need a good torque wrench
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From: Right here at my laptop, DUH!
when you have the same torque wrench 20 years from now and it still works and is still under warranty , ask yourself then if it was worth it. you get what you pay for in name brand tools.
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From: Texas
Originally Posted by Predator
That's interesting, my 1/2" Craftsman has the little window but it never fogged up. The 3/8" wrench has the torque values on the shaft. I assume these torque wrenches have a lifetime warranty; I'd take 'em back because it's not a given that they will fog up. I've had mine for a few years.
i agree take it back...sears is like walmart..they will take anything back 
Staging Lane
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From: logan utah
the snap on is a tosion type so you dont have to turn it down when done. less maintenance and it is one off the best i got mine olmost three years ago and assembled engines for two years and they calibrate the same know as they did when i bought them.
Teching In
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From: Miami, Florida USA
Excluding the Asian stuff, almost all tools available in the U.S. are made by only four companies! Acquisitions and subsequant duplicate plant closings are basically the reason.
All of my measurement tools must be certified each year in order for me to use them on U.S. certified aircraft. Every year all the torque wrenches, mics, gages, etc., go to a shop with certs tracable to the National Bureau of Standards and I always talk to the techs about who, in their opinion, makes the most accurate and reliable tools. Sometimes the answers are surprising! The one point they all agree on and I have also heard this from tool distributors, is, a quality manufacturer of, let's just say for example, torque wrenches, will either supply a new tool with the certification paper work at no extra charge or will let you return a tool if the accuracy range is out by more than about 2% over the full range, until you get a certifiable wrench.
My personal experiance has been such that torque tools can vary greatly from tool to tool by the same manufacturer. If accuracy is critical to you, make sure you have a new tools checked by a reliable source.
All of my measurement tools must be certified each year in order for me to use them on U.S. certified aircraft. Every year all the torque wrenches, mics, gages, etc., go to a shop with certs tracable to the National Bureau of Standards and I always talk to the techs about who, in their opinion, makes the most accurate and reliable tools. Sometimes the answers are surprising! The one point they all agree on and I have also heard this from tool distributors, is, a quality manufacturer of, let's just say for example, torque wrenches, will either supply a new tool with the certification paper work at no extra charge or will let you return a tool if the accuracy range is out by more than about 2% over the full range, until you get a certifiable wrench.
My personal experiance has been such that torque tools can vary greatly from tool to tool by the same manufacturer. If accuracy is critical to you, make sure you have a new tools checked by a reliable source.
