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If I ever worked on an airplane or a rocket, I'd do what powermad does.
If I ever worked on an airplane or a rocket, I'd do what powermad does.
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Well there are grades of hairs, you see, but that's for a different thread.This reminds me of my personal dilemma.
After many years of turning wrenches on big and small stuff, I got to this weird point where specified torque often felt like not quite enough to me.
So I was always going just a hair tighter.
This led me to question whether qualified engineers were correct, or I was.
Naturally, I decided that all of them have always been wrong.
Nowadays, I still use a torque wrench on head bolts and hub nuts and the like, but otherwise not very often.
Clearly, YMMV.
Perhaps what it really comes down to is: how much is a hair?
And he does not appear to have the proper ticket...Well there are grades of hairs, you see, but that's for a different thread.
It's the NWFA Fall Fundraiser this month; Time to step up and grab those membership perks.And he does not appear to have the proper ticket...
...although he meets all other qualifications for entry (time in grade, post count, etc.)...
In the land of the bald, the one-haired she/her is queen/king!Well there are grades of hairs, you see, but that's for a different thread.
This reminds me of my personal dilemma.
After many years of turning wrenches on big and small stuff, I got to this weird point where specified torque often felt like not quite enough to me.
So I was always going just a hair tighter.
This led me to question whether qualified engineers were correct, or I was.
Naturally, I decided that all of them have always been wrong.
Nowadays, I still use a torque wrench on head bolts and hub nuts and the like, but otherwise not very often.
Clearly, YMMV.
Perhaps what it really comes down to is: how much is a hair?
Is that a repair tag hanging off it?My brother used to say "Torque until it strips, then back off 1/4 turn.
What I have done is purchase a used aerospace quality Consolidated Devices in.lb. /Nm dial torque wrench. I use it on mountain bike and motorcycle fasteners within its range. With proper drive sockets, would be perfect for the typical 4-40 or 6-40 scope mount screws.
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Ripped the pic off the web.Is that a repair tag hanging off it?
When I was in welding school, I met a guy that swore Ford mechanics were actually taught "tighten it until it cracks, then back it off a 1/4 turn."My brother used to say "Torque until it strips, then back off 1/4 turn.
What I have done is purchase a used aerospace quality Consolidated Devices in.lb. /Nm dial torque wrench. I use it on mountain bike and motorcycle fasteners within its range. With proper drive sockets, would be perfect for the typical 4-40 or 6-40 scope mount screws.
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You're young. You'll learn. It's like playing an instrument.
Standard hardware at Boeing...
I've taken advantage of the warranty more than once. It's true. They stand behind their products.Well at least being a Vortex, if it hit the ground and broke, they would send you a new one...or so about 1,000 salespeople have told me.
And yet another vote for the Fat Wrench...used mine yesterday. And as a gentle reminder for those who don't always read directions (um, that would be me), you should unscrew the tension all the way out between each use. True on most stuff like this.
You know it. And so do I.Standard hardware at Boeing...
That's not entirely true. I happen to know the second from the left on the top row was discontinued after being reported to HR as sexist.Standard hardware at Boeing...