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I finally stopped fighting the idea of a digital torque wrench
I was talking with a senior inspector at the regional airport in Fargo last week. He was checking my work on a King Air's landing gear retract actuator. I had my old clicker wrench out. He just looked at it and said, 'You know, that thing is a great wrench, but it trusts your hearing and your elbow more than the bolt does.' He let me use his digital Snap-on wrench for the next set. Seeing the exact reading, plus the angle measurement, on the screen made it click. I always thought they were just fancy and easy to break. But for critical joints where stretch matters, the data is right there. I'm saving up for one now. What's a good model that can take a hangar floor drop?
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taylor1226d ago
Ever drop a digital one from a ladder? My old clicker just laughs it off.
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the_aaron26d ago
Honestly taylor12, that's a solid point about old tech being tough. But I gotta say, dropping any tool from a ladder is a bad day, digital or not. My old clicker might survive the fall, but my heart would still stop watching it drop. It's more about the scare than the damage sometimes.
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