I am a very nervous spannerererer..
I’ve always considered that mechanical things are tended by boffins and those kids from school, and greasy sweary men with low IQs.. you either understand people, or engineering..
It always seemed to me that for a discipline with such exacting tolerances, there’s far too much ‘wacking it with a mallet’ and beard stroking and ‘that ought to hold it’ which for me took it from the realms of science to a black art..
My stepdad spent 3 quarters of his life inside bus engines and came home bleeding and angry and coated from head to toe in black grease every evening, before stamping out to his workshop to grind things and bash and swear at stuff until gone midnight..
I’ve started to do a bit more of my own stuff lately though and although I’m still a wee bit nervous and feel that someone that knows what they’re doing should probably check everything, I’m gaining confidence..
A torque wrench definitely helps..