Bill: We use inexpensive, generic torque wrenches. It is my impression that accuracy in torque settings is not crucial. We discovered that if we wrench tighten and come back to verify with the torque tool, we have consistently torqued at a somewhat but not significantly greater value than the tool would have. This tells me that hand tightening is not all that bad.
What is a bigger concern is missing critical bolts in the torqueing process. We have developed some guidelines for this procedure: We go back and re-torque every bolt. No talking or interruptions are allowed while doing this. Every crew member is assigned a specific colored felt pen and every nut must be marked. William -----Original Message----- From: RE-wrenches [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bill Loesch Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2015 6:57 AM To: RE-wrenches Subject: [RE-wrenches] Recommendation for torque tools Wrenches, Do you have a favorite brand/model of torque wrenches when assembling mounts to manufacturer's specs? How do you handle calibration? TIA, -- Bill Loesch Solar 1 - Saint Louis Solar 314 631 1094 ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2015.0.5751 / Virus Database: 4311/9328 - Release Date: 03/18/15 _______________________________________________ List sponsored by Redwood Alliance List Address: [email protected] Change listserver email address & settings: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List-Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html List rules & etiquette: www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out or update participant bios: www.members.re-wrenches.org _______________________________________________ List sponsored by Redwood Alliance List Address: [email protected] Change listserver email address & settings: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List-Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html List rules & etiquette: www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out or update participant bios: www.members.re-wrenches.org
