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A simple change to our torque wrench storage cut our calibration fails in half
We used to keep all our torque wrenches in a big drawer, just tossed in with the other tools. After three wrenches failed calibration in six months, our lead mechanic built a simple foam-lined rack on the back wall of the shop. Each wrench has its own slot now, so they aren't getting banged around. In the year since we switched, we've only had one calibration fail, and that was on an older wrench due for replacement anyway. Has anyone else seen a big improvement from something this basic?
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nora_bennett721mo ago
We had the same issue with our micrometers. They were getting their faces dinged up in a tool chest. Our machinist cut a block of closed-cell foam with slots for each one. Calibration passes went way up because the anvils and spindles weren't getting knocked out of whack anymore. It's a cheap fix that definitely works.
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aaron7081mo ago
That's a lot of effort for what might just be random luck. Wrenches are tough tools made to be used hard. A drawer never hurt a good wrench. Those three fails were probably just a bad batch or heavy use, not storage. Spending time and money on a fancy rack seems like a fix for a problem that wasn't really there. The next year might have had only one fail anyway, rack or no rack.
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