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Originally Posted by Jeff Neese
I think all that means is that in that particular example, the builder was able to come much closer than 20%. Of course you're going to get it as close as possible, and the 20% variance is just where it throws a warning.
My point is that when are using the tension tool, anyone should be able to get to better than ±20%. That level of variance is not acceptable if the tool is used.

You're probably right that the Park Tool is not accurate out to two decimal places.
It’s accurate to no decimal places. The measurement could be estimated to 0.5 but anything more than that is just silly.
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