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Originally Posted by gantt
for the record, if there is a harbor freight around, pick up the torque wrenches on one of their "biggest sales ever!!!!" you can score a 1/4, 3/8, and 1/2 drive for $11.99 each. i turn wrenches for a living, and have used all three sizes for three years with no issues. Rebuilt 15 liter engines, each year i have them calibrated when the guy comes around to our shop. each year they check ok.
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I'd love to have access to free/cheap calibration.
My experience with the HF torque wrench was different. I bought one thinking "how bad can it be?" and took it home to check it out.
Using a home-brew calibration rig (known weight, known lever length, basic arithmetic) I found that the wrench was off... by about
20 percent.
Returned it and haven't looked back.
This is the big problem with HF stuff. You might get something good and you might get a POS. Total crap shoot. So yeah... so cheap it's worth a shot, but caveat emptor. Protect yourself and test the thing.
My current 3/8 ratchet is an HF snap-on clone. I like it a lot.