Torque Screwdriver.....

[SparkyChick]

After looking at the extortionate prices for what is in essence a glorified screwdriver i think i might stick with the trusted technique of swear tight. I have thankfully never had a connection come loose or caused arcing due to a loose connection so im going to give it a miss.

Seems like another scam within the industry in which scare mongering is used, thanks for the input guys but im being a tight git atm.

I only bought mine because I had ended up with a credit note at a supplier due to a customer changing their mind and leaving me with a load of accessories.

What I thought was tight, turned out actually to be... not so much when I used the torque driver. Even the factory connections were quite a way off the mark.

The interchangeable blades... typically I put the large modulo driver bit on and that's it, it doesn't pretty much all the screws in the board. Print a label and stick it on the inside of the board with the torque settings and then when everythings connected, go over everything and give it a once over with the torque driver.

 

[camerabloke]

Surprised @Pete999 hasn’t posted here. He probably has one of each brand

 

[LankyWill]

Only if you don't look after your kit

You're talking to the person who wipes their tools down daily of any dust and dirt, i also regularly oil everything. I just think they are more gimmicky than normal screwdrivers.

 

[telectrix]

i'm a bit lax. wipe and/or oil once a week.

 

[camerabloke]

i'm a bit lax. wipe and/or oil once a week.

And that’s just your bum

 

[Midwest]

Whats this about wiping down with an oily rag?

 

[telectrix]

i would post details of my torque driver, but he doesn't want his personal details on the forum.

 

[Midwest]

i would post details of my torque driver, but he doesn't want his personal details on the forum.

Watch out, SWD might fined this post in two weeks time. When are Poland playing footie?

 

[Pete999]

Watch out, SWD might fined this post in two weeks time. When are Poland playing footie?

Whats he done to get fined?

 

[telectrix]

speeding in his lotus/subaru/lambretta?

 

[ipf]

Too much yapping already.....don't need a talking driver.

 

[Squid]

speeding in his lotus/subaru/lambretta?

Don't forget the E30 ;o))))

 

[johnduffell]

How do you check calibration of a torque driver? Tape measure and a known weight?

 

[telectrix]

Don't forget the E30 ;o))))

E30? pfffff. i've got a WD40.

 

[Pete999]

E30? pfffff. i've got a WD40.

Visited Th Orange Shed this morning, Ed China is advertising something that is "better than WD40" was tempted, but it's not a tool so I didn't bother.

 

[Pete999]

Surprised @Pete999 hasn’t posted here. He probably has one of each brand

That's a blatant Lie.

 

[telectrix]

Visited Th Orange Shed this morning

wash your mouth out with carbolic, and take 1 hour detention. no tools allowed in detention room..

 

[SparkyChick]

How do you check calibration of a torque driver? Tape measure and a known weight?

You can get torque calibrators. They used to be calibrated springs with a dial indicator I believe. Nowadays they are more likely to be load cells and digital displays.

As far as I know you clamp them to a fixed surface, attached the torque driver set to a specific torque setting and then turn it to check the mechanisms breaks at the specified torque.

One would assume they test at several points across the range of adjustment and possibly generate a torque curve for the tool.

 

[Pete999]

Visited Th Orange Shed this morning

wash your mouth out with carbolic, and take 1 hour detention. no tools allowed in detention room..

Yes Sir but I was only buying some batteries Sir Honest

 

[johnduffell]

They used to be calibrated springs with a dial indicator I believe. Nowadays they are more likely to be load cells and digital displays.

interesting! so who calibrates the calibrator machine?
they must eventually pop to France and try them on the IPK - no kidding they have an official Kilogram weight under glass domes, and if that's lost we don't know what a KG is any more: BIPM - IPK - https://www.bipm.org/en/bipm/mass/ipk/