From: "Richard Eddinger" <mrsrb1@msn.com>

If all of this is so why have a torque wrench in your toolbox at all?
These big company's the Government and any one that use torque wrench's
could make a bunch of money if they through the wrenches in the trash.How
about the times when you don't torque a nut or bolt to maximum but only to a
semi known load value such as we do when we torque bolts or nuts on
composite construction to make it secure but not damage the connection same
is true on aluminum or basically any type of substance. I don't know of any
case where you would ever torque to maximum. Instead you would use a higher
tensile strength bolt. Beats me which is correct just what I have been
taught over the years. They say you can't teach an old dog new tricks but
this old dog is ready to learn.

Dick & Nancy mrsrb1@msn.com