Sears Impact Wrench

[Winterborne]

Couldn't locate the shop Impact Wrench and was told to check the cage in the boiler room.
This is what I discovered:

 

[Chipm]

That's an antique.

 

[PelicanPines]

Nifty

 

[Steel_Rain]

Couldn't locate the shop Impact Wrench and was told to check the cage in the boiler room.
This is what I discovered:

Cool.

Looks like this one: https://www.garagejournal.com/forum...-impact-wrench-are-switches-available.461391/

 

[finn]

I had a young guy help me build a sauna by the lake last year when my back was all screwed up.

Nice young recent college grad that decided he wanted a career as a carpenter, and just got his license.. we needed a jig saw, and his was in his trailer up the driveway. I grabbed mine from the basement, a Sears Craftsman, either Sears Best or Sears Indistrial, I don’t remember which.

He laughed out loud when he saw it. I was a little taken aback at first, but then I figured he is 21 or 22 most likely. and the saw is probably around 40.

That’s why I have to laugh any time a “buy it for life” thread comes around.

He had probably $2000 worth of Milwaukee tools. Edit: adding up what I saw, probably more like $5 or $6k.

 

[driftpin]

Guessing that's a late '70's early '80's tool.

 

[NHtoolguy]

I have a Black and Decker "Bulldog" 1/2" impact wrench of similar design. I purchased it in 1985. One nice feature is a rocker switch trigger, for rapid changes of forward and reverse direction.

 

[cody1325]

Pretty sure my drill's the same age. Note to self--replace cord. The current one probably has 2 feet of MSHA rated tape I put on it ever since Granddad gave me the drill as a teen.

Need to get a corded one like this as a "in the meantime" until I get a nice cordless one. I have an air system that can take some beefy wrenches. Buddy of mine--er, no.

I briefly thought about getting a Swench, but after the Power Hawk division of Curtiss Wright got bought by Snap-On, prices went through the roof.

 

[RTM]

I have a Black and Decker "Bulldog" 1/2" impact wrench of similar design. I purchased it in 1985. One nice feature is a rocker switch trigger, for rapid changes of forward and reverse direction.

I still have my dad’s, possibly bought a little earlier. Bulldog Model 6513-09 type 1. Hauled it out for something a year ago, cord was a shambles, but it did the job.

I Remember back in the day, doing something on a master cylinder on one of the cars, the Bulldog would not move it, but the Vessel hammer operated impact did. Need both tools for any job. A transmission job later on, it was the opposite result.

And the Makita XWT04 has been added as a backup to the others. Suspect it may send the Bulldog into retirement.

 

[AC-WC]

My dad and I bought one similar in the early 80's. What they don't tell you is you need a 12 gauge extension cord to power it properly. Yes the rocker switch was a nice feature. I was trying to remove some lug nuts and it wouldn't touch it with the 50 ft cord we had. Was likely a 16 gauge wire. When you don't have an air compressor it beats doing it by hand. They are heavy though...

It's sadly gone, when my stepdad's worthless kid stole it from my mom's barn. My stepdad replaced it with a HF impact

 

[willf650]

We still have stuff like that floating around in our shop simply because it hasn't been thrown out. I think most of it is ingersol Rand electric 1/2" and 3/4" electric impacts.


This dates back to a day of dissembling machinery in an industrial setting prior to lithium battery powered tools. The power of them is laughable to current battery powered tools.

No one is using the tools any more. It's simply in them tool cabinets.

 

[finn]

We still have stuff like that floating around in our shop simply because it hasn't been thrown out. I think most of it is ingersol Rand electric 1/2" and 3/4" electric impacts.


This dates back to a day of dissembling machinery in an industrial setting prior to lithium battery powered tools. The power of them is laughable to current battery powered tools.

No one is using the tools any more. It's simply in them tool cabinets.

But, but, but,…. buy once, cry once….I guess that’s not a universal truth.

 

[johnh91]

Jeez I haven't been in a Sears in forever. Anyone local to AZ know when the one in Chandler Fashion Square shut down? I think that's the last one I was in. Maybe 2010?

 

[Beerhippie]

What they don't tell you is you need a 12 gauge extension cord to power it properly.

There was never a corded tool in my quiver that got run with less than a 12 AWG cord--up to 50'. Beyond that, 10 AWG.

All my corded tools from back int '80s-'90s still run like new.