Air Hammer Chief

[Kenskip1]

So I purchased this item about a year ago. It does everything I can ask of it. For the cost it is a no brainer. I happened to stumble across this video. Ken

 

[emeraldcoupe]

i have that one too, it's great

 

[VolvoRyan]

Long barrel air hammers are the only way to fly!

-Ryan

 

[dnschmidt]

The Torque Test Channel liked it a lot too. Astro, according to my inside man, is coming out with a 0.401 version of Big Nasty soon. It will be interesting to see how that performs compared to the Chief and the I-R. Apparently the secret sauce to making a useable version of these powerful air hammers is designing a trigger that gives you some degree of control and that's what ASTRO has been diligently working on. The I-R's advantage over the Chief is the ability to feather the trigger. That's my major complaint with Big Nasty. It's all or nothing.

 

[2ndGearRubber]

Question is, would the big nasty 401 compete with my snap on 3050? Trigger control that gun is great. My cp714 had better trigger control, bit was likely 20% lower on power. The compact form factor was nice in the 714 but I had a lot of piston sticking issues with the gun. A few trips to the rebuild shop never really fixed that.

 

[Chris_Hamilton]

Or you could buy an aircraft rivet gun. Those have the ability to feather the trigger down to one hit and also hit hard. A 4X rivet gun is far superior in terms of power and being controllable to most/all air hammers. You can get rivet guns in up to 7X power although that wouldn't be necessary with most automotive jobs. A 7X gun hits HARD.

This is a pretty decent 4X gun.

https://aircraft-tool.com/shop/detail.aspx?id=ATS-4X&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1

 

[Astro_Pneumatic_Tools]

Question is, would the big nasty 401 compete with my snap on 3050? Trigger control that gun is great. My cp714 had better trigger control, bit was likely 20% lower on power. The compact form factor was nice in the 714 but I had a lot of piston sticking issues with the gun. A few trips to the rebuild shop never really fixed that.

Power: 90-105% of the PH3050B, TBD
Trigger Control: 80-90% (Which is to say very good)
Price: 25%
Looks: Industrial like Big Nasty, no fancy colors I'm afraid

But yeah if you have the 3050B no reason to need it really

 

[2ndGearRubber]

Power: 90-105% of the PH3050B, TBD
Trigger Control: 80-90% (Which is to say very good)
Price: 25%
Looks: Industrial like Big Nasty, no fancy colors I'm afraid

But yeah if you have the 3050B no reason to need it really

Sounds like an excellent tool, at what I assume will be an excellent price as usual.

 

[Kenskip1]

Before I made the purchase to the "Chief" I had a Husky 4630 that I purchased at my local Lowes. This one had great trigger control but lacked the "Beans" to say remove a stuck on wheel bearing. So I rolled the dice and gave the Chief a new home. It has as of yet not failed a mission.

"Chris", The Bus Grease Monkey uses his tools a bit harder the Eric does. Might be someone worth visiting. He uses the Chief and is not disappointed with it.

 

[vssjim]

Power: 90-105% of the PH3050B, TBD
Trigger Control: 80-90% (Which is to say very good)
Price: 25%
Looks: Industrial like Big Nasty, no fancy colors I'm afraid

But yeah if you have the 3050B no reason to need it really

is this a refined version of the .401 shank tool you sold for a limited time 4920??? if i remember the part number correctly. I also have a cp714 for precision type work as it is the standard for trigger control but look forward the stronger with high control as an addition

 

[Astro_Pneumatic_Tools]

is this a refined version of the .401 shank tool you sold for a limited time 4920??? if i remember the part number correctly. I also have a cp714 for precision type work as it is the standard for trigger control but look forward the stronger with high control as an addition

It's all new, took over 2 years I think all in

 

[vssjim]

It's all new, took over 2 years I think all in

looking forward to as there are so many choices for 401 shank bits

 

[AA/FC]

I also have the Chief air hammer and I've been very happy with it.