OEM For Blue-Point Hand Impact?

[Moose-LandTran]

Does anyone know the OEM for this hand impact? I'm after one but i'm not spending £110 for a Taiwan rebranded one. I've found ones that i believe to be the same but the hand grips are very slightly different.

http://buy1.snapon.com/catalog/item...=12560&supersede=&store=snapon-store&tool=all

I've looked but haven't found them yet. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
-Moose.

 

[dsaabm]

Matco sells one called the Power Bar (PB70865). Looks identical. The OEM is Kingtool Co taiwan. Defiantly hard to find info. Hope this helps.

 

[airbuff101]

Oh man.
Where would I find the ...um..Outrage with the price of this particular product, given the origin?. It must be a silent, unwritten, yet loving outrage I'm guessin. : I mean ,I personally know how instantly outraged and indignant the tooltisti gets around here when 3-lettered tool trucks sell Taiwan tools for US tool prices.......I was just wondering....

Rob

 

[Moose-LandTran]

Oh man.
Where would I find the ...um..Outrage with the price of this particular product, given the origin?. It must be a silent, unwritten, yet loving outrage I'm guessin. : I mean ,I personally know how instantly outraged and indignant the tooltisti gets around here when 3-lettered tool trucks sell Taiwan tools for US tool prices.......I was just wondering....

Rob

I didn't understand any of that.

 

[billymade]

Moose, there are so many different places that sell that thing! I don't know who makes it but here are some other suppliers that came up! Cheaper then the truck brands!

http://www.cromwell.co.uk/ALD5035010A

http://www.cromwell.co.uk/static/publication/778/pages/811.pdf

http://www.pbtusa.com/pdfs/70865I.pdf

This doesn't look good!
http://www.recalls.gov.au/content/index.phtml/itemId/956713

http://www.google.com/search?client...Tool+70865&gs_rfai=&pbx=1&fp=a20cfd04ba3c5cf9

http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=POWER+BAR+HAND+IMPACT+WRENCH&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8

Possibly the OEM:
http://www.alibaba.com/product-gs/228573664/Power_bar_Hand_Impact_Wrench.html

 

[Moose-LandTran]

They're floating around on eBay at £55-ish. Just wondering if they're all the same. The guy i work with has a Blue-Point one that i've seen in action. Andit took the beating he gave it, it must be good! Worked great too!

 

[diesel research]

I didn't understand any of that.

Pouting because people rant about MAC taiwan stuff and not about "snap on". Of course he is forgetting that bluepoint is no surprise for offshore stuff as most is designed as the economy line.



Maybe you can try this air hammer variant?

 

[Bran Diezel]

gave mine back to the snap on guy. didnt have much luck on harmonic balancers and lugs

 

[Moose-LandTran]

Pouting because people rant about MAC taiwan stuff and not about "snap on". Of course he is forgetting that bluepoint is no surprise for offshore stuff as most is designed as the economy line.

Ah. Well i don't really care anyway anymore. I'll buy what works best for me.

gave mine back to the snap on guy. didnt have much luck on harmonic balancers and lugs

Really? I want it because it's good for when i don't have an air supply or it's a tight space. Did you ever get it to do the job of was it useless for you?

 

[Bran Diezel]

Ah. Well i don't really care anyway anymore. I'll buy what works best for me.



Really? I want it because it's good for when i don't have an air supply or it's a tight space. Did you ever get it to do the job of was it useless for you?

it kept rotating the harmonic balancers the opposite way instead of breaking loose. the lugs i smacked the hell out of it with a 3lb sledge and never broke them loose. used a $10 HF breaker bar and broke them loose easily. (also have used the HF bar to break countless harmonic balancer bolts for timing belts)

 

[Moose-LandTran]

it kept rotating the harmonic balancers the opposite way instead of breaking loose. the lugs i smacked the hell out of it with a 3lb sledge and never broke them loose. used a $10 HF breaker bar and broke them loose easily. (also have used the HF bar to break countless harmonic balancer bolts for timing belts)

That's odd. Maybe i'll just bite the bullet and buy either a decent compressor setup for home or a bunch of pulley holding tools. (Or maybe both!)

 

[airbuff101]

yes, Pouting.


Rob

 

[Moose-LandTran]

yes, Pouting.

I will admit that i did duck as it went over my head.

Like a G6.

 

[fordbroncodave]

just make one. doesn't look hard to do

 

[Moose-LandTran]

just make one. doesn't look hard to do

Good point. I'll just grab my steel stock from the supplier down the road, use my chop saw, drill press, milling machine etc..

Oh wait, i don't have any of those things..

If it works and i can get it for £50 then it's worth it, otherwise i'll find an alternative.

 

[fordbroncodave]

Good point. I'll just grab my steel stock from the supplier down the road, use my chop saw, drill press, milling machine etc..

Oh wait, i don't have any of those things..

If it works and i can get it for £50 then it's worth it, otherwise i'll find an alternative.

i don't have any of those either but i bet i could pull it off. not trying to piss you off but you could make an attempt to make it for alot less then what snap on wants for it. just get creative making it

 

[Moose-LandTran]

i don't have any of those either but i bet i could pull it off. not trying to piss you off but you could make an attempt to make it for alot less then what snap on wants for it. just get creative making it

I don't even have the time, to be honest. And for £50 it's worth it for me to buy it instead of spending a day off work trying to make one. I see your points, and if it was feasabe for me i would make one (with a longer offset) but unfortunately it isn't. (Between my 55+ working hours a week and 12 hours travelling..)