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Points: 379 		Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Uncle Bud Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: Mar/14/2011 at 12:30pm
saw the SnapOn truck at a shop so i stopped and asked if i could nave a look, i thought i had died and went to heaven. most of my tools are craftsman and most are over 30 years old. their quailty now is nothing.
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As for myself, I would not know about current air tools.  I have enough to do me no more than I do being retired and just having hobbys for the most part.    BUT,  if you ever come across an old air wrench by a company called MARFLOW, get it !   The company has probably been out of business for years with foreign junk flooding the market.
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Originally posted by Peter Marano Peter Marano wrote:

Originally posted by Tyler Williams Tyler Williams wrote:

All air tools (except there die grinders, I have been through lots of them and finally gave up)


I got the SnapOn IM5 (1/2" drive impact) when they were introduced, then replaced it with the IM51 that also was not acceptable.  Is the latest SnapOn 1/2" impact good?

I also have the IM51 and I am very happy with it.  Not sure about the current MG series, never used one yet.  

Stay away from the Blue Point guns, my apprentices that try to cheap out buy them and they dont work very good at all.  They probably are similar quality and power as Craftsman and other cheap tools.  It drives me crazy when I hear the sound of a cheap/weak air gun from the other side of the shop banging away on something for 5 minutes, when my gun in the flick of the trigger could bang whatever it is loose.
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1965 Marlin, 1966 Marlin, 1967 American Rogue Convertible, 1968 Javelin, 1969 AMX, 1970 Javelin, 1973 Javelin AMX, 1973 Ambassador, 1974 Gremlin, 1975 Pacer
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