Trauma reducing bucking bars. Worth it?

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Trauma reducing bucking bars. Worth it?

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Any of you airframe guys tried out the ATI trauma reducing bucking bars? Are they worth the money? How well do they work?

I have a line on a set but wanted to see if they are worth anything.

https://www.atitoolstore.com/product-ca ... king-bars/
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loved the titanium ones when i have had a chance to use them !
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loved the titanium ones when i have had a chance to use them !
Titanium? Or Tungsten?
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Re: Trauma reducing bucking bars. Worth it?

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If I was doing a lot of bucking it might be a game changer. There is no doubt that repetitive use can be crippling.

A cheaper alternative might be a good pair of impact reducing gloves, then your hammer hand is protected too.
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probably tungsten, substantially heavier than steel and so much better at smaller and tight area jobs ( better for the hand AND the work piece !!) I'm pretty sure it wasn't depleted uranium ! :wink: Every good metalman should have a set !
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I’m sure they’re nice if you’re bucking rivets all day in a factory where the fuselage or wing or whatever is still wide open and free of all those bothersome system components that get in the road of every last rivet you need to buck when performing a typical in service repair. If you’re a general aviation structures tech, those fancy bars and their big bulky handle are going to make their way down to your bottom drawer where they’ll sit and slowly corrode away in the years between situations where they will actually fit in the space you have to work with. If you work on Boeing/Airbus size stuff they may get more use of course, but I bet you'll more often reach for something smaller and more versatile.
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