Thread: How much torque for a drill? (Homemade Pullup Bar)

Quote: Originally Posted by Wildtim Your problem is stemming from the cordless tools. I don't know how good the Hitachi is but I've used top of the line Dewalt and Milwaukee and neither has the torque of my $20 corded drill. I would back them out all the way, check the depth of your holes, and run them back in. I see the Torque rating on that cordless impact wrench. It is bull**** there is no way it generates that kind of power....

Quote: Originally Posted by triplechris Thanks Keetman. I installed my porch swing like this (your original installation). Maybe I'll think about going hardcore through the beam now... No problem & I highly recommend it. It is some work, but its worth it as I believe I got lucky. Many times my wife and I had been out there, along with the boy who was about 2 or so at the time. Plus, the dogs would occasionally be out there in the...

Quote: Originally Posted by Xler8d This in-lbs vs ft-lbs. That Hitachi was 1280 in-lbs which is roughly 107 ft-lbs. Corded over cordless anyday just as wildtim said. Cordless tools are way overused and are often destroyed be trying to use them for jobs they were not intended for. Note: Be careful with a high torque corded drill. They can be a real wrist snapper. Nice catch on that I saw lbs and just assumed, kinda sneaky of the manufacturers...

Quote: Originally Posted by LiftHeavy85 I'll get a picture up later tonight, right now im at the local university and wont be back till tonight. Hopefully with 4 thick lag screws in the beams they wont all come out at once and I will at least get some warning when it starts to give! This has been such trouble I could have just bought a bunch of piping and made a free standing bar instead! it's a pain, but once it's done you...

You might burn up the drills if you decide to stick to that plan. It looks like you'll have to cut the bolts off with a sawzall and start fresh. Also, are you sure you're not hitting anything behind?

Quote: Originally Posted by LiftHeavy85 there hexed, so screwdrivers are out of the question. Have to use a socket. Pilot holes werent deep enough, thats obvious, so now I'll prob have to pick up a impact wrench to finish it off or to try and loosen them and drill a little deeper pilot hole Definately do this, get a rachet too then. I wouldn't use an impact wrench unless I absolutely had to, and even then I wouldn't buy it...

lol, i do, i just couldn't think of the best way to explain it, besides rotational/twisting force. http://dictionary.reference.com/tool...stall?q=torque http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torque

Quote: Originally Posted by LiftHeavy85 Ya I know which is why I think its just because my drill doesnt have enough torque to handle it. Im fairly sure theres nothing I hit inside the wood, the beams are only 1.75in thick and when I went to inspect them there are no bolts around the area im drilling into. I was actually thinking of trading in my cordless drill for a impact driver that comes with a drill attachment that way I get 100$ back and...

Take those bad boys out and put some soap on them. You can break the bolt heads off cranking on them that hard.

if your using an average sized ratchet your not going to be able to get enough torque with it, just pick up something longer like this http://www.northerntool.com/webapp/w..._375812_375812 or take out the lag bolts, get some 1/2'' - 3/4'' threaded rod, drill right through the wood and tighten it with a couple nuts edit: i second 4MEandThem's soap suggestion, i did that on a job this past summer and it worked beautifully