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Mark Nelson

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Nov 2, 1999, 3:00:00 AM11/2/99
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Andy
every 12 inch pounds is 1 foot pound. 48 inch pounds = 4 foot pounds. You
really should have known. :0)

>I recently acquired a torque wrench at a garage sale that is calibrated
>in inch pounds. Is there a way to convert from inch pounds to foot pounds
>and vise versa?
>
>Andy

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Jim Hall

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Nov 2, 1999, 3:00:00 AM11/2/99
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Andrew Cutt <ac...@lbl.gov> wrote:

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>It can't really be that easy is it??!!

Uh.. yes.

FWIW, a foot pound is the amount of torque that you get by hanging a
one pound weight off of a lever arm one foot long. An inch pound is
the same, only the lever arm is one inch long.

As there are twelve inches in a foot... etc., etc.

Try to lose the HTML, by the way. Thanks.

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Peter Patton

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Nov 2, 1999, 3:00:00 AM11/2/99
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Divide or multiply by 12, depending which way you want to convert.

Andrew Cutt wrote:

> I recently acquired a torque wrench at a garage sale that is
> calibrated in inch pounds. Is there a way to convert from inch pounds
> to foot pounds and vise versa?
> Andy

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Burt B. Lamborn

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Nov 2, 1999, 3:00:00 AM11/2/99
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Andrew Cutt wrote:
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> It can't really be that easy is it??!! showoff!

Sure is. Torque is simply a twist caused by a force acting through an
arm of a certain length. The units give it away: in-lbs. Inches
(length) times force (pounds). Think of it this way (since we're
bikers, we like to use rocks and sticks): 12 in-lbs is the torque
produced by hanging a one-pound rock on the end of a (horizontal) 12
inch stick. A 12-inch stick is the same length as a one-foot stick. So
12 in-lbs is equal to 1 foot lb. (Same rock, same stick, same torque.
Just different units used.) Also equal to the torque produced by
hanging a 12-pound rock on the end of a (horizontal) 1 inch stick, by
the way.

Burt

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MXOldtimer

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Nov 2, 1999, 3:00:00 AM11/2/99
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What you are tring to say is, if you push four times on a wrench with your foot
thats NOT four foot pounds
Doug

Burt B. Lamborn

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Nov 2, 1999, 3:00:00 AM11/2/99
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Well, technically it is, but most people convert to toe-pounds.
Luckily, it's an easy factor of 10 conversion in this case. :-)

Burt

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Burt B. Lamborn <burt.l...@sdl.usu.edu> wrote in message
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Depends on if your using both feet or not. I generally only need one which
would give a conversion factor of 5. Sorry!

Pete
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A. Cutt

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Nov 2, 1999, 3:00:00 AM11/2/99
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thanks for verifying my stupidity and the html is off now...sorry. (i
think anyway)

Jim Hall wrote:
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> Andrew Cutt <ac...@lbl.gov> wrote:
>
> ><!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en">
> ><html>

> >It can't really be that easy is it??!!
>

SX Fans

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Nov 3, 1999, 3:00:00 AM11/3/99
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Also note the ends of your wrench may not be accuret, like at the very
beggining or the very end.
Stan.........tired........

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