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From: "dfs" <dfs@gateway.net>
To: "Lancair List" <lancair.list@olsusa.com>
Subject: Torque Wrench
Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2000 02:19:57 -0800
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Marv is correct regarding torque wrenches that have not been calibrated.
Might just as well use the armstrong method for tightening your fasteners -
at least you can feel when the bolt begins to twist off!

Brent Sanchez's note regarding getting your wrenches calibrated at
Sacramento Sky Ranch is right on! A note of caution however - with something
as important as correct torque settings on your airplane - the junk you
usually find at Harbor Freight and the likes might not even be capable of
being calibrated, or if it is, most likely won't hold the calibration after
using it a while. Most (like 99%) of the tools available there are made in
China and they just haven't come up to the quality of most made-in-USA
tools, both in finish and necessary quality alloys. Not to say everything
with a made in USA label is of the quality we should be using, either
(remember, you're going to put your butt in this thing and go fly).

Bottom line, you're going to put a lot of bucks in your Lancair, the quality
of this particular tool should be commensurate.

Dan Schaefer

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