Torque Screw Drivers.....?

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A while back I did a thread on these things.
I was at our local Princess Auto the other day and they
have marked down the Pro Point set again.
They started out at the $70 dollar range and were discounted
to $40.
They are discounted again to $25.
Not a bad deal.
Only thing is, the range is 5-15 inch pounds.
Pretty light, but could be a nice little unit for those that like
to over tighten the scope ring screws.
Comes in a hard plastic hinged case too.
 
Useless, that is why they are being cleared out. What will you torque to only one foot pound.... screws on eye glasses? I think you will find that you will tighten scope rings more than one foot pound if you don't want them to move... I think a standard weaver base is 25 inch pounds...
 
I think they are mainly for light duty work. Although Ive seen some guys tighten scopes until they dent the scope tube a bit.
 
Scope base screws are generaly torqued to 20 inch pounds, princess blotto sells 1/4 inch drive torque wrench cheaply.All the other ones I have seen are 300 plus
 
I calibrate Torque Tools for our Quality ISO program.The Torque screwdrivers we have go up to 40 lbf-in and have an accuracy of 4%.Snap-On has one with a shank so you can use anything that has a 1/4' shank.I use 3/8 " torque wrench (Inf-lb) when I change barrels on my XCR.You want to convert: ln-lb x .08333 will give you Ft-lb.Good Luck
 
MIRAMICHIER said:
I calibrate Torque Tools for our Quality ISO program.The Torque screwdrivers we have go up to 40 lbf-in and have an accuracy of 4%.Snap-On has one with a shank so you can use anything that has a 1/4' shank.I use 3/8 " torque wrench (Inf-lb) when I change barrels on my XCR.You want to convert: ln-lb x .08333 will give you Ft-lb.Good Luck
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Are these pricy and easily available ? a link would be good.. Thanks
 
silverfoxdj said:
Are these pricy and easily available ? a link would be good.. Thanks
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I called our local Snapper's chap and he mentioned a price that made me......b:

I know it was well over the $200 mark.
With taxes, closer to the $275 or so.
Haven't broken, twisted or booger'd a scope screw yet.
Snap-on is great if your budget/bank account will flavor it.

Heck, there's a catalogue right here.
Google-fu these numbers......

Tech2ym100
Tech2ydm100

These two go from 5-100 inch pounds.
 
kamlooky said:
I called our local Snapper's chap and he mentioned a price that made me......b:

I know it was well over the $200 mark.
With taxes, closer to the $275 or so.
Haven't broken, twisted or booger'd a scope screw yet.
Snap-on is great if your budget/bank account will flavor it.
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Ouch that's what I thought.. I'd better be careful and continue to search.. Thanks
 
You guys haven't been paying attention, we've gone over this a couple times lately. :) The Wheeler FAT wrench is $70, goes from 0-65 in-oz, comes with a 1/4" square tip and an adapter to 1/4" hex so you can use it for all your scope-mounting needs. I'm thinking about buying a 2nd one because I'm too lazy to unscrew it from 65 to 15 when switching between bases and rings. Available at every gun store I've been to in the last two months. Certainly accurate enough for what we do.
 
toomanyhobbies said:
You guys haven't been paying attention, we've gone over this a couple times lately. :) The Wheeler FAT wrench is $70, goes from 0-65 in-oz, comes with a 1/4" square tip and an adapter to 1/4" hex so you can use it for all your scope-mounting needs. I'm thinking about buying a 2nd one because I'm too lazy to unscrew it from 65 to 15 when switching between bases and rings. Available at every gun store I've been to in the last two months. Certainly accurate enough for what we do.
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Any online source no gun store around here carrys them..

 
Somebody lied to you. Probably a Snap-On salesman or one of our anal-retentive brethren.

They are just fine. The calibration / settings are pretty coarse, I don't expect better than 5 in/lb accuracy, but that is good enough for what we do. Repeatability is more important than precision for this application, and it handles that well. It's a damn sight better than going by feel.

Updated - Just for giggles, I went out and got my 1/4" torque wrench and compared them. My expectation seems about right, within 5 in/oz of a calibrated wrench at 65 in/oz.
 
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toomanyhobbies said:
Somebody lied to you. Probably a Snap-On salesman or one of our anal-retentive brethren.

They are just fine. The calibration / settings are pretty coarse, I don't expect better than 5 in/lb accuracy, but that is good enough for what we do. Repeatability is more important than precision for this application, and it handles that well. It's a damn sight better than going by feel.

Updated - Just for giggles, I went out and got my 1/4" torque wrench and compared them. My expectation seems about right, within 5 in/oz of a calibrated wrench at 65 in/oz.
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in-lb, not in-oz
 
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