My Chicago Pneumatic has plenty of torque and definitely does NOT start slow. That said it doesn't twist your wrist to the point of soreness all the next day either. The model I have is somewhat new and has more torque than anything else available in it's size currently. My older Ingersol Rand does indeed start slow and uses a great deal more air than the CP. If you own an air compressor and don't use a pneumatic impact wrench for removing tuning pins I surely can't figure out what's holding you back. Greg At 03:16 PM 9/5/2005, you wrote: >>Seriously, I always considered an Impact Wrench/Drill a bit over-kill. >>Yes it has torque! (Just try to take your snow tires off after the tire >>shop did the Impact thingee on them!<G> Do you use one for things in the shop? >>Regards, >>Joe Garrett, R.P.T. > >I've tried about everything I could think of at one time or another. >Usually, it's my 1/2" Holeshooter, but that's heavy and strugglesome on >those days when I'm old and tired, which is any day with a vowel in >it. I've done a couple in the last two years with an electric impact >wrench, and I kind of like it. Next one, I'll borrow my son's pneumatic >and give that a try. Actually, they don't have all that much torque. It's >the impact that hammers those lug nuts down to the equivalent of forge >welding, not the torque. Pulling pins with one, it starts kind of slow (if >the pins are tight), then really whirls them out of there once it has the >pin moving. Borrow one and give it a try. Let me know what you think. > >Ron N >_______________________________________________ >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives Greg Newell Greg's piano Forté mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net
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