Re: What is the name of this tool?
 

On Sat, 16 Apr 2005 12:59:06 -0700, "Michael Pardee"
<michaeltnull@cybertrails.com> wrote:

>"Steve Bigelow" <stevebigelowXXX@rogers.com> wrote in message
>news:sYednXeMQI4NxfzfRVn-rA@rogers.com...
>>
>> "Michael Pardee" <michaeltnull@cybertrails.com> wrote in message
>> news:4tqdndiV7auiq_zfRVn-tQ@sedona.net...
>>> "Ray" <stilllost@comcast.net> wrote in message
>>> news:pki1615f9jrj62ovhq5ohpf8un56kf35m0@4ax.com...
>>>>I need a tool and can't remember the name of it. Appreciate any help
>>>> you can give me.
>>>>
>>>> It's similar to a torque wrench, in that it uses sockets and you can
>>>> set the inch/ft pounds on it. BUT when that amount of torque is
>>>> reached the ratchet part of the unit slips and continues to do so,
>>>> until you stop twisting, then start again. As soon as the proper
>>>> torque is reached, the unit agaislips. In other words you cannot over
>>>> torque it.
>>>>
>>>> All the torque wrenches I've seen makes one click and the head bends
>>>> slightly when the set scale is reached. If you continue to twist the
>>>> torque wrench it continues to twist the bolt beyond the set torque.
>>>>
>>>> I thought it might be called a torque limiting wrench, but when I
>>>> searched that name there were only a few hits and the item did not
>>>> look like the correct tool. I know there must be lots of the type
>>>> wrench I'm looking for out there someplace.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>>
>>>> PS Last one of these I owned had a ball on a rod that ran up into the
>>>> handle. You pulled it out and rotated it to set the torque.
>>>
>>> I think what you describe is a "torque stick" like
>>> http://store.autotoolexpress.com/ameext50.html
>>
>> maybe, but torque sticks only work in impact wrenches.
>>
>They are commonly used on impact wrenches, but can be used on any driver. As
>you point out, though, they are not a driver themselves. I don't recall
>hearing of anything that is a torque stick function in a driver.
>
Ah, what i had was a long wrench, with a push-through socket head, and
a bar you ulled out and adjusted for the torque, and pushed back in.
the bar was about 2ft long, and when it got to the torque, it gave,
and wouldn't drive any more.

Father got it during his apprenticing at Lucas on the concord fuel
pumps in the 60's

>Mike
>

Re: What is the name of this tool?
 

On Sat, 16 Apr 2005 12:59:06 -0700, "Michael Pardee"
<michaeltnull@cybertrails.com> wrote:

>"Steve Bigelow" <stevebigelowXXX@rogers.com> wrote in message
>news:sYednXeMQI4NxfzfRVn-rA@rogers.com...
>>
>> "Michael Pardee" <michaeltnull@cybertrails.com> wrote in message
>> news:4tqdndiV7auiq_zfRVn-tQ@sedona.net...
>>> "Ray" <stilllost@comcast.net> wrote in message
>>> news:pki1615f9jrj62ovhq5ohpf8un56kf35m0@4ax.com...
>>>>I need a tool and can't remember the name of it. Appreciate any help
>>>> you can give me.
>>>>
>>>> It's similar to a torque wrench, in that it uses sockets and you can
>>>> set the inch/ft pounds on it. BUT when that amount of torque is
>>>> reached the ratchet part of the unit slips and continues to do so,
>>>> until you stop twisting, then start again. As soon as the proper
>>>> torque is reached, the unit agaislips. In other words you cannot over
>>>> torque it.
>>>>
>>>> All the torque wrenches I've seen makes one click and the head bends
>>>> slightly when the set scale is reached. If you continue to twist the
>>>> torque wrench it continues to twist the bolt beyond the set torque.
>>>>
>>>> I thought it might be called a torque limiting wrench, but when I
>>>> searched that name there were only a few hits and the item did not
>>>> look like the correct tool. I know there must be lots of the type
>>>> wrench I'm looking for out there someplace.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>>
>>>> PS Last one of these I owned had a ball on a rod that ran up into the
>>>> handle. You pulled it out and rotated it to set the torque.
>>>
>>> I think what you describe is a "torque stick" like
>>> http://store.autotoolexpress.com/ameext50.html
>>
>> maybe, but torque sticks only work in impact wrenches.
>>
>They are commonly used on impact wrenches, but can be used on any driver. As
>you point out, though, they are not a driver themselves. I don't recall
>hearing of anything that is a torque stick function in a driver.
>
Ah, what i had was a long wrench, with a push-through socket head, and
a bar you ulled out and adjusted for the torque, and pushed back in.
the bar was about 2ft long, and when it got to the torque, it gave,
and wouldn't drive any more.

