Anyone have one? I'm thinking about buying the hf unit, but it is 60 bucks. Not sure I'll ever use it again. Just need to clean up some flake on my frame. If anyone has one Id be willing to rent it from you.
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Needle scaler
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Have that one. A friend gave it to me because he did not have the air to run it. I screwed the housing back together and it works good for a hobby type garage.
Yes, I have dealt with rust.
Yes, I have dealt with rust.
I debated buying one but after watching videos online I thought I would be better off blasting since it worked pretty slow. However it seems to be a good tool for those difficult spots where you can't get a wheel in....
I am not impressed. It probably works ok for some specific applications, but with hand held wire and grinding wheels and flap disks, I felt it was slow, and just didn't do a very good job getting through stuff.
I'm sure it would blast through heavy scale, but so will my stout wire wheel, and it or the flap disks will take it down to bare metal, the scaler will not. At least nowhere near as fast.
I got one last year, thought it worked good on crusty frames...need lots of air!
One thing I had bought it for was getting into those areas where brackets were riveted to the frame so I could paint. Did not work good enough to paint. To the scalers credit, a wheel won't work there either, I would assume blasting would be the choice.
Meh the nooks and crannies do not bother me. Its a wheeling rig not show rig. Just want to get the big scale/undercoat they put on off.
If you don't take it down as far as i did mine, a wire wheel would probably be faster than a scaller. Blasting would get everything though.
A good powerwashing before hand can knock off some of the big stuff too if it's flaky undercoating.
A good powerwashing before hand can knock off some of the big stuff too if it's flaky undercoating.
I should have clarified my statement. I only use it where I can not get anything else in there. Last resort type of thing. I just assumed everyone new that's what they are designed for. Use wire wheels. Then grinding discs, then flap wheels. If just paint stripping, use the stripping wheels.
I just spent $200+ dollars with Roark Supply today on metal work stuff. And they are sending raffle stuff for BB.
I just spent $200+ dollars with Roark Supply today on metal work stuff. And they are sending raffle stuff for BB.
I like my scaler and felt it did a really good job getting the crust off my inner frame. It really shines in the tight corners. I think a lot of people push the scaler into the work too hard, then it just sits there and makes noise. You have to hold it firmly, but not push it into the work too hard...or the needles can't impact the work.
At any rate, there is not one magic tool for anything, there are several that all have their strong points and weak points. The scaler is invaluable in areas where a disc can't reach. Keep in mind that often on thicker scale a wire wheel will only polish the surface of the scale.
I ran my scaler with a little 20 gallon compressor. I did need to let the compressor catch up here and there...
At any rate, there is not one magic tool for anything, there are several that all have their strong points and weak points. The scaler is invaluable in areas where a disc can't reach. Keep in mind that often on thicker scale a wire wheel will only polish the surface of the scale.
I ran my scaler with a little 20 gallon compressor. I did need to let the compressor catch up here and there...
Thats the plan, hit it with the power washer, then use wire wheel. Mainly prep for welding.
The chisel tip on the power washer worked great. Few small hits with the ball peen and most the scale is off. Little time on the wire wheel and it cleaned up okay. Not going for show quality just something decent to weld to. Just did a few small sections need to remove a bunch of brackets and those silly leaf springs.
