/diy/ - Do It Yourself

I love my Stahlwille Manoskops. Best torque wrenches ever made. Can be adjusted in seconds, don't need to be set to 0 after work.

Stahlwille is very good, but if your job does not require the very best, of if your boss pays your tools, then Stahlwille is over the top concerning normal open or box wrenches.
They do make extremely nice torque wrenches (Manoskop, pic related is my stash). They can be adjusted extremely quick with a slide inside them and they do not need to be reset for storage.
They also have a very nice line of fine serrated ratchets, for example the type " 512QR N". I have it, and it is indeed very smooth. They have a patent on a novel internal mechanism that makes it stronger than other ratchets as well:
https://patents.google.com/patent/US20150053051A1/en

Apart from that, I use "WGB" tools a lot. They are not just great for the money, but actually great. I wrench on my car a lot and their ratchet tool boxes have not let me down. I recommend that stuff.

Thanks for this thread guys, it made me appreciate my torque wrenches (pic related), and I even took the 3 large ones apart to clean and grease them. It was not really neccessary, but I found that thread, so I wanted to be sure:
https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=328193

By the way, I specifically recommend the Stahlwille Manoskop wrences for two reasons mainly:
1) The do not need to be set to 0 for storage, as the spring is only under load during operation.
2) On can set any torque in seconds with a slide mechanism, no need to turn a drum.

To test if the calibration is good, I measure the wrench lenght, calculate the force needed for a specific torque setting, and put a luggage scale at the handle to check it. The ratched is fixed in a vise for this. Mine are very accurate.