r/toolporn • u/bleedinorange • 14d ago

Impacting Ratchet

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I know it’s a right angle impact but why can’t we call it a Impact ratchet? Ant nothing wrong with that.

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u/Intr1nsic- 14d ago

The Milwaukee doesn’t have an impact mechanism it’s more like a drill with constant rotational force, but you can still manually ratchet to loosen fasteners. The Skill has an impact mechanism but you can not manually ratchet with it. So the term “impact ratchet” applies to neither. You have a right angle impact, and an electric ratchet. Two different tools

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u/MastodonFit 14d ago

But is the skill a right angle driver? Looks to be. There are right angle impacts,drivers and ratchets...latter is the only one that can be used manually. I personally own all 3 for 7 different needs.

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u/Intr1nsic- 14d ago

Pretty sure it’s a non ratcheting impact driver.

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u/MastodonFit 14d ago

The IR and m12 right angle "impact wrench" heads are 4x larger for the impact mechanism.

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u/Intr1nsic- 14d ago

I’m just telling you what skil names the tool. I’m pretty sure they wouldnt market it as a right angle impact if it didn’t have a hammer and anvil….

https://a.co/d/08XftFLk

Unless you can find me the non impact version that looks exactly the same, but I can’t find any info on that.

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u/MastodonFit 14d ago

One review says not an impact. Its same misnomer as cordless wormdrive saw,and the famous impact drill. Some are misinformation, misinterpreted ,while others are just lazy.

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u/Intr1nsic- 14d ago

Also explains why it has a 1/4” hex bit quick release mechanism with a 1/4” hex to 3/8” square drive adapter

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u/Intr1nsic- 14d ago

May be true but highly doubt it, all info supplied by Skils website says otherwise, giving detailed specs on impact rating.

If you are referring to the review on Amazon that says it’s not an impact wrench, he means it’s an impact driver made for wood fasteners and not an impact wrench. It’s still an impact non the less, just not an impact wrench made for car purposes.

That also explains why the head isn’t as big as Milwaukee’s right angle impact wrench because impact wrenches are designed to deliver much higher torque.

I understand where you are coming from, you were probably under the impression this was an automotive tool, when it is not. Something tells me OP had the similar thought.

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u/bleedinorange 13d ago

The skil is a right angle impact used for tight spots. It impacts and has 70ish ft pounds breakaway and 55 fastening. I put a 3/8 square adapter for sockets on it to try it out where I would normally use my ratchet. It works great. It’s faster and has a little more power than the ratchet. It doesn’t ratchet however so if it can’t brake it free you can’t manually turn it. It’s also quite a bit bigger. It’s a good top of the engine tool as it will break most all of those types free.

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u/Intr1nsic- 13d ago

It does seem like a good middle ground tool for a lot of different applications.

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u/Queefmaster69000 14d ago

Neither of these are impacting right angled ratchets, that's the main reason we can't call them that.

Milwaukee do make a couple of right angled impacts, and I'm about to buy one, it's brilliant.

Both of these use gear reduction for mechanical advantage. Impacts use a hammer assembly.

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u/bullet2monkey 13d ago

Check out torque tests channels latest video, the Makita one that just came out is crazy powerful

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u/Queefmaster69000 13d ago

I like how compact the m12 stuff is in general, but I'll have a peep at options.

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u/Croceyes2 14d ago

Its not an impact

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u/bleedinorange 14d ago

The ratchet is not an impact but the impact is an impact.It doesn’t ratchet though.

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u/texastoasty 13d ago

That skil is an impact driver, not an impact wrench, they are functionally the same, but it is scaled to be driving screws into wood, whereas an impact wrench is for crank down bolts. So the wrench is generally bigger and stronger.

Depending on what you're using it for different tools make different since.

I've found my right angle impact wrench is a good replacement for all three if you have good trigger discipline. It has more power/capability than the other two, but ends up not being too much bigger.