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Re: air ratchets, 3/8 or 1/2 ?

To: Tom Shannon <saltfevr@xmission.com>
Subject: Re: air ratchets, 3/8 or 1/2 ?
From: Doug Odom <popms@thegrid.net>
Date: Thu, 06 Mar 2003 11:55:06 -0800
Tom, I use a 1/4 and a 3/8. An air ratchet is just to speed up the
process of
running down a nut or bolt. Then you torque like a normal ratchet. Years
ago I
did some R & D work for an air tool company. Air tools are like motors,
the more
air you make go through them the more power you make. I hopped up a 3/8
to about
100 ft.lb    Boy was that a mistake! As you spun down a nut, when it
stopped it
had the power to slam your knuckles into something before you could let
off the
button. Never was so happy to see a tool break in all my life as that
one.  Doug
Odom in big ditch

Tom Shannon wrote:

> ok you old salts,yeah you too Keith;
>
> Which do you prefer,or use most often? Or is it best to own both?
> I know KT,down South you boys just use a longer pipe with pliers.LOL
>
> Tom Shannon
> Salt Lake

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