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techtalk:ref:tools025 [2020/11/30 03:47] hippysmack [Torque Wrench Care and Usage, Related Charts and Information] |
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====== Torque Wrench Care and Usage, Related Charts and Information ====== | ====== Torque Wrench Care and Usage, Related Charts and Information ====== | ||
- | {{:techtalk:ref:tools:torque_wrench_gif_by_hippysmack.gif}} \\ | + | {{:techtalk:ref:tools:torque_wrench_gif_by_hippysmack.gif?direct|}} ((animation by Hippysmack)) \\ |
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If you turn the crows foot at a 90° angle, there is no increase in torque to the fastener from the preset scale. \\ | If you turn the crows foot at a 90° angle, there is no increase in torque to the fastener from the preset scale. \\ | ||
- | {{:techtalk:ref:tools:torque_with_a_crows_foot.jpg?direct&300|}} ((photo by Hippysmack)) \\ | + | {{:techtalk:ref:tools:torque_with_a_crows_foot_by_hippysmack.jpg?direct&300|}} ((photo by Hippysmack)) \\ |
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The invent of the clicker type torque wrench took the focus away from 'feeling' what you are doing while tightening. \\ | The invent of the clicker type torque wrench took the focus away from 'feeling' what you are doing while tightening. \\ | ||
Try and develop a 'feel' for when enough is enough especially if using a clicker type wrench. \\ | Try and develop a 'feel' for when enough is enough especially if using a clicker type wrench. \\ | ||
- | If the wrench fails to click, and many of them do on the low end of their scale, you can break something simply waiting for the click. \\ | + | If the wrench fails to click, and many of them do on the low end of their scale especially, you can break something simply waiting for the click. \\ |
====== Clamp Force ====== | ====== Clamp Force ====== |