jarfil,

In an ideal world: a wrench would self-adjust torque limits for every particular bolt, get that data directly from the plans for the part being worked on, and log every wrenching operation for quality control and compliance purposes.

In the real world: because it’s another bullet point the manufacturer can charge for.

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