High-Pressure Or High-Volume Grease Gun
By Benjamen Johnson
Legacy Manufacturing, not to be confused with Legacy Woodworking, claims their MEGABOOST grease gun is the most powerful pistol-style grease gun out there. If you set the gun for boost, it’s able to deliver 10,000 PSI — or, if you set if for volume, it’ll pump out more grease per stroke than other similar grease guns.
Their claims may be something to shout about, but pushing grease into a fitting at 10,000 PSI probably isn’t a good idea unless you really know what you’re doing. If you need that kind of pressure to get grease into a joint, it could be clogged, and forcing grease into it might make things worse.
The gun’s dual-piston design allows the choice between high volume or pressure. Other benefits and features include extreme cold-weather performance, ergonomic MegaGrip handle, a bleeder valve for purging air, and a flex extension. Legacy makes the housing from cast aluminum, and the gun is fully repairable with a modular repair kit.
Expect to pay somewhere between $75 and $100 for the MEGABOOST.
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June 9th, 2009 at 1:28 pm
These can be great fun! At the plant where I used to work, we found you could pretty acurately hit the back of someone’s head from further away than he could run to catch you.
June 9th, 2009 at 7:48 pm
@Bob - where I work, that would be approximately 6 feet. (Sorry, I had to say it.)
June 11th, 2009 at 7:47 am
Please oh please oh please don’t use this thing on roller bearings.
I see more failures from over greasing rollers than I do from undergreasing.
June 12th, 2009 at 10:46 am
[...] High-Pressure Or High-Volume Grease Gun Legacy Manufacturing, not to be confused with Legacy Woodworking, claims their MEGABOOST grease gun is the most powerful pistol-style grease gun out there. If you set the gun for boost, it’s able to deliver 10,000 PSI — or, if you set if for volume, it’ll pump out more grease per stroke than other similar grease guns. [...]