Sears auto hammer

In news: snipped-for-privacy@bb.nothome.com, notbob dropped this bit of wisdom:

According to those who have tried the tool it is "Too little too soon".

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Suspicious. Reviews were mostly very bad or very good, very little middle ground. Makes one wonder if some reviews were bogus. Knowing what I know about Craftsman tools in the last few decades, I'm prone to believe the negatives.

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Battery operated at 1.86 pounds, it seems unreasonable to even hope for this to drive a 3" nail, or even a 1.5" nail. Think of the necessary "recoil"!

If it uses impacts, recoil will be very little.

I can drive a railroad spike into a block of concrete with a two pound palm driver.

Well, maybe not THAT much, but there's no recoil.

I saw that on TV and thought it was a good extension of the palm nailer for decks Joists.

A warning on Li-Ion - they don't like Texas or Az heat. The battery drys out. Keep them indoors and use them as needed. Pain in the xxxx!

I have a skill wrench (in the metal shop building - dead) - same present - skill triangle driver. It works fine - sitting on my desk in the house.

Might be Skill - might be Li-Ion. Might be sub contractor to Skill.

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Too bad they decided to make it look like a hammer instead of a palm nailer. Having your hand directly behind the point of impact would make more sense. They'll learn.

Mebbe so, but that depends on the size of someone's mitts. I think to a large degree the design/marketing people decided that it should look like a hammer.