[SML] Torqueing truss

[Dave Vick]

Plus almost all places that use torque sticks - I'm talking tire shops
here - do the final torquing with a manual wrench, as the torque stick
has a pretty broad margin of error, comparitively speaking.

-DV

On Thu, Feb 29, 2024 at 10:25 AM *Hobbit* via Stagecraft
<stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:
>
> The automotive industry has something they call "torque sticks" for use with
> impact wrenches, that in theory yield enough elastically to only pass a
> certain "final" torque to the other end.
>
> _   https://www.thedrive.com/guides-and-gear/what-are-torque-sticks
>
> I remain somewhat dubious -- it's still sending impulses to the lugnut which
> can't be having zero effect.  Plus, they're long and there would be very
> little room to maneuver all that inside a truss.  If you could even find
> them in the right size...
>
> _H*
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