 2000 Suzuki GSX1300R Y Hayabusa
Nah, too noisy, and pointless as far as I can see. Impact gun, yes. Chisel, yes, but ratchet ? I have one that I acquired, it's still in the drawer. P.
Excellent timing. I bought a compressor yesterday (the Aldi one's not man enough), but I've just returned with a rattle gun, ratchet & chisel -- Krusty www.MuddyStuff.co.uk Off-Road Classifieds '02 MV Senna '03 Tiger 955i '96 Tiger '79 Fantic Hiro 250
Cheers for that Pete, I got one today. An amazing deal. While I was there I picked up an angle grinder plus lots of discs. Just like shoes, a girl can never have too many angle grinders.
I've yet to see any air tool outlast the equivalent 110v item. I was using a 110v 1" drive impact gun a few days ago to run 2.5" BSF taps with and it got hot enough for the drive adaptor to steam when water got on it. An air tool would have spat it's vanes out of the exhaust in 30 minutes. I'd have thought you would have gone beyond the garden workshop stage.
