Torque VDE driver sets.........

[Dannyg8810]

Going to treat myself tomorrow to torque interchangeable blade set tomorrow

Anyone used any and recommend a certain brand??

Been looking at this

Armeg 5 Piece VDE Torque Screwdriver Set | Armeg Screwdriver Set - https://isswww.co.uk/armeg-sdsbset001-screwdriver-switch-blade-torque-set-5-piece?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI-uPv75eM1wIVlMmyCh2eQw3hEAQYBSABEgKO7fD_BwE

 

[Benchaffey]

I've been looking at these too, think you have to buy 2 different sets to complete one box, a bit strange ... I have seen the full set on Amazon for £118, they are the bees knees tho!

 

[Strima]

I got a Wiha one with another set of full blades for around £120 at an NIC show a couple of years ago, that's a decent bit of kit.

 

[Andy78]

My mate has a Wiha kit and loves it. I think the bits fit a bit tightly though and sometimes seem to get stuck. Maybe just needs more use.

 

[Strima]

I went with Wiha as they do the slim blades, we use a lot of hex fittings on DC PDUs and they fit very nicely. Shame about the cost but you have to treat yourself now and again...

 

[telectrix]

i prefer to trust my wrist and spend £120 on beer. ( or at least something to make life easier, could get a fair load of wago221s for that sort of money ).

 

[Pete999]

Going to treat myself tomorrow to torque interchangeable blade set tomorrow

Anyone used any and recommend a certain brand??

Been looking at this

Armeg 5 Piece VDE Torque Screwdriver Set | Armeg Screwdriver Set - https://isswww.co.uk/armeg-sdsbset001-screwdriver-switch-blade-torque-set-5-piece?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI-uPv75eM1wIVlMmyCh2eQw3hEAQYBSABEgKO7fD_BwE

Can't say what I want too

 

[Dannyg8810]

Can't say what I want too

Always see the armeg kit in eddies and center so may get that but also like the look of the draper one as takes same blades as my ck and wera interchange blades

Few other bits in my list also

 

[The Ghost]

I bought the armeg set the heads kept shearing off. At a trade show the rep said, yeh we get that a lot it's because you are using the wrong size head. Well...dear reader I was taken aback! Me? use the wrong size head mhmm that must be it. So I bought a wiha set and even if I use the wrong size head nothing breaks. Oh and the dial fell off the bottom of the armeg so you could not know what setting it was at which at the price...it is not good enough. To be fair armeg did send me out a new handle but still I am using the wiha, honest! every time.

 

[Gavin John Hyde]

i prefer to trust my wrist and spend £120 on beer.

Thats what my mate said when he worked how much he was spending on 'massages' in places of ill repute.
On the subject of torque drivers though, i have had a CK set thats a bit battered and a couple of years old; but still functioning, it has served me well and not had to replace any blades yet. Can't remember the cost as i got it slightly cheaper when i bought some other CK tools.

 

[Dannyg8810]

Thats what my mate said when he worked how much he was spending on 'massages' in places of ill repute.
On the subject of torque drivers though, i have had a CK set thats a bit battered and a couple of years old; but still functioning, it has served me well and not had to replace any blades yet. Can't remember the cost as i got it slightly cheaper when i bought some other CK tools.

Is it the 2 blade set?

 

[ipf]

i prefer to trust my wrist and spend £120 on beer. ( or at least something to make life easier, could get a fair load of wago221s for that sort of money ).

When I can't trust myself screwing, I'll be in a bad way.
Talk drivers? We'll soon be on screws yelling out when they're feeling the pinch.

 

[Gavin John Hyde]

Is it the 2 blade set?

Yes, its a 2 blade set originally, but i bought an additional kit of 6 blades when i got it. only downside is the lack of insulation on the shafts. might be an issue if working live. but for my jobs its okay.

 

[mickfred]

Got the wiha set it ok and screwfix do the blades for about 5 or 6 quid .

 

[Des 56]

For those who do not have a fully functioning wrist and are obliged to use these tools
It may one day be possible to rent a wrist that will enable you to copy the action required in order to become Torque free

 

[Midwest]

We get this torque free argument every time someone asks 'What torque driver...', and to some extent I agree with the anti's.

Yesterday, I was installing a loft light. When it came to testing, there were two cables (imperial twisted) in the mcb etc. In the mcb, one wire had been doubled over, the other hadn't, and weren't very secure in the terminal.

Re-terminated and reconnected by hand, I didn't have the manufacturers data to use my torque driver. So that's one issue (although somewhere I have a pdf with different manufacturers torque values).

Today, I'll be replacing a CU, and I'll use my torque driver. Mind, it should of been calibrated by now, so that's the other issue.

Years & years ago the only tester I used, was a Megger continuity tester, don't see why now I need my fancy MFT to do all these fancy tests nowadays

I'll continue using a torque driver where appropriate, might need a new one though!

 

[sam400]

I had used a torque driver on one of my assessment jobs, all CU terminals torqued to manufacturers spec (hager)
The scheme inspector comes along and checks all my CU terminals with a standard screwdriver?

How does that work? Is he better at assessing manually applied torque than me?

 

[Pete999]

I had used a torque driver on one of my assessment jobs, all CU terminals torqued to manufacturers spec (hager)
The scheme inspector comes along and checks all my CU terminals with a standard screwdriver?

How does that work? Is he better at assessing manually applied torque than me?

He is probably a lot more experienced that you are at present Sam, and is using that experience to check you connections, never used a torque driver myself.

 

[sam400]

He is probably a lot more experienced that you are at present Sam, and is using that experience to check you connections, never used a torque driver myself.

There's no way he could know if they were torqued up to manufactures spec doing it by hand. It's completely hypocritical for them to tell me to use a torque driver then for him to check them manually.

As for experience - I've been doing this for nearly 20 years if I haven't got the 'feel' by now I never will have.

Don't get my wrong torque setting tools definitely have there place in engineering particularly with the prevalance of TTY fasteners.

 

[Pete999]

There's no way he could know if they were torqued up to manufactures spec doing it by hand. It's completely hypocritical for them to tell me to use a torque driver then for him to check them manually.

As for experience - I've been doing this for nearly 20 years if I haven't got the 'feel' by now I never will have.

Don't get my wrong torque setting tools definitely have there place in engineering particularly with the prevalance of TTY fasteners.

Sam I think I misread the situation, I mistakenly thought your Assessor was or is a college tutor thinking you were a trainee, if this was a scam assessor then it just goes to show the hypocrisy as you rightly say, sorry for the misunderstanding.