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070614-1927 EST USA

HAAS continues to use the wrong units for torque. Torque is not measured in ft-# but rather by #-ft. This incorrect useage is propogated by ignorant torque wrench manufacturers. See the Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, and I suspect most if not all college physics textbooks. Note ft-# is used to measure work. If you raise 1# 1ft, then you have done 1 ft-# of work, and you have stored 1 ft-# of energy. This has no relation to torque until other factors are included, RPM, power, and time.

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The way I understand this, as a once Math major/Physics minor, is relatively simple.

A ft*lb or lb*ft are one in the same. Doesn't matter which way it's stated. Unlike mph, (mi/hr), the ft*lb is a multiplication where mi/hr is a division. In other words, for ft*lb, if ft=1 and lb=2, then 1*2=2*1. For mi/hr, if mi=1 and hr=2, then 1/2 does not = 2/1.

Do correct me if I am wrong, but from what I remember, this is correct.