My collet wrench mod.

[knight_toolworks]

After getting my torque wrench I realized it is very hard to get enough leverage with the wrenches provided. You have to have really strong hands to get 85# of pressure. I even made my wrench a bit longer a while ago with a nice ebony handle and inlay. I hated to remove it but I did not want to have to order another wrench and wait for it.
so I took my original wrench and mashed the end of some 1/2" black pipe to fit and drove it on. I think I used 12" then I made a rosewood handle for it. a bit big around but there is only about 1/8" of wood on it or a bit more. not really enough to do inlay on it.
now one hand squeeze no problem.
I had to do this groove on the router table and man what a hassle had one small catch and it shattered the bit.
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[ed_lang]

Looks nice. Did you get the torque wrench that Brady told us about?

How about pictures of the torque Wrench too.

[knight_toolworks]

I got minr from msc. it saved me about 50.00 and I have 30 days to pay (G) I uses a dovetail to hold the wrenches and such on. the 27mm wrench was way to thick so I had to grind it down.
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[ed_lang]

Thanks!

Been cutting any pink foam as of late?

[knight_toolworks]

me? never cut any. seems I cut more solid wood then anything else.

[john_l]

Cool Steve

[3imoh]

Hi folks-

I went over to Steve's place to see what 85 foot pounds felt like with that torque wrench...it was much tighter than I expected. I was surprised at how much force it took to get there. It was way more than I have been using on my spindle, and hard to get to with those small wrenches...

-Howie