PowerMate Vx 024-0299CT Air Needle Scaler

You need to have lots of air to run this but boy does it chip of rust and old paint. I just cleaned my mower deck and it saved me lots of time and did an excellent job. I ran a wire brush over it when I finished and its ready to paint. Noise level is average or more, depending what your cleaning.

Works great, also works as an air hammer when paired with an air hammer quick detach attachment and chisel.

Not exactly sure if I received a new one, it was packed like it was, but it had some scratches on the side and when I oiled it, some excess oil came out in a somewhat rusty color. It actually works excellent but it was either used or not made with much care. I still think its a decent value for the money. It did a nice job getting rust scale off a truck frame.

Honestly I have never written a review until now. I am restoring my 2000 super duty, and I live in Pennsylvania. Rust everywhere! Used this tool on my whole frame, and entire flatbed. It worked flawlessly. the hammer hits very hard. I run about 110-130psi. Tool has a dial for air adjustment, it is verry nice for lighter medal, and better control in little aeras. I used this tool for hours upon hours and the tool works perfect in my opinion for the money! It works so well I am going to get air hammer attachments for it. If you're looking through all the different scalers and you can't decide what one to buy like me..... this tool will impress you for the money.

Works well, build quality is good

Worked great for taking off old paint and rust scale off of the ramp truck diamond plating deck.

First try of accomplishing a cast iron stick welding job on an exhaust manifold that needed to be kept at a high temp while welding, and not look sloppy. This tool made pinning the weld so much faster than the old school hammer. Great price also.

3 Month Update I have been using this to work on a rusty car. About a month ago I noticed the scaler begin to hesitate to start up. I fiddled with the air pressure and got it to be more reliable, but today it has stopped altogether and nothing I do seems to get it to work. When you pull the trigger, all you get is air coming out of the exhaust port. It worked pretty well while it did, and it is cheap enough, but 3 months usage is just not good enough. I did keep it oiled. I am going to look for another brand that may be more reliable. Do not buy this one unless you consider it a throw away tool after your first project. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I never heard of a needle scaler before, and I saw someone using one on a YouTube video. I live in a coastal area where rust is a problem due to sea breeze. But my main focus is the underside of a Toyota that spent 8 years in Pittsburgh. Yes, they use salt there, a lot of it. Anyway, When the package arrived, before opening it I realized that it is a lot heavier than I anticipated. Opening it up confirmed that yes indeed, it is pretty heavy, but not too much to use. Decided to test it out on a steel patio chair. It worked pretty good on the light rust that was in a few places. Knocked the rust off and sprayed it with rest reformer. Chair saved! I have a older craftsman 10 gallon compressor, and it seemed to work just fine with that. There is an adjustment on the bottom that allows you to vary the amount of air going through and thus the power. You are supposed to add oil after each use. Overall, pretty cool! Great price!

I use this tool mostly for quick preparation of steel wheels before getting them ready for paint job. It removes in no time all that rust and dirt in the wheels folds and crevices. I found that it works better and faster then regular roloc discs mounted on air grinders. I only need to use a sandpaper to finish and smooth out the surface before the first paint coating. This tool is a pleasure to use and is efficient for what it does. I use it with a 60 gallons air compressor. I don’t think that any air compressor smaller then 15 gallons could provide enough compressed air to power it. Figure approx. 7CFM at 90psi. I wouldn’t hesitate to buy it again if ever needed.

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I purchased this product after reviewing several online videos about it. With great confidence I finally placed my order and received it in advance given the pandemic stuff we're going through I used it last weekend on my truck frame having the bed already removed. It WORKS exactly i how was told it would. The heavy scale i had just blasted off with ease even in the tightest crevices where i grinding wheel or wire wheel cant get to. Even on the smaller parts i removed i bench scaled those as well with excellent results. For the money? i cannot think of a better tool to do this job. Eye and Ear protection is a must!! The pistol grip permits longer work times with far less fatigue VS the straight thru handle style versions. Highly Recommend this!

After a maximum of one hour of use, the device has been down since yesterday. Despite careful oil supply, the vibration mechanism has stopped working, nothing more. Exceeds my worst concerns about poor quality. I'm excited... Better stay away from such goods!

Works as it should. Definitely doesn't hit as hard as the powerfist one I had from princess auto but it dose the trick for rust and weld slag.