The Milwaukee addiction thread! :)

[drokihazan]

An air hammer is a tool I just never learned to use. I've tried them out with no success, then again they weren't the best ones out there. I've always done the job other ways. People swear by them for bushing removal but I stick to a sawzall if I have to go that route to get a bushing out. Not sure I've ever use one honestly. What do you guys use your air hammers for? I'm much more excited to get my hands on the M18 jump pack than one of these.

All kinds of stuff. Stuff where I might normally use an actual hammer, too. Like, knocking off a stuck (getting junked) rotor? I don't even hit it with a hammer if it's stuck, I just grab the Thor. I rounded an E14 driveshaft bolt last year and just got out the air hammer and chiselled the head right off the bolt, no problem. Sometimes it's nice to just whack the top of a bolt with it to get it to shake loose some icky goop so you can actually turn it. It's just, idk, a hammer that I can use in confined spaces and hits really hard, often harder than if I was swinging a hammer. I'm a big fan.
I also used to work in alloy development and used an air hammer with a chisel all the time to break up brittle raw materials (like Manganese and Chromium) into smaller chunks so I could weigh them out and put them in the smelting furnace. That was more fun than just cutting down chunks of malleable metals with the bandsaw.

 

[mikey03]

Who makes the best set of air hammer end pieces or whatever the bits are called? Maybe I’ll look for Black Friday sales before this comes out and have some of the bits ready since honestly I’m saving up for and excited for this battery hammer!

 

[Rusty67]

For rivets, wouldn't an air hammer be more likely to mar the surface you are working on than using a twist drill on the head?

All kinds of stuff. Stuff where I might normally use an actual hammer, too. Like, knocking off a stuck (getting junked) rotor? I don't even hit it with a hammer if it's stuck, I just grab the Thor. I rounded an E14 driveshaft bolt last year and just got out the air hammer and chiselled the head right off the bolt, no problem. Sometimes it's nice to just whack the top of a bolt with it to get it to shake loose some icky goop so you can actually turn it. It's just, idk, a hammer that I can use in confined spaces and hits really hard, often harder than if I was swinging a hammer. I'm a big fan.
I also used to work in alloy development and used an air hammer with a chisel all the time to break up brittle raw materials (like Manganese and Chromium) into smaller chunks so I could weigh them out and put them in the smelting furnace. That was more fun than just cutting down chunks of malleable metals with the bandsaw.

Maybe I'm just using it wrong or something, I've never had success with them.

Who makes the best set of air hammer end pieces or whatever the bits are called? Maybe I’ll look for Black Friday sales before this comes out and have some of the bits ready since honestly I’m saving up for and excited for this battery hammer!

Not to be too skeptical but I'd wait to see what the TTC review looks like. It might be a wait for gen 2 purchase. Hopefully the gen 1 isn't a dud.

 

[mikey03]

Not to be too skeptical but I'd wait to see what the TTC review looks like. It might be a wait for gen 2 purchase. Hopefully the gen 1 isn't a dud.

yea honestly I’m not doing as much car work anymore so I can prob hold off for a gen 2

 

[LopezBart]

For rivets, wouldn't an air hammer be more likely to mar the surface you are working on than using a twist drill on the head?

An air hammer w/ a rivet setter allows one to upset rivets. To remove rivets, a center punch and drill works well....

 

[Rusty67]

I am dumb, upsetting means installing, not removing. This makes perfect sense now lol.

 

[Crazyjake8493]

What do you guys use your air hammers for?

No way I'd spend $600 on a battery model, but I use a pneumatic air hammer a fair bit. Driving out bearings or pins, working on rooftop exhaust fans, breaking up stuck/rusted hitches. At home I use one 2-3 times a month. At work, probably 2-3 times per week.

 

[Odd-job]

There are some pretty cool air hammer accessories out there. I use the chisels a lot. More control and works better in confined spaces where its hard to swing a hammer.

Mayhew bolt breakers work pretty well to break free stubborn bolts.