Are air tools a meme for the home mechanic?
My dad had air tools when I was a kid and I have a 60 gallon compressor and the usual pneumatic tools. But shit is loud and hoses are inconvenient.
Is a 20v impact gun "good enough" for weekend wrenching?
Do they make electric framing nailers?
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No, air tools are not meme. Dollar for dollar, no battery or electric tool will perform nearly as well as its pneumatic equivalent.
This, As of yet no electric can put out a 1000 ftlb's of torque
For every day and minor shit they're ok though.
Depends what you are working on. If you have an old rusty F350 and want to put a lift kit on it you should probably invest in a compressor and some air tools. If you have an S2000 you can do everything with cordless stuff. The only thing I use an air impact for is taking off harmonic balancers and wheel bearing nuts, electric is enough for everything else I do, but I don't work on trucks or old rusted shit. Also air die grinders are 10x better than electrics, if you need to use one to use a cutoff wheel in a tight space air is really the only choice for now.
well i think cordless anything are memes for diy'ers. with the exception of a small cordless drill/driver for when you have to turn off the breakers to install something, corded tools gives you convenience of electric tools without the retardation of batteries and chargers.
>harmonic balancers
I've been told not to use air tools on anything attached to the crank, this true?
Nothing beats air. Invest in a decent 2 stage compressor and never worry again.
>cordless anything are memes
Have fun lugging a compressor and 100m of hose and extension lead around site then
Depends, if you are flat rate or in a hurry it's fine, if you are hourly you can go ahead and break it loose with two people awkwardly holding a pry bar on the flywheel
Putting it on yeah don't use air but taking it off yeah it doesn't matter