Pretty much every celeb sparks on Youtube and every celeb diy training video on how to do a board change shows the sparks using an impact driver
When did this become the norm ?
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a Diyer doing their own board change could seriously mangle the terminations using an impact driver
Some people are a wrong tool!I think the problem is that some people use the wrong tool!
My biggest bug bear as well.The misuse of the impact wrench in the tyre bay is one of my annoyances they run the wheel nuts / bolts on to overtight and then use the torque wrench that instantly clicks to confirm the right torque. I remember many years ago stopping to help a woman that had a puncture the wheel had been fitted a few weeks before and the standard wrench in the car wouldn't move the wheel bolts, I always have a long 30" breaker bar and a selection of sockets to fit wheel nuts in my vehicle so expected it to be easy to get the wheel bolts moving and it wasn't I ended up jumping on the bar and eventually got them moving I suggested she got some new bolts as they had been excessively overtightened and used a different tyre bay to get the puncture fixed if that was the way the one she had used fitted wheels
BUTCHERY, Cowboy practiceDeja vu anyone?
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So if you’re using anything other than a hand held torque screwdriver, or adaptor, then you are not following manufacturers instructions…Yes, L-S, from the video linked above,
Yeh… I’ve got one. Hardly been used.You can get electric screwdrivers specifically designed not to over-tighten terminals such as this:
But not cheap!E-screwdriver, starter set speedE® I electric
Product description Anyone who spends much of the day fastening screws knows how much time it takes and the considerable strain it causes to wrists…www.wiha.com
It's more a case of using a impact driver as a powered screwdriver. Tighten to the point the cables are held then run down with the torque driver.
Pretty much every celeb sparks on Youtube and every celeb diy training video on how to do a board change shows the sparks using an impact driver
When did this become the norm ?
Its how a impact works.... its not smooth or subtle .It smashes its way until its stopped . Drill has far more control and less chances of damageIt's more a case of using a impact driver as a powered screwdriver. Tighten to the point the cables are held then run down with the torque driver.
It takes a lot of strain of the wrists.
Now, I know some will never accept it but its not really all that controversial. You can rip the guts out of an MCB terminal with a hand held screwdriver, you don't because you don't over tighten them, exactly the same with an impact. You just don't rattle them.
No it isn't, it has a variable trigger or mine does.Its how a impact works.... its not smooth or subtle .It smashes its way until its stopped . Drill has far more control and less chances of damage
I have to agree with this, as it happens I don't do it this way but I find it hard to argue with someone that does.It's more a case of using a impact driver as a powered screwdriver. Tighten to the point the cables are held then run down with the torque driver.
It takes a lot of strain of the wrists.
Now, I know some will never accept it but its not really all that controversial. You can rip the guts out of an MCB terminal with a hand held screwdriver, you don't because you don't over tighten them, exactly the same with an impact. You just don't rattle them.
ExactNo it isn't, it has a variable trigger or mine does.
It also doesn't "impact" until it reaches a certain resistance which engages the "hammer".
The "hammer" is actually two parts, one anvil attached to the bit holder and another spring-loaded anvil is driven by the motor. Only when enough resistance is met by the fixing will sufficient torque be applied by the motor for the spring to be compressed allowing the the anvils to ride over each other and apply the hammer action.
There's some good animation in this video that shows the anvils in motion.
I don't have this exact model and have to rely on my finger.
You can be surprisingly subtle with an impact before it starts to impact.
That's old news now, oil pulse impact drivers are the way forward! Super quiet and low vibration as well as massive power in a small unit. I love my Milwaukee 12V oil driver, it will drive screws with tremendous force, it has a lot more control that my previous one. I don't think I'd use it for tightening terminals though.The "hammer" is actually two parts, one anvil attached to the bit holder and another spring-loaded anvil is driven by the motor. Only when enough resistance is met by the fixing will sufficient torque be applied by the motor for the spring to be compressed allowing the the anvils to ride over each other and apply the hammer action.
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