In article , miller.john@charter-
ihatespam-.net says...
Again, my bad. I forgot to add "at 1 ft." My physics degree kinda went out
of the window when I joined management. :-)

That degree is still out there. ;-)

A 180 lb man standing on the bar 6 inches from the nut would produce 90
lb. ft. of torque.

Rick

"Chas Hurst" wrote in message
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"Edwin Pawlowski" wrote in message
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"John" wrote in message
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Who's going to sit there and figure out that a 180 lb man standing (?)
on
the end of a 24" breaker bar will deliver 90 ft/lbs of torque? What if
you
needed only 75 ft/lbs?

Evidently you don't know math very well. There are books on the subject
and
they give many formulas to work with. You will get that 90# much closer
than you state.
Ed


Or arithmatic. A 180lb man standing on 24" bar will produce 360 ftlbs of
torque.