Good and interesting reading but there is a lot of it. Think I might have asked this question before but I cannot quite remember - and I do not see the answer in the articles that I just read.

Bought a half inch torque wrench and see that most of my sockets are 3/8. If I use a reducing socket on the torque wrench in order to use the 3/8 socketes, does it affect the proper calc of the torque?

Think not but not sure.