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While my last installment was about construction tools (well, destruction tools, really), this one's back to cars.
So, my next "onshore" tool purchase needs to be..., drum-roll please,... a new torque wrench.
I have a project near the top of my honey-do list that requires specified torque. And while I have a good 1/2" wrench for lug nuts and such, this next project is lower torque, well below its 20%-100% accuracy range.
The torques are about 11 and 14 ft-lbs, which are even below many 3/8" wrenches ranges. So it's going to be a lower torque 3/8" or the upper end on a 1/4" wrench. Basically, I need a wrench with no more than 50 ft-lbs full scale.
I'm open to any suggestions, preferences, cautionary tales, etc.
Here are a few candidates:
from our shores:
modern, techie, easy to use but very pricey and you have to feed it.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000I1Y5R...TF8&colid=11H2F23KSQOPK&coliid=I1VTRMYSYK9UVP
fast, easy to use, especially when you have to do multiples at the same value.
https://www.amazon.com/CDI-Torque-2...sim_hi_5?ie=UTF8&refRID=18TN2NT6ZW027FXVNDYS#
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00279RC5...UTF8&colid=11H2F23KSQOPK&coliid=I5ZFN0J9Q1DNL
deep down inside I'm an analog guy. this one's a bit fussier to use but a joy for a precise, visual, hands-on sort of person.
https://www.amazon.com/CDI-Torque-3...30845019&sr=1-16&keywords=cdi+torque+wrenches
And, from "onshores" far away:
from the good people who brought you precisely installed fasteners for your Merlins:
https://www.amazon.com/NORBAR-13640...8&qid=1430848548&sr=1-1&keywords=norbar+13640
from the other side of the Battle of Britain.
https://chadstoolbox.com/05075394001-wera-7000-b-torque-wrench-3-8-sq-drive-8-60nm/
So, my next "onshore" tool purchase needs to be..., drum-roll please,... a new torque wrench.
I have a project near the top of my honey-do list that requires specified torque. And while I have a good 1/2" wrench for lug nuts and such, this next project is lower torque, well below its 20%-100% accuracy range.
The torques are about 11 and 14 ft-lbs, which are even below many 3/8" wrenches ranges. So it's going to be a lower torque 3/8" or the upper end on a 1/4" wrench. Basically, I need a wrench with no more than 50 ft-lbs full scale.
I'm open to any suggestions, preferences, cautionary tales, etc.
Here are a few candidates:
from our shores:
modern, techie, easy to use but very pricey and you have to feed it.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000I1Y5R...TF8&colid=11H2F23KSQOPK&coliid=I1VTRMYSYK9UVP
fast, easy to use, especially when you have to do multiples at the same value.
https://www.amazon.com/CDI-Torque-2...sim_hi_5?ie=UTF8&refRID=18TN2NT6ZW027FXVNDYS#
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00279RC5...UTF8&colid=11H2F23KSQOPK&coliid=I5ZFN0J9Q1DNL
deep down inside I'm an analog guy. this one's a bit fussier to use but a joy for a precise, visual, hands-on sort of person.
https://www.amazon.com/CDI-Torque-3...30845019&sr=1-16&keywords=cdi+torque+wrenches
And, from "onshores" far away:
from the good people who brought you precisely installed fasteners for your Merlins:
https://www.amazon.com/NORBAR-13640...8&qid=1430848548&sr=1-1&keywords=norbar+13640
from the other side of the Battle of Britain.
https://chadstoolbox.com/05075394001-wera-7000-b-torque-wrench-3-8-sq-drive-8-60nm/