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

[Jim Franklin]

Hahaha, 0 for 3 on finding a rock-free location. I did pinch the webbing inside my thumb with the breaker bar, so there's that...

Any crazy ideas to get a 24 x 24 freestanding deck secured against destruction from frost heave movement and against uplift from hurricanes? I don't know that I can get enough sonotubes deep enough and lined up well enough to carry the 3 beams. The ground slopes too much to just pour a slab. 

jim

> On Jun 13, 2020, at 1:32 PM, Jim Franklin <jamesf at groupwbench.org> wrote:
> 
> Ok thanks all. I can't find one for rent anywhere near me, oddly. And I don't have the airflow to run a decent pneumatic one. 
> 
> I'll drive the first one by hand to test for rocks, then I'll just bit the bullet and buy one.
> 
> jim
> 
>> On Jun 13, 2020, at 1:00 PM, Lee Daniels <lee at automate-it.com> wrote:
>> 
>> I agree with Dave on the benefits of using an impact driver here. If you don't
>> want to buy the impact wrench and can't borrow one, rent one. I think you'll
>> be glad you did.
>> 
>> Here's a video showing this for your exact application (Titan deck foot) -
>> makes it smooth and easy: https://youtu.be/nWIQpMoMVlc
>> - Lee
>> 
>> On Sat, June 13, 2020 08:28, David Scheidt wrote:
>>> 
>>>> On Jun 12, 2020, at 19:45, Jim Franklin <jamesf at groupwbench.org> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 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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