Comments on: Finds: Swench Manual Impact Wrenches

By: Toolmonger » Blog Archive » Back In The Day: A Year Ago This Week On Toolmonger

Thu, 13 Sep 2007 00:31:15 +0000

[...] A reader tipped us off to the Swench manual impact wrench, some models of which can deliver over 1,000 ft-lbs of torque. He used it on a nuclear aircraft carrier, so it should fit right in around your garage. [...]

By: Toolmonger » Blog Archive » A Swench For Sale: 800 Ft-Lbs Of Torque, 50 Lbs Of Pull

Tue, 19 Jun 2007 16:31:46 +0000

[...] The Swench Model 750 [PowerHawk] Finds: Swench Manual Impact Wrenches [Toolmonger] PeterP’s Comment [Toolmonger] [...]

By: PeterP

PeterP — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 13:36:55 +0000

I have a model 750 swench for sale. I have had it for years. Works great. Selling price is $200.00. No sockets.

By: ken

ken — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 18:59:11 +0000

I bought a 750 from a military surplus after it came out of an auction.
I was suspicious when I had to pay out $20, but it works freely. I gave $35 each for the impact extension and dual sized impact socket!
Now I can finally change the blowout on my RV?:~)

By: brent

brent — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 23:15:43 +0000

i just bought a old modal #500 swench wrench at a garage sale it is awsome

By: Rob

Rob — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 23:25:02 +0000

Wow! These are really cool but for the price I could get a pneumatic impact AND a compressor!

By: Steve Thompson

Steve Thompson — Sat, 16 Sep 2006 02:24:20 +0000

Sounds similar to the impace wrench used on the Space Shuttle. They may not have a “home” version, but I wonder how much the “orbit” version is?

By: PeterP

PeterP — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 21:20:11 +0000

Just a followup, I called Swench and they do not make a “home” version of these at all. Hopefully this thing will come down in price to where a weekend mechanic could make use of it, but I suspect that they are comfortable in their niche for the moment.

By: Toolmonger » Blog Archive » Toolmonger’s Top 5: The Week in Tools

Fri, 15 Sep 2006 17:52:10 +0000

[...] Finds: Swench Manual Impact Wrench A reader (thanks, Kevin) wrote in to call our attention to this incredible tool which he used in the Navy. It’s a spring-loaded impact wrench; You crank it around 30-degrees or so winding up the spring, then BANG! It lets go and drives (with the biggest version) up to 7,000 ft-lbs of force. Holy crap. Even the little version whacks out 500 ft-lbs. [...]