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Anyplace local do Torque Wrench Calibration
Been a while on mine. Some Snap on, some no names that rhyme with rarbor rate.
Any idea on general costs?
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I have a lot of torque wrenches that vary greatly in range. Most of my torque wrenches are Stahlwille digital and mechanical. Lowest range for all of my wrenches are 20ft lbs to 480ft lbs. I was going to buy the Stahwille Sensotork used from Germany but that also needs calibration intervals, and with as much as I need to use my torque wrenches I couldn't justify the cost.
I do know that you can send in your wrenches to Stahlwille in Floridia, if you have their brand and they will callobrate for around $100 a piece. That said,..... I also have some Snap On and some cheap ones that I needed for lower range. I found out that a lot of people were using this device called a Powerbuilt Digital Torque Adapter, its very accurate that I have found and its a very cheap alternative to doing it yourself. Its kind of funny, this device actually made me buy a much larger bench vise because after torquing to the end range of the Powerbuilt, I actually bent my old vise which was a really good Irwin Record Vice! So...Get the Powerbuilt, and make sure to have a nice big 5 inch plus bench vise, and check the calibration to make sure that its reading correctly. https://www.ebay.com/itm/Powerbuilt-...UAAOSwnMBacbgs
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Consult your tool man; there is a place in Ohio that recals them. Last time I had it done 10 years) it cost me $50.
The Chinese adapters I had were 15% out; I gave them away today. |
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Also heard that George Mason U has a cal lab on campus in Fairfax
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Most Snap On trucks have measuring gauges on board so you can at least test them to see if they are accurate or not. I have tested mine this way.
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Device accuracy is important but in the case of automotive I think the tool holder is the most inaccurate part of a final setting.
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