iceguru1114
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- Nov 24, 2014
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I did a quick search and found a 9 year chat about impact gun preferences (they've changed a bit since then), and couldn't find much on zinc plating so I'm starting a new thread to ask around about preferences and/or experience. Google searches are filled with commercial influence biased opinions, so I'll trust your answers more than the general internet.
Question 1:
Does anyone have recommendations for some heavy duty pneumatic impact guns that strike a decent balance between noise (not too loud) and performance (breakaway torque in the 1000 lb-ft range)? Also looking for something that will last. Willing to spend up to $300 for something that strikes a good balance between my targets. At around $650, the SnapOn route is a little too rich for my blood.
A few options I'm considering:
Aircat 1150
IR 2235TIMAX
NITROCAT 1200K
Craftsman CMX...
Other suggestions are more than welcome!
Question 2:
Does anyone have any experience with zinc plating who can recommend a zinc plating kit of some kind? It'd be nice to have a kit that includes yellow chromate for that gold color that I like. I also need to be able to coat things about the size of an engine mount. I'm not really looking to set up a commercial-grade operation. There's a company called "Caswell" that seems to have a few decent options; anyone tried one of their kits? Any and all recommendations on this topic are welcome because I'm a total noob to the zinc plating process.
Here's an example from Caswell of something that looks about right, and is a tolerable price, but again, I'm a noob, I don't know how well something like this might work or not work:
CopyCad kit
One other option I'm thinking about to experiment with on some mounting bolts to start with is a little science experiment kit. Not sure if this would be good enough, though, or if it would just immediately all come off when I first install the bolts:
Zinc plating science kit
If you're able to give some useful info about any of this, thanks in advance!!
Question 1:
Does anyone have recommendations for some heavy duty pneumatic impact guns that strike a decent balance between noise (not too loud) and performance (breakaway torque in the 1000 lb-ft range)? Also looking for something that will last. Willing to spend up to $300 for something that strikes a good balance between my targets. At around $650, the SnapOn route is a little too rich for my blood.
A few options I'm considering:
Aircat 1150
IR 2235TIMAX
NITROCAT 1200K
Craftsman CMX...
Other suggestions are more than welcome!
Question 2:
Does anyone have any experience with zinc plating who can recommend a zinc plating kit of some kind? It'd be nice to have a kit that includes yellow chromate for that gold color that I like. I also need to be able to coat things about the size of an engine mount. I'm not really looking to set up a commercial-grade operation. There's a company called "Caswell" that seems to have a few decent options; anyone tried one of their kits? Any and all recommendations on this topic are welcome because I'm a total noob to the zinc plating process.
Here's an example from Caswell of something that looks about right, and is a tolerable price, but again, I'm a noob, I don't know how well something like this might work or not work:
CopyCad kit
One other option I'm thinking about to experiment with on some mounting bolts to start with is a little science experiment kit. Not sure if this would be good enough, though, or if it would just immediately all come off when I first install the bolts:
Zinc plating science kit
If you're able to give some useful info about any of this, thanks in advance!!