[Shop-talk] 1/2 socket drive adapter for power auger?

[David Scheidt]

> On Jun 12, 2020, at 19:45, Jim Franklin <jamesf at groupwbench.org> wrote:
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> I'm going to drive in some small augers & plates as deck footings (Titan deck foot). They came with a 1/2" drive impact socket. Rather than buy a corded impact wrench that I will likely never use again, a friend has offered to loan me his Harbor Freight power auger 


A corded impact will have more torque than that auger. A good cordless or air impact will run circles around the corded one. Can you rent or borrow one?  

Hand held augers are limited in torque transfer by having to use the operator as the reaction. 
Impact drivers us a rotating hammer, and can way out perform a regular tool. 
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