Astro_Pneumatic_Tools
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We wanted to make impact bits that don't ****.
Currently, the amount of bits and bit sockets sets out there that are good in our opinion is a very short list that most of us know well. We wanted to make it onto that list, then not charge you like we were.
I have been talking to a couple of our best forges/factories for going on 3 years, well nagging them really, to consider making something different. Most factories in Taiwan make these out of Cromoly, and they are not bad - but really I don't use them outside of hand tool use. After the introduction of our Nano impact sockets went gang busters, and has continued to, I got the street cred I needed for everyone involved to say "fine okay, make them however you want. What's the spec?"
Truth is I didn't know. Probably a Tool Steel, probably a Shockproof toolsteel like S2 if experience and marketplace tells us anything, but beyond that I wasn't sure.
So we spent the next year making dozens of different sample sets with various treatments, hardnesses and stress relief post processes. Then we sent them to professionals, GJ users and our traditional field test partners who use these every day and awaited feedback.
Based on feedback we isolated the best performers and finished our own testing.
Results showed that.... you can still break them
... on small sizes.... of mainly Torx (hex are nearly indestructible)... with an 1828 Nano impact which is pretty burly for a 3/8", and in almost all cases the fastener breaks off at the head or becomes a circle first.
Good news is, so did the MVP sets we were aiming for. These bits bested or matched nearly all samples tested against, some almost 10X the street price of these. There seems to just be inherent design constraints when making something Torx shape and indestructible, where improving means it no longer fits in the fastener.
Not sure if this kind of info is welcome or if I'm just babbling, but below is the real details
Lifetime Warranty
As easy as it gets. Send us an email ([email protected]), PM on GJ, text or carrier pigeon with a picture of a broken bit and we'll ship a replacement out.
94410T 10pc 3/8" Drive Nano Impact Torx Bit Sockets
T25, T27, T30, T40, T45, T47, T50, T55, T60 and T70
$39.36 list, too new to know what it will sell at.
94418H 18pc 3/8" Drive Nano Impact Hex Driver Sockets - SAE & Metric
Includes Metric: 6, 7, 8, 10, 12, 14, 17, 18, 19mm and SAE: 1/4", 5/16", 3/8", 7/16", 1/2", 9/16", 5/8",
11/16" and 3/4"
$49.88 list, too new to know what it will sell at.
Sizes are lasered and stamped
Currently, the amount of bits and bit sockets sets out there that are good in our opinion is a very short list that most of us know well. We wanted to make it onto that list, then not charge you like we were.
I have been talking to a couple of our best forges/factories for going on 3 years, well nagging them really, to consider making something different. Most factories in Taiwan make these out of Cromoly, and they are not bad - but really I don't use them outside of hand tool use. After the introduction of our Nano impact sockets went gang busters, and has continued to, I got the street cred I needed for everyone involved to say "fine okay, make them however you want. What's the spec?"
Truth is I didn't know. Probably a Tool Steel, probably a Shockproof toolsteel like S2 if experience and marketplace tells us anything, but beyond that I wasn't sure.
So we spent the next year making dozens of different sample sets with various treatments, hardnesses and stress relief post processes. Then we sent them to professionals, GJ users and our traditional field test partners who use these every day and awaited feedback.
Based on feedback we isolated the best performers and finished our own testing.
Results showed that.... you can still break them
... on small sizes.... of mainly Torx (hex are nearly indestructible)... with an 1828 Nano impact which is pretty burly for a 3/8", and in almost all cases the fastener breaks off at the head or becomes a circle first. Good news is, so did the MVP sets we were aiming for. These bits bested or matched nearly all samples tested against, some almost 10X the street price of these. There seems to just be inherent design constraints when making something Torx shape and indestructible, where improving means it no longer fits in the fastener.
Not sure if this kind of info is welcome or if I'm just babbling, but below is the real details
Lifetime Warranty
As easy as it gets. Send us an email ([email protected]), PM on GJ, text or carrier pigeon with a picture of a broken bit and we'll ship a replacement out.
94410T 10pc 3/8" Drive Nano Impact Torx Bit Sockets
T25, T27, T30, T40, T45, T47, T50, T55, T60 and T70
$39.36 list, too new to know what it will sell at.
94418H 18pc 3/8" Drive Nano Impact Hex Driver Sockets - SAE & Metric
Includes Metric: 6, 7, 8, 10, 12, 14, 17, 18, 19mm and SAE: 1/4", 5/16", 3/8", 7/16", 1/2", 9/16", 5/8",
11/16" and 3/4"
$49.88 list, too new to know what it will sell at.
Sizes are lasered and stamped
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