[Cugel]

Here’s an interesting article about torque wrenches and their calibration, from another cycling website. 

https://www.cyclingnews.com/features/how-accurate-is-a-well-used-torque-wrench-we-went-to-a-lab-to-find-out/

It’s quite a long article so Mark1a can “stop reading” now. There’s no twittering one liner to sum it all up so ‘e’ll just have to stay higorant. 🙂

Myself, I was surprised to find that even highly used and sometimes abused torque wrenches don’t go that much out of kilter.

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[Cugel]

mark1a wrote:

Bore off. 

Cheep cheep cheep.

[Cugel]

chrisonatrike wrote:

Cugel wrote:

Here’s an interesting article about torque wrenches and their calibration…

What’s the twist?

It’s: that wrist action that can work a torque wrench to avoid stem-snap or similar; a mental transformation that can distort the meaning of a string of words into something one would prefer to read rather than wot wuz writ; or an intimate personal action producing a paroxym of pleasure from one’s “spot” whilst gazing with lust & abject admiration at a picture of Mrs Thatcher in full handbag and hairspray, sneering & snarling at an uppity peasant anxious about being homeless and starving.

It was also a dance in the olden days, when I were a bairn unable to appreciate how daft it made a fellow look when doing it.

I did hear that you can get bottles of wine from which a cheap metal cap is twisted off rather than having to perform the proper ritual with cork & extractor tool (preferably a Campag one). Some have a knack with champagne bottles obviating the need for the tool, although you can put the best man’s eye out if you’re incautious with your twisting. 

[chrisonabike]

Cugel wrote:

Cugel wrote:

Here’s an interesting article about torque wrenches and their calibration…

What’s the twist?

[mark1a]

Bore off. 

Bore off. 

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