Sounds interesting. I'll have to stop by my local Crafty Sears & Sawbuck and check it out. John Rdogers 88 GL Driver Joel Walker wrote: >got a flyer in the mail today from Craftsman/Sears ... >and there's an interesting little gizmo in there. >it's a "fits all standard ratchets" torque sensor. (yeah, i'm >wondering how it'll fit a 1/2-inch ratchet as well as a 1/4-inch >ratchet!). aha! down at the bottom, in small print it sez >"1/2-inch" ... so i guess that's the "standard size". it fits >between the ratchet and the socket, and is magically >electrical/electronic/PFM? as it has a wire that runs off to a >volt-meter-looking thingie what reads out the torque in 0.1 ft-lb >increments. plus or minus 3 percent accuracy from 50 to 150 >ft-lbs. preset target with torque alert. extra long 54-inch >wire/cable. > >now comes da Gotcha! :) > >$116.99 u.s. bucks. > >kinda high for me to go buy as a toy. and too gimmicky for me to >buy as a serious tool. >and it adds about 2 inches to the length of the socket-rachet >combo ... so if you're wanting to get into tight places, it ain't >gonna work. > >anybody tried this thing yet? :) > >joel > > > |
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