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Posted: 10/27/2010 3:20:52 PM EDT
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Craftsman's are a good compromise, plenty accurate and will hold up well.
I've got the Harbor Freight one's and they're fine for occasional use too. |
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Posted: 10/27/2010 3:24:18 PM EDT
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I have a craftsman I paid a pretty penny for about 8 years ago. 1/2 drive, 25-250 ft lbs
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Posted: 10/27/2010 3:25:03 PM EDT
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Armstrong
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Posted: 10/27/2010 3:27:57 PM EDT
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Craftsman's are a good compromise, plenty accurate and will hold up well. I've got the Harbor Freight one's and they're fine for occasional use too. For fun try to get either one recalibrated (...required periodically for torque wrenches). Report back on success (...or lack of) 
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Posted: 10/27/2010 3:30:11 PM EDT
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Craftsman's are a good compromise, plenty accurate and will hold up well. I've got the Harbor Freight one's and they're fine for occasional use too. For fun try to get either one recalibrated (...required periodically for torque wrenches). Report back on success (...or lack of) uhoh, another torque wrench snob |
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Posted: 10/27/2010 3:31:00 PM EDT
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Craftsman, but keep in mind the click type torque wrenches ARE NOT covered by the lifetime warranty. I THINK the old style might be covered under the warranty, but not what I use. I went with the click type, I adjust them back after use and I handle them carefully.
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Posted: 10/27/2010 3:34:03 PM EDT
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I use a split beam Snapon, they are only accurate to 3% but hold calibration longer and do not have to be reset to 0 every time you use them. I have used the craftsman Digi Torq, it will work fine and if you only use it on occasion it should hold calibration for a long time. I use mine at all day every day, close to 52,000 torques per year.
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Posted: 10/27/2010 3:35:49 PM EDT
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Find an old made in USA Proto used on ebay cheap, send it in for calibration and you are good to go for a very long time. You will have a professional quality tool that will last you the rest of your life for the price of a hobbyist tool.
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Posted: 10/27/2010 3:40:33 PM EDT
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i have a snap on 3/8 drive and a craftsman 1/2 drive, like the snap on better of course. downfall with the craftsman that i've seen is the locking ring is plastic and has a tendency to break. and if it's only covered by a 1 year warranty. so if it breaks at day 366 plan on buying another one.
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Posted: 10/27/2010 3:48:04 PM EDT
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Craftsman's are a good compromise, plenty accurate and will hold up well. I've got the Harbor Freight one's and they're fine for occasional use too. For fun try to get either one recalibrated (...required periodically for torque wrenches). Report back on success (...or lack of) I have used a Craftsman for 4 years - for about approx. 18 wheel swaps for the track per year. I have had it recalibrated every winter without any issue. Its accuracy is further tested when I go through Tech Inspection at the track - as inspectors check lug torque on all wheels. |
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Posted: 10/27/2010 3:52:38 PM EDT
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Craftsman's are a good compromise, plenty accurate and will hold up well. I've got the Harbor Freight one's and they're fine for occasional use too. For fun try to get either one recalibrated (...required periodically for torque wrenches). Report back on success (...or lack of) uhoh, another torque wrench snob Yeps, tightening fasteners into aluminum threads has a tendency to make one that way... 
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Posted: 10/27/2010 3:57:51 PM EDT
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Craftsman's are a good compromise, plenty accurate and will hold up well. I've got the Harbor Freight one's and they're fine for occasional use too. For fun try to get either one recalibrated (...required periodically for torque wrenches). Report back on success (...or lack of) I have used a Craftsman for 4 years - for about approx. 18 wheel swaps for the track per year. I have had it recalibrated every winter without any issue. Its accuracy is further tested when I go through Tech Inspection at the track - as inspectors check lug torque on all wheels. That.....is pwned...... |
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Posted: 10/27/2010 4:05:08 PM EDT
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Craftsman's are a good compromise, plenty accurate and will hold up well. I've got the Harbor Freight one's and they're fine for occasional use too. For fun try to get either one recalibrated (...required periodically for torque wrenches). Report back on success (...or lack of) I have used a Craftsman for 4 years - for about approx. 18 wheel swaps for the track per year. I have had it recalibrated every winter without any issue. Its accuracy is further tested when I go through Tech Inspection at the track - as inspectors check lug torque on all wheels. Good to hear of your success. My last Craftsman that I tried to have recal'ed took four trips to different stores before I could even get it shipped off. That was the last I saw of it. Took several letters and phone calls for Sears to send a check to replace it after they claimed UPS lost it. I Ebay'ed all of my other two Craftsman torque wrenches and replaced them with Snap On. One major thing I don't like about the last 1/2" Craftsman I looked was the plastic handle. Much too easily damaged if dropped. |
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Posted: 10/27/2010 8:36:33 PM EDT
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Quoted: Quoted: Craftsman's are a good compromise, plenty accurate and will hold up well. I've got the Harbor Freight one's and they're fine for occasional use too. For fun try to get either one recalibrated (...required periodically for torque wrenches). Report back on success (...or lack of) Sent my Craftsman out for recalibration, wasn't a problem. Dunno what your experience was, but I found it painless. I test mine periodically against the ones at work (we have them calibrated monthly). Took my Craftsman 5 years to require it, the Harbor Freights are still dead on, but admittedly they're smaller (1/4 & 3/8) and don't get used much. Calibrating them, btw, isn't super hard. Kind of tricky to set it all up but it's doable. |
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Posted: 10/27/2010 8:39:56 PM EDT
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i have a snap on 3/8 drive and a craftsman 1/2 drive, like the snap on better of course. downfall with the craftsman that i've seen is the locking ring is plastic and has a tendency to break. and if it's only covered by a 1 year warranty. so if it breaks at day 366 plan on buying another one. I just had this happen to me. Damn lock ring snapped in half. |
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Posted: 10/27/2010 8:46:13 PM EDT
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Posted: 10/27/2010 8:53:48 PM EDT
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New or lightly used Snap On stuff for dimes on the dollar, on ebay all the time. Broke ass auto mechanic's loss is your gain.
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Posted: 10/27/2010 8:55:01 PM EDT
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My recommendation of Proto comes from experience with the phone companies. I did lots of install work, and everything, and I mean everything gets checked in the quality audit process. Every single fastener. We even had to torque the screws on the power strips. Every company I worked for issued Proto torque wrenches, and we had them calibrated once a year. We never had problems when we used them correctly. The QA guys would test the torque on fasteners in both directions too, which is something you don't often see in the automotive world.
Working at car dealerships everybody else had Snap-On, and laughed at my Proto. Of course most of them had never heard of a Proto tool, and even fewer of them had ever seen a calibration certificate that didn't come with a brand new tool. I don't think I ran into a single tech at the dealerships that bothered having any of their tools calibrated, not torque wrenches, not multimeters, nothing. |
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Posted: 10/28/2010 7:27:59 AM EDT
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Have a Craftsman one that is now a breaker bar!
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Posted: 10/28/2010 7:30:29 AM EDT
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New or lightly used Snap On stuff for dimes on the dollar, on ebay all the time. Broke ass auto mechanic's loss is your gain. |
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Posted: 10/28/2010 7:34:38 AM EDT
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Quoted: Craftsman's are a good compromise, plenty accurate and will hold up well. I've got the Harbor Freight one's and they're fine for occasional use too. Either way on the above. Most folks don't use em much anyway. I'd suggest ebay for an older Craftsman but then again, you don't know what you'll end up with there either. |
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