Automotive Style Air Hammers

[Sean Klinksiek <klinksiek@zzzzzzzzzzzzz>]

Greg,
After learning to carve w/ a traditional pneumatic chisel that was owned by my mentor, I switched to the type you are using and have been carving with it for over three years. having said that, I enjoyed the traditional one better for the same reasons that others have already stated and will buy one as soon as I get the budget for it.
The automotive one works fine for now, and after all this time I have been using it, I am use to how it carves. I am young and do not have any wrist problems(yet). Both types carve equally fast or slow depending on what you adjust them to. But the straightness of the traditional ones allows for more control and less vibration. They are more fluid and less jerky. I am a fireman in San Antonio, TX when I am not carving. We talk about nozzle reaction allot in the fire service. This is the back pressure you feel in a fire hose when you open the nozzle, sometimes it's enough pressure  to knock you down. The automotive style air hammer has lots of this type of back pressure and bounces around alto on the stone if your not real care full with it. I did not experience this with the traditional air hammer.
spK
SRCC