Father got it during his apprenticing at Lucas on the concord fuel
pumps in the 60's

>Mike
>

Re: What is the name of this tool?
 

No. The one I'm looking for looks just like the rachet torque wrench
with the settings engraved on the handle. The difference is it will
not continue tightening once it reaches its torque setting.

Thanks anyway.

Ray

On Sat, 16 Apr 2005 10:58:59 GMT, "slider" <daroy@hfx.eastlink.ca>
wrote:

>wouldnt be this would it?
>
>http://www.srtorque.com/tabeam.html
>"Ray" <stilllost@comcast.net> wrote in message
>news:pki1615f9jrj62ovhq5ohpf8un56kf35m0@4ax.com.. .
>> I need a tool and can't remember the name of it. Appreciate any help
>> you can give me.
(snipped)

Re: What is the name of this tool?
 

No. The one I'm looking for looks just like the rachet torque wrench
with the settings engraved on the handle. The difference is it will
not continue tightening once it reaches its torque setting.

Thanks anyway.

Ray

On Sat, 16 Apr 2005 10:58:59 GMT, "slider" <daroy@hfx.eastlink.ca>
wrote:

>wouldnt be this would it?
>
>http://www.srtorque.com/tabeam.html
>"Ray" <stilllost@comcast.net> wrote in message
>news:pki1615f9jrj62ovhq5ohpf8un56kf35m0@4ax.com.. .
>> I need a tool and can't remember the name of it. Appreciate any help
>> you can give me.
(snipped)

Re: What is the name of this tool?
 

K'Tetch:

Actually, the last one I owned was included in an acrylic injection
system I purchased from England and it was listed as a torque wrench.
That's why I'm so confused looking for it here.

Do you have a website to a good handtool seller in England? If I can
find it there, I'll buy it. Might as well send a little green to our
cousins.

Thanks

Ray

On Sat, 16 Apr 2005 12:57:46 -0400, K`Tetch <no.email@here.for.you>
wrote:

>On Sat, 16 Apr 2005 01:29:55 -0700, Ray <stilllost@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>>I need a tool and can't remember the name of it. Appreciate any help
>>you can give me.
>>
>>It's similar to a torque wrench, in that it uses sockets and you can
>>set the inch/ft pounds on it. BUT when that amount of torque is
>>reached the ratchet part of the unit slips and continues to do so,
>>until you stop twisting, then start again. As soon as the proper
>>torque is reached, the unit agaislips. In other words you cannot over
>>torque it.
>>
>>All the torque wrenches I've seen makes one click and the head bends
>>slightly when the set scale is reached. If you continue to twist the
>>torque wrench it continues to twist the bolt beyond the set torque.
>>
>>I thought it might be called a torque limiting wrench, but when I
>>searched that name there were only a few hits and the item did not
>>look like the correct tool. I know there must be lots of the type
>>wrench I'm looking for out there someplace.
>>
>>Thanks
>>
>>PS Last one of these I owned had a ball on a rod that ran up into the
>>handle. You pulled it out and rotated it to set the torque.
>
>That sure sounds like a Torque Wrench to me. Course, i'm a brit. Damn
>Yanks always calling things the wrong names to be difficult...

