![]() ![]() Very pricey to buy new but not bad on yardstore or ebay used. ![]() And then there’s rivet guns which offer the best control but are identical otherwise. 498 might be in order (if you have the air to supply it) but there are few bit types available and they’re expensive. Would recommend that unless you’re dealing with REALLY tough jobs then a. Harbor Freight has the lowest prices on an extensive selection of drill bits, driver bits, and impact-rated bits. Luckily you can get a really hard hitting one for cheap, IR 119max (recommend the kit it’s usually the same price sometimes cheaper somehow) is about $120-130 and has very good trigger control, the difference is absolutely night and day from a short barrel. btw you mentioned the spring, that’s to retain the bit it’s just different style than the quick change chuck, no difference in power or anything but chucks are more convenient. This versatile set of short air chisels handles a variety of jobs like ripping sheet metal, demolishing masonry, cutting through bolts and other fasteners. Spray some air tool oil and work it through if you want. Could also be old gummed up lube in there slowing down the piston but more likely just not a great model. Most house brands like craftsman, kobalt, husky etc. It’s 100% the hammer at fault, the little short barrel ones hit pitifully weak and bounce all over the place, only useful when you can’t fit a big one in there. TTC puts it all in a nice spreadsheet at the end of the videos so you can weigh the different factors against each other if you care more about certain things. Turn off the compressor and disconnect the air source hose in preparation to load bits into. The HF Chief hit very hard but had no trigger control. ![]() The Sunex didn't hit quite as hard as some, but it had very good trigger control in the test, which can be handy. I went from a cheapo store brand short barrel to the Sunex SX243 and it was a night and day difference, the small one is just a tickler in comparison. Those numbers are pretty telling though, you're talking about 3-4 times the power for the long barrel hammers, and you can get a very nice one for under $100. Snap On and Matco were around 22,000 lb, and the HF Chief was very strong as well for the money. The cheapie short barrel air hammers maxed out around 5,000-6,000 lbs of force, while a ~$70 Sunex long barrel hit over 17,000 lb, and the IR119Max was over 20,000 lb. The air hammer YT videos done by Test Channel are pretty enlightening, since there isn't much data out there on air hammers (or even really power numbers from manufacturers that are easy to understand). ![]()
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