Charles (in GA)
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Was wasting time one evening week before last, browsing on Ebay. I did a search for Norbar and found several different torque wrenches. Some were like the one Chammyman got, without the removable head, pretty useless unless you have the ratchet head for it, and several were the production type that require calibration equipment to set them, no micrometer scales. Then, there was this rather LARGE model, that caught my eye. 500 to 1500 Nm and 370 to 1100 ft/lb, dual marked scale, with a 3/4" square drive, push thru 60 tooth ratchet. (the tool is also available in 1" square drive). It was advertised as having been used once, and appears to be manufactured in 2001 and originally calibrated in 2002. This thing is long, about 62 inches, and comes in the black metal case and has an extension handle.
Well, I bid on it slightly above the starting bid, and apparently no one else needed a HUGE torque wrench that day, because I won it for the starting bid.
Norbar makes very fine torque wrenches and torque equipment. This is no exception. The tool is unique in that it is a clicker, but the entire mechanism is in the large bulge of the handle, the long flat tube is riveted to the ratchet head and the measuring mechanism. It is not sensitive to where on the handgrip you pull (many clickers are, I have been shown this in the calibration room at work) and the black tube in the pic is a handle extension that comes with it.
Quite truthfully, I don't really have a use for this, but at the price, I figured I could use it to tighten the axle nuts on a old Ford tractor 450 ft/lbs, or possibly the wing bolts on a Beechcraft (don't recall the torque, but its high), or possibly the tracks on my neighbors bulldozer. Anyhow, I have a neat conversation piece and should I need to torque to 1100 ft lbs, I'm prepared. Gotta get it to work and have them check it on the calibration equipment.
Charles
Well, I bid on it slightly above the starting bid, and apparently no one else needed a HUGE torque wrench that day, because I won it for the starting bid.
Norbar makes very fine torque wrenches and torque equipment. This is no exception. The tool is unique in that it is a clicker, but the entire mechanism is in the large bulge of the handle, the long flat tube is riveted to the ratchet head and the measuring mechanism. It is not sensitive to where on the handgrip you pull (many clickers are, I have been shown this in the calibration room at work) and the black tube in the pic is a handle extension that comes with it.
Quite truthfully, I don't really have a use for this, but at the price, I figured I could use it to tighten the axle nuts on a old Ford tractor 450 ft/lbs, or possibly the wing bolts on a Beechcraft (don't recall the torque, but its high), or possibly the tracks on my neighbors bulldozer. Anyhow, I have a neat conversation piece and should I need to torque to 1100 ft lbs, I'm prepared. Gotta get it to work and have them check it on the calibration equipment.
Charles
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