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Assemble My Own Rifle?
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<blockquote data-quote="ntsqd" data-source="post: 2407027" data-attributes="member: 93138"><p>So, the torque wrench. I saw HF mentioned. The problem with cheap clicker type torque wrenches is that they're out of calibration when you buy them or soon after. At which point the wrench is useless except as a breaker bar (something that a good torque wrench of any type is NEVER used to do). I'm sure that somewhere out there is the guy who bought a clicker from HF and has it checked every year (he's now spent more on checking it than it's worth) and it never needs to be re-calibrated He's the outlier, the flyer, can't count on that being you, too.</p><p></p><p>Buy quality. Buy a torque wrench that you can check for calibration at home. Buy a Beam type torque wrench. Yeah, they're not as easy to use, but you're not John Force's "Pan Man" torquing the 8 connecting rods and five main bearing caps three to five times a day. A slower to use torque wrench isn't a big deal, and being able to see that it is out of calibration (the pointer doesn't point to Zero) at a glance and being able to re-calibrate it (bend the pointer until it does point at Zero) is priceless. Their popularity is waning, but good ones are out there.</p><p>~$93 at time of posting: <a href="https://www.mcmaster.com/7181A18/" target="_blank">https://www.mcmaster.com/7181A18/</a> There may still be a Craftsman option, but my quick search didn't find it. Check swap meets too, this one of the few precision tools that I wouldn't hesitate to buy used. So long as the beam hasn't been ground on, altered in size or shape, or doesn't have rust pits it will accurately do the job.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ntsqd, post: 2407027, member: 93138"] So, the torque wrench. I saw HF mentioned. The problem with cheap clicker type torque wrenches is that they're out of calibration when you buy them or soon after. At which point the wrench is useless except as a breaker bar (something that a good torque wrench of any type is NEVER used to do). I'm sure that somewhere out there is the guy who bought a clicker from HF and has it checked every year (he's now spent more on checking it than it's worth) and it never needs to be re-calibrated He's the outlier, the flyer, can't count on that being you, too. Buy quality. Buy a torque wrench that you can check for calibration at home. Buy a Beam type torque wrench. Yeah, they're not as easy to use, but you're not John Force's "Pan Man" torquing the 8 connecting rods and five main bearing caps three to five times a day. A slower to use torque wrench isn't a big deal, and being able to see that it is out of calibration (the pointer doesn't point to Zero) at a glance and being able to re-calibrate it (bend the pointer until it does point at Zero) is priceless. Their popularity is waning, but good ones are out there. ~$93 at time of posting: [URL]https://www.mcmaster.com/7181A18/[/URL] There may still be a Craftsman option, but my quick search didn't find it. Check swap meets too, this one of the few precision tools that I wouldn't hesitate to buy used. So long as the beam hasn't been ground on, altered in size or shape, or doesn't have rust pits it will accurately do the job. [/QUOTE]
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