I reread this last night, everything went hazy, and I bought a 3/8 stubby M12 impact driver I had been using my M12 with 1/4 to 3/8 adapter. We shall see how it runs.
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I reread this last night, everything went hazy, and I bought a 3/8 stubby M12 impact driver I had been using my M12 with 1/4 to 3/8 adapter. We shall see how it runs.
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All of the sudden I found out about electric ratchets and I want one. Since I have a 20v Dewalt kit, its easy just to get their ratchet as well.
That Milwaukee Ratchet actually reviews at the top, so I am surprised you don't like it. As a kid I always used Makita tools but as an adult there has been only a Lowes close by. So yeah, Dewalt is what I bought. I am thinking of branching out and trying the Makita Ratchet.
https://www.homedepot.com/p/Makita-3...1SR1/316321063
I think what I was calling an M12 1/2" ratchet is not listed on Milwaukee's website as a ratchet. I went looking for it and assumed it was out of production because it wasn't under the ratchets. I looked for it again and finally found it; they're calling it a right angle impact wrench and saying it has 220 ft-lbs of torque in reverse. It's P/N 2565. The one I have was bought as a reconditioned tool which means it should be as good as new....but regardless of the torque setting it wouldn't pull a 100 ft-lb crank pulley bolt on a Subaru EJ25 engine, which is the one job I bought it for. I finagled the radiator out of the way and pulled the same bolt with my old M18 small 1/2" impact gun which I mentioned in the above post. That M18 impact gun is also listed at 220 ft-lbs of torque.
And despite that Milwaukee is calling it a right-angle impact wrench, it's just a cordless ratchet with a big head on it. The head is too big to get in some of the places you can get an air ratchet into though, enough that it's not useful for pulling at least some brake caliper bolts, for example.
If everything I've learned about accessories like adapters soaking up torque holds true in your case, I think you'll be pleasantly surprised. I don't own a 3/8" impact at all; my small 1/2" gun on it's lowest-torque setting seems to work good for 1/4" bolts which are as small as I go. And then I've got a 1/4" impact driver for the teensy stuff like self-tappers.
Basically anything you put between the socket and the gun absorbs torque. Not just adapters; extensions and universal joints will do the same thing by introducing slop into a system that's depending on a pretty lightweight hammer to do the work.
Ridgid Brad nailer is out.
I used to agree on the standing up the tool thing but I’ve adopted a practice of not standing tools up and always laying them down after dropping a few and either having them land on me or breaking the tool or a bit when it lands.
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Lowes has the Craftsman 20v Electric Ratchet for $79 but with a "free gift" that is a battery and charger ($99 value man!). So its basically a whole electric ratchet kit for $79.
https://www.lowes.com/pd/CRAFTSMAN-2...nch/1003014338
Not a top tier tool but at this price its the same as the no-name Chinese brands on Amazon.
18v Makita kit is $229, 12v Makita kit is $189. Milwaukee is $179 for their cheapest M12 kit. You get what you pay for etc. I am tempted by $79, especially for some upcoming jobs on the truck.
Yesterday, I confirmed that a 3/8 stubby M12 impact could handle the factory spec 150lbs lug nuts on my F150. I was pretty damn impressed. Only the 4.0 and 6.0 batteries.
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Scored a lightly used M12 inflator for $60 shipped. What are the other M12 favorites?
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