Re: What is the name of this tool?
 

K'Tetch:

Actually, the last one I owned was included in an acrylic injection
system I purchased from England and it was listed as a torque wrench.
That's why I'm so confused looking for it here.

Do you have a website to a good handtool seller in England? If I can
find it there, I'll buy it. Might as well send a little green to our
cousins.

Thanks

Ray

On Sat, 16 Apr 2005 12:57:46 -0400, K`Tetch <no.email@here.for.you>
wrote:

>On Sat, 16 Apr 2005 01:29:55 -0700, Ray <stilllost@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>>I need a tool and can't remember the name of it. Appreciate any help
>>you can give me.
>>
>>It's similar to a torque wrench, in that it uses sockets and you can
>>set the inch/ft pounds on it. BUT when that amount of torque is
>>reached the ratchet part of the unit slips and continues to do so,
>>until you stop twisting, then start again. As soon as the proper
>>torque is reached, the unit agaislips. In other words you cannot over
>>torque it.
>>
>>All the torque wrenches I've seen makes one click and the head bends
>>slightly when the set scale is reached. If you continue to twist the
>>torque wrench it continues to twist the bolt beyond the set torque.
>>
>>I thought it might be called a torque limiting wrench, but when I
>>searched that name there were only a few hits and the item did not
>>look like the correct tool. I know there must be lots of the type
>>wrench I'm looking for out there someplace.
>>
>>Thanks
>>
>>PS Last one of these I owned had a ball on a rod that ran up into the
>>handle. You pulled it out and rotated it to set the torque.
>
>That sure sounds like a Torque Wrench to me. Course, i'm a brit. Damn
>Yanks always calling things the wrong names to be difficult...

Re: What is the name of this tool?
 

Not a torque stick. Thanks anyway.

Ray

On Sat, 16 Apr 2005 14:23:18 -0400, "Steve Bigelow"
<stevebigelowXXX@rogers.com> wrote:

>
>"Michael Pardee" <michaeltnull@cybertrails.com> wrote in message
>news:4tqdndiV7auiq_zfRVn-tQ@sedona.net...
>> "Ray" <stilllost@comcast.net> wrote in message
>> news:pki1615f9jrj62ovhq5ohpf8un56kf35m0@4ax.com...
>>>I need a tool and can't remember the name of it. Appreciate any help
>>> you can give me.
>>>
>>> It's similar to a torque wrench, in that it uses sockets and you can
>>> set the inch/ft pounds on it. BUT when that amount of torque is
>>> reached the ratchet part of the unit slips and continues to do so,
>>> until you stop twisting, then start again. As soon as the proper
>>> torque is reached, the unit agaislips. In other words you cannot over
>>> torque it.
>>>
>>> All the torque wrenches I've seen makes one click and the head bends
>>> slightly when the set scale is reached. If you continue to twist the
>>> torque wrench it continues to twist the bolt beyond the set torque.
>>>
>>> I thought it might be called a torque limiting wrench, but when I
>>> searched that name there were only a few hits and the item did not
>>> look like the correct tool. I know there must be lots of the type
>>> wrench I'm looking for out there someplace.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> PS Last one of these I owned had a ball on a rod that ran up into the
>>> handle. You pulled it out and rotated it to set the torque.
>>
>> I think what you describe is a "torque stick" like
>> http://store.autotoolexpress.com/ameext50.html
>
>maybe, but torque sticks only work in impact wrenches.
>

Re: What is the name of this tool?
 

Not a torque stick. Thanks anyway.

