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Whoa torque wrenches are HUGE

Old 09-22-06, 01:46 PM
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Whoa torque wrenches are HUGE

I had no idea the Park Tool torque wrenches I ordered from Performance would be so massive! Any advice on how I should store these delicate yet monstrously large tools?
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I store mine in cutouts in the padding liner i installed in the drawers of my tool boxes. I wipe most of them down with a light oil before they go back for the night.
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1) they aren't delicate.

2) if you had bought a torque wrench at sears instead you could have saved some money and gotten a beautifully crafted, injection molded, plastic blister pack to store it in.
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The sears beam style torque wrench is so "delicate" that you bend the beam to recenter it to 0. I don't imagine the Park beam wrenches are much different.
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I store my TW-2 in it's original box.
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Originally Posted by LittleGinseng
I store my TW-2 in it's original box.
I'm thinking I'll do the same. As for the other comments, they're sure delicate compared to most other tools I have.
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Can't seem to find the allen adapters for the torque wrenches. Any idea where to look?
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Originally Posted by foolish heart
Can't seem to find the allen adapters for the torque wrenches. Any idea where to look?
McMaster-Carr or any good (real) hardware store
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Looked at the McMaster website. Can't seem to find it among the millions of stuff they have. Are those the ones on page 2644?

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Sears has them also.
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