Air Tools are Fantastic Additions to Home Workshop

Air tools are fantastic additions to any home workshop, for a variety of reasons. It may suprise you to find out that these useful and versatile tools can even be used in the rain. This is because the tool itself carries no electrical current. Therefore, you can use them near running water, bodies of water or generally wet conditions with no fear of electrocution. The air compressors that are used to pump the air through your tools may use electricity, but htere are portable versions available that are gas powered, eliminating the need for an electricity at all.l This allows you great versatility in where the tool can be used. This benefit alone makes having air tools highly appealing. Air tools also last longer than electrical tools and require less maintenance over heir lives. And the tasks you can perform with the power of the air compressor running through the tool will really amaze you.

To operate any air tool, such as an impact wrench, you will need an Air Compressor. Obviously, as the name implies, the air tools run on air. A source of air is necessary to use the air tool. And the source of the air will be an air compressor. Many air tools will run nicely off a smaller air compressor. However, as with many things, the bigger the better and larger air compressors will allow you greater flexibility in tool use. Having a large air reservoir tank on your air compressor is also useful as air tools use a large amount of air. I personally like my portable 2HP, 6.4 gallon compressor that is creates up to 7.8CFM. I take it with me to all my worksites and it powers all my different air tools, including my Ingersoll Rand 2115TI. However, if I am constantly using my air tools, the tank on my unit can drain quickly meaning the air compressor has to run more to continue powering all of my tools. Therefore, I would not recommend that you purchase an air compressor with a tank any smaller than 6.4 gallons. The CFM rating is also important for seeing proper performance from your air tools. As previously mentioned, larger compressor tanks on air compressors is preferred to smaller ones. But is is important to note that air compressors with larger tanks also cost more money.

One tool you can run with your air compressor is an Impact Wrench, and there is one that is preferrable to all the others.

This would be the Ingersoll Rand 231C 1/2-inch Super Duty Air Impact Wrench. It is a high quality tool that is heavy enough to satisfy mechanics, and easy enough to use to please the average home owner. The Ingersoll Rand Impact Wrench has an adjustable power regulator, pressure fed lubrication and a comfortable, contoured handle which make it an ideal tool even in several different working environments. It is also priced well so that the weekend warrior can enjoy it as well as the full-time mechanic. Customer reviews atteset to the durability, pleasing torque power and low-maintenance high quality construction. This tool will cost about $100, but it is well worth the price to have a quality, efficient, versatile tool such as this that will provide you with years of service and satisfaction. If you are seeking a 3/8" wrench size, instead of a 1/2", then you should purchase the Ingersoll Rand 2115TI which, like it's smaller counterpart, is a quality tool that will give you years of use and service.