Right, Rick. . . "affordability" is one break-trough. But "versatility" is
the design break-through. Snap-on has had electronic torque wrenches for
20 years. Costs were $2,000-$4,000 depending on the system and accuracy
required. But none of the Snap-on stuff used the sensor "in-line" like the
Craftsman tool. That is a big win in my book -Elon
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From: rickbyrnes@comcast.net Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2006 1:32 PM
(snip..) SPS makes the wrench that was very costly. (4 or 5 K) but very
accurate, and had visual and audio, as well as computer links to enable data
gathering relative. (snip.) So, the technology has been around for a long
time, just not affordable. -Rick
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