Ray

On Sat, 16 Apr 2005 14:23:18 -0400, "Steve Bigelow"
<stevebigelowXXX@rogers.com> wrote:

>
>"Michael Pardee" <michaeltnull@cybertrails.com> wrote in message
>news:4tqdndiV7auiq_zfRVn-tQ@sedona.net...
>> "Ray" <stilllost@comcast.net> wrote in message
>> news:pki1615f9jrj62ovhq5ohpf8un56kf35m0@4ax.com...
>>>I need a tool and can't remember the name of it. Appreciate any help
>>> you can give me.
>>>
>>> It's similar to a torque wrench, in that it uses sockets and you can
>>> set the inch/ft pounds on it. BUT when that amount of torque is
>>> reached the ratchet part of the unit slips and continues to do so,
>>> until you stop twisting, then start again. As soon as the proper
>>> torque is reached, the unit agaislips. In other words you cannot over
>>> torque it.
>>>
>>> All the torque wrenches I've seen makes one click and the head bends
>>> slightly when the set scale is reached. If you continue to twist the
>>> torque wrench it continues to twist the bolt beyond the set torque.
>>>
>>> I thought it might be called a torque limiting wrench, but when I
>>> searched that name there were only a few hits and the item did not
>>> look like the correct tool. I know there must be lots of the type
>>> wrench I'm looking for out there someplace.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> PS Last one of these I owned had a ball on a rod that ran up into the
>>> handle. You pulled it out and rotated it to set the torque.
>>
>> I think what you describe is a "torque stick" like
>> http://store.autotoolexpress.com/ameext50.html
>
>maybe, but torque sticks only work in impact wrenches.
>

Re: What is the name of this tool?
 

This sounds like what I'm looking for. Guess I need to buy a Concorde
and hope it comes with a tool kit..........huh? ((:>))

Ray

On Sat, 16 Apr 2005 17:05:31 -0400, K`Tetch <no.email@here.for.you>
wrote:

>On Sat, 16 Apr 2005 12:59:06 -0700, "Michael Pardee"
><michaeltnull@cybertrails.com> wrote:
>
(snipped)
>Ah, what i had was a long wrench, with a push-through socket head, and
>a bar you ulled out and adjusted for the torque, and pushed back in.
>the bar was about 2ft long, and when it got to the torque, it gave,
>and wouldn't drive any more.
>
>Father got it during his apprenticing at Lucas on the concord fuel
>pumps in the 60's
>
>>Mike
>>

Re: What is the name of this tool?
 

This sounds like what I'm looking for. Guess I need to buy a Concorde
and hope it comes with a tool kit..........huh? ((:>))

Ray

On Sat, 16 Apr 2005 17:05:31 -0400, K`Tetch <no.email@here.for.you>
wrote:

>On Sat, 16 Apr 2005 12:59:06 -0700, "Michael Pardee"
><michaeltnull@cybertrails.com> wrote:
>
(snipped)
>Ah, what i had was a long wrench, with a push-through socket head, and
>a bar you ulled out and adjusted for the torque, and pushed back in.
>the bar was about 2ft long, and when it got to the torque, it gave,
>and wouldn't drive any more.
>
>Father got it during his apprenticing at Lucas on the concord fuel
>pumps in the 60's
>
>>Mike
>>

Re: What is the name of this tool?
 

"Ray" <stilllost@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:0s54619nq4vh3d961m0nf0jncl5v3e6sq8@4ax.com...
> No. The one I'm looking for looks just like the rachet torque wrench
> with the settings engraved on the handle. The difference is it will
> not continue tightening once it reaches its torque setting.
>
> Thanks anyway.
>
> Ray
>
It must still be called a torque wrench. The click-stop and bending beam
types are both just referred to as torque wrenches, so maybe this one too?
It must be a proprietary design, though.

Mike

Re: What is the name of this tool?
 

"Ray" <stilllost@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:0s54619nq4vh3d961m0nf0jncl5v3e6sq8@4ax.com...
> No. The one I'm looking for looks just like the rachet torque wrench
> with the settings engraved on the handle. The difference is it will
> not continue tightening once it reaches its torque setting.
>
> Thanks anyway.
>
> Ray
>
It must still be called a torque wrench. The click-stop and bending beam
types are both just referred to as torque wrenches, so maybe this one too?
It must be a proprietary design, though.

Mike

Re: What is the name of this tool?
 

