home made tools

ironheadsportster · March 06, 2002, 19:44

I am intrested in anny photos or drawings of anny home made tools ,like wrenches or other special tools I would rather use funds on other projects than on tools that will be used once or twice

Mosin Guy · March 06, 2002, 19:54

www.gunthings.com They have plans on there web site for Barrel vice and reciever wrench.

medicmike · March 06, 2002, 20:01

Here is a pic of a reciever wrench I made up from a chunk of aluminum. http://community.webshots.com/script...ity=oDSAnPkOAt

This is a couple shots of some modified pliers for gas tube nuts
http://community.webshots.com/script...ity=JNQdRGCDXR
http://community.webshots.com/script...ity=gfHXlzySiC

msb · March 06, 2002, 20:33

I tried to check out these pictures but could not get access...I would REALLY like to see these pliers. I need to make some for myself.

Pete2 · March 06, 2002, 22:45

Quote:

Originally posted by Mosin Guy:
www.gunthings.com They have plans on there web site for Barrel vice and reciever wrench.

FWIW I made a receiver wrench based on these plans. Only I made mine out of wood with a chunk of angle iron on top and bottom for support. Worked like a champ.
Wood is a lot easier to work with using hand tools.

Of course now I'm thinking about building a second Fal. I might just have to upgrade to aluminum since this looks like it might become habit forming.

medicmike · March 06, 2002, 22:50

http://community.webshots.com/script...bumID=23775943

Try that one..should link to the whole album...will have to flip through some pics to get to what you want to see.

Derby FALs · March 06, 2002, 23:12

Home Made Tools

jaybob · March 07, 2002, 05:21

I followed the plans off of the Gunthings website. They worked out great. I wish I couls show you the pics because I am a proud coyote.

sixplusone · March 07, 2002, 08:21

My homemade wrench uses a u-bolt, 1/2" rect.bar and a block of Alum. Bent the bar!

ByronF · March 07, 2002, 08:40

No pics, but I made a barrel shoulder shaver from a receiver stub and a rotary sanding disk. Grind out the inside threads of the stub with your Dremel so that it freely rotates over the barrel threads. Enlarge the hole in the center of the sanding disk so that it threads down onto the barrel, grit toward shoulder of course. Slide stub over barrel threads, holding the disk and stub as a unit. Rotate back and forth, changing positions regularly to keep things even. Doesn't take much so check your barrel timing often.

Byron

msb · March 07, 2002, 17:06

Got in to your album and rummaged around...neat things in there. Good idea on the pliers. I need to make a pair of those.

medicmike · March 08, 2002, 07:27

Quote:

Got in to your album and rummaged around...neat things in there. Good idea on the pliers. I need to make a pair of those.

Thanks,
The pliers were pretty easy. Made from an old pair of cheapies that had been laying around. Clamped the jaw in the mill and removed material until it fit snug in the gas nut cut outs. Same thing could be done with a file and Dremel.

rwwje · March 08, 2002, 09:47

For the long gas tube connector thingie and gas nut tool, use a Swiss Army knife bottle opener (it works so well that its like they made it for that purpose)

RainFade · March 08, 2002, 10:04

Barrel vise with FAL inserts
BVISE

Receiver Wrench from old scrap of aluminum
R Wrench

Or for a good giggle my 10 minute web page with photos of both and other crap

my lame web page

REDHORSE · March 08, 2002, 11:22

Just helping you out medicmike, your linking to pages on webshot while your logged in. We can't get to your links (as you), cuz we don't know you password.

medicmike's Webshoot album

Gas plier mod picture
Gas plier pic gas & tube nut
Receiver wrench

orca · March 08, 2002, 11:37

bipod castle nut tool out of 7/16 nutdriver

locking shoulder sizer out of drill bit....works great. Have to file till close, then go easy until perfect lock-up. need to look up thru mag well on final finsh to make sure lockup angle is right on the tool

, orca

[ March 08, 2002: Message edited by: orca ]

orca · March 08, 2002, 11:44

I also made rec wrench for under $2 (out of rock maple) wich worked great on two Imbels and one Entreprize. Also a cutter out of a short piece of 2X4, two ignition files with two small coil springs and a 308 case used as a bearing.....easy made and timed three barrels in less tha 20 min each (total price, less than $10, about 30 minutes to costruct). orca

LongGun · March 08, 2002, 12:31

WECSOG style!!! Ya gotta love it!

marvl · March 08, 2002, 13:26

Here's a front sight tool I made from a block of wood and two nails. A little work with a file to round the ends of the nails, and reduce their diameter if necessary to fit the sight holes. Then drill 2 pilot holes in the block of wood appropriately spaced. Works like a champ.

[ March 08, 2002: Message edited by: marvl ]

medicmike · March 10, 2002, 10:20

Quote:

Just helping you out medicmike, your linking to pages on webshot while your logged in. We can't get to your links (as you), cuz we don't know you password

Thanks,
Didn't even think of that!

Uncle Buck · March 10, 2002, 10:46

Here is a picture of my barrel and receiver wrenches. Aluminum is easy to work. Just scribe an outline of the front of the receiver centered on the junction between the two aluminum bars. Then use your Sawsall to cut a series of parallel cuts 1/8 inch apart from the edge down to the scribe line so that the result looks like the teeth on a comb. Then just break out the teeth with a chisel, dress the surfaces with a file, drill and tap for cross bolts and voila, receiver wrench. The 27 mm barrel wrench is from 1025 steel and heat treated. Both wrenches use a piece of angle stock as a handle.

