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Been using 3/8 M18 Fuel Impact that company supplies for years, but I recently bought the 1/2 impact that I’m loving. Overall, for a tool though, I’d have to say woodworking router.3/8 m18 fuel impact, used it daily. Couldn’t live without.
I have 1/4 all the way to 1in impacts, so haven’t used air in years.Been using 3/8 M18 Fuel Impact that company supplies for years, but I recently bought the 1/2 impact that I’m loving. Overall, for a tool though, I’d have to say woodworking router.
Hard to pick the best tool, I have accumulated a pretty good assortment over the years. But sitting here thinking about it, I'd have to say, the Craftsman ratchet and socket set, that I've had since I was a teenager(1980s) It was my first tool set, and still my go to. Of course, out of the 3 ratchets in the kit 1/4, 3/8, and 1/2 drive. The 1/2 is the only original. I'm on my fourth 3/8 drive, and third 1/4. Each one having been replaced free through Sears, making use of that life time warranty.
I got my moneys worth out that set, a long time ago.
Nice!I have the same story to tell re: the Craftsman ratchets & socket sets bought
as a teenager from the late '70s. And since we were always stuffing the
biggest motors into the smallest engine bays possible during my misspent youth,
when I bought my first 3/8" fine-tooth articulating long handled ratchet, I thought
I had died & gone to heaven. :0)
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But the biggest personal win was when I finally had it with
waiting for more compressed air:
No lines, no waiting -- The Gift of Time.
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V1.0 = 1 80 gallon Champion in circuit. (current)
V2.0 = 1 80 gallon Champion + 80 gallons additional storage by manifolding both tanks together.
V3.0 = 2 80 gallon Champion compressors, with outboard controller alternating which
compressor fills both tanks. (2 separate dedicated 30A 220V circuits, but logic will ensure that
1 compressor on/off, then the other on/off, repeat as needed -- but never both at the same time!)
Motivation for doing this is heat management via lowering duty cycle on any 1 compressor.
NOTE: Car dealership chain was going out of business, had several new spendy compressors for sale.
They also had these for cheap. ('cuz of tired compressors + 3-phase motors.) The price
was right, so brought them both home. Invested in a couple of new single-phase
Baldor "Industrial" 220v 5-hp motors, and rebuilt the 2-stage compressors.
(Fresh rings, reed valves, etc.)
The old 60-gallon twin cylinder consumer-grade compressor would wear you out with
it's 'I'm beating myself up' sonic signature. Adding insult to injury was always running
out of air & having to wait for it to catch up. But a Champion compressor has a nice
'I can do this all day without breaking a sweat' sound to it. And it just delivers on the promise.
To me, the 80-gallon Champion is the Turbo 400 of compressed air. :0)