Ray wrote:
> No. The one I'm looking for looks just like the rachet torque wrench
> with the settings engraved on the handle. The difference is it will
> not continue tightening once it reaches its torque setting.
>
> Thanks anyway.
>

I believe what you want is called a "brekaway torque wrench"
http://www.ecmweb.com/mag/electric_t...ches_critical/

> Ray
>
> On Sat, 16 Apr 2005 10:58:59 GMT, "slider" <daroy@hfx.eastlink.ca>
> wrote:
>
>> wouldnt be this would it?
>>
>> http://www.srtorque.com/tabeam.html
>> "Ray" <stilllost@comcast.net> wrote in message
>> news:pki1615f9jrj62ovhq5ohpf8un56kf35m0@4ax.com...
>>> I need a tool and can't remember the name of it. Appreciate any help
>>> you can give me.
> (snipped)

Re: What is the name of this tool?
 

Ray wrote:
> No. The one I'm looking for looks just like the rachet torque wrench
> with the settings engraved on the handle. The difference is it will
> not continue tightening once it reaches its torque setting.
>
> Thanks anyway.
>

I believe what you want is called a "brekaway torque wrench"
http://www.ecmweb.com/mag/electric_t...ches_critical/

> Ray
>
> On Sat, 16 Apr 2005 10:58:59 GMT, "slider" <daroy@hfx.eastlink.ca>
> wrote:
>
>> wouldnt be this would it?
>>
>> http://www.srtorque.com/tabeam.html
>> "Ray" <stilllost@comcast.net> wrote in message
>> news:pki1615f9jrj62ovhq5ohpf8un56kf35m0@4ax.com...
>>> I need a tool and can't remember the name of it. Appreciate any help
>>> you can give me.
> (snipped)

Re: What is the name of this tool?
 

On Sun, 17 Apr 2005 01:07:02 -0700, Ray <stilllost@comcast.net> wrote:

>K'Tetch:
>
>Actually, the last one I owned was included in an acrylic injection
>system I purchased from England and it was listed as a torque wrench.
>That's why I'm so confused looking for it here.
>
>Do you have a website to a good handtool seller in England? If I can
>find it there, I'll buy it. Might as well send a little green to our
>cousins.

Sorry no, I always did my tool buying at autojumbles and car shows (me
and a friend used to take his 74 Jago kit-car, done to look like a ww2
willies jeep, and we'd buy from the dealers and reps at them. Hated
buying online, i avoid where possible, never a stronger case of caviet
emptor
>
>Thanks
>
>Ray
>
>On Sat, 16 Apr 2005 12:57:46 -0400, K`Tetch <no.email@here.for.you>
>wrote:
>
>>On Sat, 16 Apr 2005 01:29:55 -0700, Ray <stilllost@comcast.net> wrote:
>>
>>>I need a tool and can't remember the name of it. Appreciate any help
>>>you can give me.
>>>
>>>It's similar to a torque wrench, in that it uses sockets and you can
>>>set the inch/ft pounds on it. BUT when that amount of torque is
>>>reached the ratchet part of the unit slips and continues to do so,
>>>until you stop twisting, then start again. As soon as the proper
>>>torque is reached, the unit agaislips. In other words you cannot over
>>>torque it.
>>>
>>>All the torque wrenches I've seen makes one click and the head bends
>>>slightly when the set scale is reached. If you continue to twist the
>>>torque wrench it continues to twist the bolt beyond the set torque.
>>>
>>>I thought it might be called a torque limiting wrench, but when I
>>>searched that name there were only a few hits and the item did not
>>>look like the correct tool. I know there must be lots of the type
>>>wrench I'm looking for out there someplace.
>>>
>>>Thanks
>>>
>>>PS Last one of these I owned had a ball on a rod that ran up into the
>>>handle. You pulled it out and rotated it to set the torque.
>>
>>That sure sounds like a Torque Wrench to me. Course, i'm a brit. Damn
>>Yanks always calling things the wrong names to be difficult...