Now on sale at Crappy Tire. I picked one up last night, 65 bucks. Think I'll go back over tomorrow and pick up that half price pancake air compressor with the two nailers, too.

 

I may need to make a trip to Crappy Tire tonight, thanks Wayne.

 

hah, i was just going through the flier...
the one rule for that place, never buy unless it's on sale... because it will be in a month.

 

LOL, +1 on that......

TNX for the 411, Wayne......

C.

 

Good stuff Wayne.
I have owned one of their 1/2" drive torque wrench for at least 10 years and it is still within spec.

 

and you would know.

I hope my springs relaxed after I had it torqued to 80 in storage for a while. It's now resting comfortably in a relaxed state safe inside my climate controlled home.

Oh, only 30 minutes til happy hour.

 

^^ Planning on getting drunk Deane??

 

No, it's been a while for that.

Inside joke. My wife and I always laugh about it because her folks used to time it nearly to the minute before imbibing-happy hour.

 

You should have no problem Deane. The main time I have seen problems is when the wrench has been left set at it's upper limits for extended periods.

My happy hour has just begun. It's 16:30 and I just put our supper in the oven.
I just sat down at my trusty puter and cracked open, ................you guessed it Deane................... an AK

 

Thanks for the advice Wayne. I'm sure it's good seeing as it was at 80lbs.

Right on. We've made a Bluenoser out of you after all. I'm having another R Red after a Honey Brown.

We just finished a BarBQ with chicken; oven baked sweet potato fries done in olive oil & Montreal chicken spice. My favorite.

 

You buggers started drinking without me???

I gotta lotta catching up to do...good thing my wife picked me up a case of grasshopper today...

 

I just bought a torque wrench at Crappy Tire (my first), is it best to store it with the torque set close to the lowest range? This isn't mentioned in the manual.

 

Yes Christian, that's correct, take it down to the lowest setting on the scale to store it. That way the spring will not take a set and give you erroneous readings. I'm surprised it did not mention that.

 

Hehe, that's the advantage we have on the East Coast. Always first to the bar.

 

Just picked up the 6 gal pancake air compressor too. Half price, 175 bucks. Just a little guy, but it'll do what I need it to do for now. Comes with a nailer and a stapler (I can't imagine they are great quality). Think I'll fire that baby up in a bit and see if I can't air-nail my shoe to the garage floor.

Also gonna check the torque on my wheels, see if they are anywhere close to spec. It's gonna be a fun morning!