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Reply #15 - 10/21/11 at 18:37:01
 
Verslagen1, thanks to the tightwad in me, if I had half your brainpower you could be my new best friend. As things stand, however, my relationship with math is not unlike my relationship with electricity. I better stick with a dedicated tool. But thanks.
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Reply #16 - 10/21/11 at 19:16:40
 
Even though I was not enlightened about clickers like I am now, I picked up a technique from a fellow out at the airport that used clickers.

He would always torque things down at about 1/2 value first, then do it again at full torque.  Now that I think about it, this technique might give you a warning if a clicker was way out of tolerance,.. like clicking with almost no torque, or the opposite - no click.

Since I still have my Craftsman beam torque wrench I bought many years ago, I think I'll go out to the workshop and do some test torquing -- comparing my two clickers to the beam.  Crude, maybe, but it might show if one of the clickers was grossly out of tolerance, anyway.
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Reply #17 - 10/21/11 at 19:21:54
 
Arizuno wrote on 10/21/11 at 18:37:01:
Verslagen1, thanks to the tightwad in me, if I had half your brainpower you could be my new best friend. As things stand, however, my relationship with math is not unlike my relationship with electricity. I better stick with a dedicated tool. But thanks.

Only buy wrenches that are 1 foot long, then torque = pounds   Cool
of course you'll also need a set 1 inch long.   Grin
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Reply #18 - 10/21/11 at 19:28:15
 
verslagen1 wrote on 10/21/11 at 19:21:54:
of course you'll also need a set 1 inch long.   Grin

Naw, just drill a hole through your wrench one inch from the socket and hook your fish scale through that.  Then you have both a high and low range tool without spending any more money.  Grin
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Reply #19 - 10/22/11 at 07:17:03
 
Boule’tard wrote on 10/21/11 at 19:28:15:
verslagen1 wrote on 10/21/11 at 19:21:54:
of course you'll also need a set 1 inch long.   Grin

Naw, just drill a hole through your wrench one inch from the socket and hook your fish scale through that.  Then you have both a high and low range tool without spending any more money.  Grin


Have you ever tried to drill a hole through a Craftsman or Snap-on wrench?  You'll have to buy some extra-special drill bits.
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Reply #20 - 10/22/11 at 07:51:28
 
My crescent has a hole in it,No need to drill Grin
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Reply #21 - 10/22/11 at 11:58:18
 
Using a torque wrench for the first time the other day (Craftsman Microtork Torque Wrench, 150 ft/lbs borrowed from the neighboor) I'd have to say that the clicker is easy for noobs.

Click on, click off.
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