Air hammers

[maroon]

I've had very little to no use for it atall
Waste of money.

Impact wrenches Is a must for engine cradles. Big underneath bolts. Where you need to hold the weight and undo at the same time.

I think it's just the noise why I don't use them much. If there's air in the tank and a wrench on hand I'll still use a cross brace to take wheels of.

 

[sparkysy]

In a pinch where there was no air I've used my Milwaukee 18v SDS set on hammer with an old ground down chisel bit with great effect. Trouble is that they are a bit bulky for tight spots!
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[Shox Dr]

Idle thought. Do ‘they’ do a battery one?

Thats a different type of rattler

 

[plewlandsbob]

I have managed, for the last ,35 years without one, but I was just wondering, about one to make life a bit easier. We do tractors and telehandlers. A common job is taking off hubs. The hub swivel pins are about 60/70 mm dia, with a flange on top. Quite often , they are seized in. Either have to use a big hammer and punch , on corner of flange and get it to turn, to break rust, or drive in chisels either side , to get pin to lift up.
workshop has 200 lt compressor and a 3/4 hose, for the big airgun.

only got a small compressor , in van, so might not be much use on site.
Reading through replies, it sounds like something, you could find uses for.

have mushroomed , the end of a few pins over the years, with a hammer and punch.
@mtt.tr , on hydraulic fittings, do you put punch end on hex, to get it to turn, like you would with a hammer and punch/chisel?

 

[keithski122]

If you do get one put a leader hose on before the connector.I couldn't work out why mine was killing air fitting until I worked out it was the vibration, put a leader hose on and never needed another end.Just looked on the snap on site and my air chisel is now over £230 and the chisel end £60, prices have gone up so much since I bought it.