trying to crack a chrome socket with powerful impact wrenches DCF961& 2967

I have heard that chrome sockets can prematurely wear out the anvil of the impact wrench as well.

That would be a major concern of mine.

Does anyone know if that is accurate?

Love your videos! Thanks!

Didn't know how satisfying it is to watch impacts in slow-mo like that. Highlights have to be the milwaukee battery trying its hardest to escape, and how much you can hear the extra thump of the big dcf.

I snapped a new 1-1/2 impact socket tightening frame bolts (gomaco commander 3 paver) 12 bolts in a row with a dcf961 with 9amp flex battery 15-20sec of impacting on each bolt

The limiting factor isn’t the socket. It’s the battery powered tool in this case. Try the test with pneumatic impact wrenches and you might have better luck

I see problem on this test. It seem to me, that you are testing socket on skidmore. Try it on nut welde on not moving part. I see 21mm a 24mm Cr-V socket craking with less powerfuel impact.

Thank you very much for this video!
There are a lot of different opinions on this topic but this pretty much settles it for me, I am going to buy a set of impact sockets, since I'd like to avoid ruining my chrome sockets.

Wow that sound is WILD

My father owned a garage for over 50 years. He used chrome sockets almost exclusively. We used CP air impacts and ran pretty high air pressure. We never had a big problem of sockets breaking, I remember one or two sockets that cracked the whole time I worked there, and we didn't have a problem with chrome flaking either. And again the only sockets I saw have problems were chrome sockets with small cracks, I've never seen one explode. On the internet I've seen photos of impact sockets that exploded. So first of all don't buy cheap tools and expect them to stand up to extreme rough use.

Just use impacts. It's better all around. Notice all the chrome flaking coming off that socket