Hey @
Alex...
From time to time the whole torque wrench thing comes up, often after somebody has learned a lesson the hard way.
It occurred to me that some version of the explanation above plus the illustrations would make a useful reference.
I thought about writing something for the wiki but that part of the site appears to be broken.
What about a sticky? Could go in each of the tech sections, perhaps.
Happy to do a rewrite to accommodate, if you think it's worthwhile.