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A cordless air hammer, that actually works well, would be the white whale of tool development.
Even better if it works with the air hammer bits that I already have.
People will still need compressors for blast cabinets, needle scalers, DA sanders… plenty of things…but, every one of these Great Leap Forwards means we fire up our compressors less. If I owned a company that manufactured compressors, I would be looking to diversify right now.
Even better if it works with the air hammer bits that I already have.
People will still need compressors for blast cabinets, needle scalers, DA sanders… plenty of things…but, every one of these Great Leap Forwards means we fire up our compressors less. If I owned a company that manufactured compressors, I would be looking to diversify right now.
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Not to be that guy, because I hate that guy, and I love innovation in tools, but sds hammers exist. Would this more closely mimic the stroke length of an air hammer? I find it hard to believe it would hit harder given it's size relative to an sds hammer. Or maybe that's it, it's closer in size to an air hammer? Or it takes air hammer bits/chisels?
Sweetcorn
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I'd definitely be a buyer for a cordless hammer like that, and I'd even have reasonable expectations that it wouldn't fully replace a pneumatic hammer.
Hopefully it's not a Snap-on or Milwaukee.
SO cause it will be stupid expensive.
MW cause it won't be good until the 2nd or 3rd gen.
But I suppose someone's gotta start somewhere to start up the competition & innovation. No matter to me though anyway, I have no use for one.
Looks like Snap-on to me.
SO cause it will be stupid expensive.
MW cause it won't be good until the 2nd or 3rd gen.
But I suppose someone's gotta start somewhere to start up the competition & innovation. No matter to me though anyway, I have no use for one.
Looks like Snap-on to me.
Yes it’s a Snap On unitHopefully it's not a Snap-on or Milwaukee.
SO cause it will be stupid expensive.
MW cause it won't be good until the 2nd or 3rd gen.
But I suppose someone's gotta start somewhere to start up the competition & innovation. No matter to me though anyway, I have no use for one.
Looks like Snap-on to me.
I am hoping Milwaukee or Dewalt or Makita beat them to the patents… just because of the price difference between Snap-on and the other brands…
But I really need for it to work with standard air hammer bits… I can’t even imagine what it would cost to replace them all.
But I really need for it to work with standard air hammer bits… I can’t even imagine what it would cost to replace them all.
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RaisedByWolves
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My concern would be how will they stop it from killing batteries?
There’s not a battery type known that will put up with that level of vibration and constant hammering.
I mean they could just make it **** overall and keep the batteries alive, but there’s plenty of that out there.
mike93lx
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I would expect it's the same way that batteries survive on sds demo hammers and high torque impacts. Vibration isolation and damping
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engineer2
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A real test would be to drive in an 8 foot electrical grounding rod.
A&P mechanic
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I use my sds plus to partially drive in 1.5 x 1.5 wooden stakes for concrete forms. It doesn’t work that well. The sds plus starts the stake in the ground but is ineffective after that then I have to finish it off with a sledge.
In hindsight, I have never used an sds max but that would work much better. That big socket is what I use for starting 1.5 wooden stakes.
One of the only air tools I kept was my rivet gun (air hammer) and some die grinders. It would be nice it made it fit the .401 shanks.