Mine arrives soon, I don’t have a tourney wrench. Looking at them on amazon most start with 10 pounds and some are Newton meters... manual says 9 inch pounds, what’s the best most affordable tool for this?

Also anyone know if the provided screws have thread locker on them?

I just used an allen wrench and my calibrated fingers.
Mine had some sort of thread locker on the screws.
After taking it back off a couple times I used some Vibra tite on them, same goo that I use for scope mount screws, grip screws, etc.

I did find it humorous they provide you with an Allen wrench for the screws and then state 9 inch pounds

When the allen wrench starts to flex a bit just make a click, click sound and it's good.

9 inlb isn't much, I use a T-handle set at 6 for setting valves on an engine.

You don't want a torque wrench. 10 ft-lbs is 120 in-lbs. A Newton Meter is a little less than a ft-lb.

You want a torque limiting screwdriver. I have a Stanley Proto one that goes from 6 to 36 in-lb, but it is a professional tool and was not cheap. You can get the Wheeler FAT wrench from Midway USA, and Craftsman used to have a somewhat reasonable priced one as well.

Wheeler Fat Wrench is a good investment. Don’t overtorque the optic, that can cause serious problems up to and including lens failure or disconnection of the battery. Blue LOCTITE is your friend. VC3 isn’t good on these small threads.

Me personally I think the wheeler is not very high quality. Maybe better than guessing, but not super and made in china. And it won't do the requested 9 inlb. or any other of the normal amounts for small screws like 11 or 18. But a high quality answer is going to be more expensive. so a bit of a pickle.
There is nothing wrong with VC3 on small threads to the point above. is is the best choice really depends on what you are doing.

Wheeler stuff has never impressed me.
People buy it and like it, but it looks cheesy to me.

I hemmed and hawed over this same thing not long ago, looking on line, etc.
Nothing turned me on.
I had a Home Depot gift card so for the hell of it I looked at their offerings.
Lo and behold, they had a Husky branded torque screwdriver that is a pretty darn good product.

It has a case, it's heavy (I like heavy) and it worked as advertised.
The chuck is rugged.
When it "breaks over" it is definite.

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Originally posted by powermad:
When the allen wrench starts to flex a bit just make a click, click sound and it's good.

9 inlb isn't much, I use a T-handle set at 6 for setting valves on an engine.

That "click" sound is the Allen wrench starting the stripping process of the Torx socket in the screws.

Freakin' yikes !
Don't do that.
Get your magnifying glass out if you have to and verify what drive your screws are cut for.
Most optic screws now are cut for Torx.

I could be on the wrong planet but 9 inch pounds and a supplied Allen wrench sounds weird.
LOL
My Romeo1 Pro I believe required 30 in lbs
Torx drive

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Originally posted by DirectDrive:

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Originally posted by powermad:
When the allen wrench starts to flex a bit just make a click, click sound and it's good.

9 inlb isn't much, I use a T-handle set at 6 for setting valves on an engine.

That "click" sound is the Allen wrench starting the stripping process of the Torx socket in the screws.

Freakin' yikes !
Don't do that.
Get your magnifying glass out if you have to and verify what drive your screws are cut for.
Most optic screws now are cut for Torx.

I could be on the wrong planet but 9 inch pounds and a supplied Allen wrench sounds weird.
LOL
My Romeo1 Pro I believe required 30 in lbs
Torx drive

What's weird is the supplied 2mm allen wrench for it with hex screws and the supplied instructions stating to pop em at 9 inlbs.
The .050" allen key for adjustments is handy for popping out the mag catch too.