Torque screwdriver - any recommendations?

Never got round to buying one myself either, but this has been on my amazon wishlist for ages ...

include a couple of Modulo bits as standard, rather than some of the others. I'd need to look at one in the flesh, but the adjustment scale looks very small.

I've got a torque wrench. It hasn't been calibrated recently. I don't know whether to trust it or not. My fingers say it is ballpark ok, but really I trust my fingers more.

I got the Draper one as I was only going to use one for a short while and did not want to pay out silly money for one. Quality wise it is probably basement quality compared to the majority. I am not sure how well calibrated it is and how it can be calibrated over time. Since I bought mine there seems to be quite a variation in kits with more interchangeable bits, mine only having PH and straight. There is also quite a range of prices from the low £30’s to over £80.

Richard

I have one that hasn't been used for around a decade. When I finally dug it out from under a pile of 'stuff', I found I hadn't slackened off the spring adjustment - so its chances of being anywhere near accurate are probably zero.

no recommendation, but an observation ....

a large number of screwdriver sets, and various sets of screwdriver bits seem to have a disproportionally large number of Philips bit in them – and in the land of Posidriv they might not be a lot of use

Not forgetting JIS screws -

Just file of the tip of a phillips screw driver bit, especially if the phillips bits are a lot cheaper or more readily available :)

From my experience I have only come across either Phillips, Modulo or straight on electrical accessories.

No recommendations, but have you considered bicycle torque wrenches?

I have one but the supplier (Wiggle) seems to have vanished. I can't retrieve the order details.

Cheers

Dave R

I have similar... I don't remember where it came from, maybe Aldidl or maybe a bike shop. Wiggle went bust.

Two issues: firstly they aren't insulated, so no layer of safety in case the terminal isn't dead. Secondly most terminals are sub-5Nm, which is roughly the minimum of a bike wrench.

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Theo

Looking at some of the things I've has to deal with of late, we live in the land of the luck dip. Bog only knows what type of screw head you will find.

Filing the tip off of the word "off" was worthy of the :)

Lidl had torque wrenches for bikes which covered low torques recently. If you used a suitable screwdriver bit would that be suitable?

I have a Wera one which do4es (I think) up to 3Nm. Seems fine.

They seem to expect you to buy several with overlapping ranges of torque

Do Impact 'drills' have a low enough torque setting to do electrical work ?. Often wondered.

Not for terminals. I use a CS0802A mini electric screwdriver allegedly good up to 0.6Nm:

(the mini-drill on it is rubbish but has come in handy a few times for drilling small holes in soft things)

Theo