[ March 10, 2002: Message edited by: Uncle Buck ]

akman47 · March 15, 2002, 21:16

Hey RainFade, nice page. What is the marred (tool marked) area inside your Imbel mag well. My gear logo from Dealer Warehouse looks exactly like that and I'm trying to figure out what they were thinking.

Thanks also for the headspace advice - I was getting uptight for no reason

As far as tools, I used a receiver block made from a piece of oak that had been in the rain for a month. Not pretty, but effective.

March 06, 2002, 19:44	#1
ironheadsportster Registered FALaholic #: 5725 Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: central ND Posts: 10	home made tools I am intrested in anny photos or drawings of anny home made tools ,like wrenches or other special tools I would rather use funds on other projects than on tools that will be used once or twice

March 06, 2002, 20:01	#3
medicmike Registered FALaholic #: 3183 Join Date: May 2001 Location: Southern Oregon Posts: 2,270	Here is a pic of a reciever wrench I made up from a chunk of aluminum. http://community.webshots.com/script...ity=oDSAnPkOAt This is a couple shots of some modified pliers for gas tube nuts http://community.webshots.com/script...ity=JNQdRGCDXR http://community.webshots.com/script...ity=gfHXlzySiC __________________ "Stand your ground. Don't fire unless fired upon, but if they mean to have a war, let it begin here." Captain John Parker at Lexington Green

March 06, 2002, 22:50	#6
medicmike Registered FALaholic #: 3183 Join Date: May 2001 Location: Southern Oregon Posts: 2,270	http://community.webshots.com/script...bumID=23775943 Try that one..should link to the whole album...will have to flip through some pics to get to what you want to see. __________________ "Stand your ground. Don't fire unless fired upon, but if they mean to have a war, let it begin here." Captain John Parker at Lexington Green

March 06, 2002, 23:12	#7
Derby FALs Supreme Leader FALaholic #: 2361 Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Louisville, Kentucky Posts: 2,610	Home Made Tools __________________ “Rightful liberty is unobstructed action according to our will within limits drawn around us by the equal rights of others. I do not add "within the limits of the law" because law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the rights of the individual.” - Thomas Jefferson Salami, salami, baloney... :bow: http://www.derbyfals.com/home.htm

March 07, 2002, 05:21	#8
jaybob Registered FALaholic #: 5029 Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Iowa Posts: 447	I followed the plans off of the Gunthings website. They worked out great. I wish I couls show you the pics because I am a proud coyote. __________________ The question you have to ask yourself is. Do I feel lucky? Well, do ya punk?

March 06, 2002, 19:54	#2
Mosin Guy Registered FALaholic #: 46 Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Texas Posts: 3,661	www.gunthings.com They have plans on there web site for Barrel vice and reciever wrench.

March 06, 2002, 20:33	#4
msb Registered FALaholic #: 2902 Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Arlington, TX, USA Posts: 5	I tried to check out these pictures but could not get access...I would REALLY like to see these pliers. I need to make some for myself.

March 07, 2002, 08:21	#9
sixplusone Registered FALaholic #: 2667 Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: NE Oregon Posts: 489	My homemade wrench uses a u-bolt, 1/2" rect.bar and a block of Alum. Bent the bar!

March 07, 2002, 08:40	#10
ByronF Registered FALaholic #: 630 Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: PA Posts: 3,174	No pics, but I made a barrel shoulder shaver from a receiver stub and a rotary sanding disk. Grind out the inside threads of the stub with your Dremel so that it freely rotates over the barrel threads. Enlarge the hole in the center of the sanding disk so that it threads down onto the barrel, grit toward shoulder of course. Slide stub over barrel threads, holding the disk and stub as a unit. Rotate back and forth, changing positions regularly to keep things even. Doesn't take much so check your barrel timing often. Byron

March 07, 2002, 17:06	#11
msb Registered FALaholic #: 2902 Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Arlington, TX, USA Posts: 5	Got in to your album and rummaged around...neat things in there. Good idea on the pliers. I need to make a pair of those.

March 08, 2002, 09:47	#13
rwwje Registered Contributor FALaholic #: 2017 Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Texas Posts: 1,420	For the long gas tube connector thingie and gas nut tool, use a Swiss Army knife bottle opener (it works so well that its like they made it for that purpose) __________________ Conservatives believe that the people are sovereign, and that the government is subject to the will of the people. Liberals believe that the government is sovereign, and that the people are subject to the will of the government.

March 08, 2002, 10:04	#14
RainFade Registered FALaholic #: 5034 Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Near Columbus Ohio Posts: 167	Barrel vise with FAL inserts BVISE Receiver Wrench from old scrap of aluminum R Wrench Or for a good giggle my 10 minute web page with photos of both and other crap my lame web page __________________ If Some is good, More is better, and TOO MUCH is JUST ENOUGH :-) $10 tranfers for fal file members

March 08, 2002, 11:22	#15
REDHORSE Registered FALaholic #: 1777 Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: SOCAL Posts: 178	Just helping you out medicmike, your linking to pages on webshot while your logged in. We can't get to your links (as you), cuz we don't know you password. medicmike's Webshoot album Gas plier mod picture Gas plier pic gas & tube nut Receiver wrench __________________ REDHORSE http://www.freewebs.com/socal_webshooters/

March 08, 2002, 11:37	#16
orca Registered FALaholic #: 48 Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Parma, Idaho Posts: 613	bipod castle nut tool out of 7/16 nutdriver locking shoulder sizer out of drill bit....works great. Have to file till close, then go easy until perfect lock-up. need to look up thru mag well on final finsh to make sure lockup angle is right on the tool , orca [ March 08, 2002: Message edited by: orca ] __________________ always shoot from the hip

March 08, 2002, 11:44	#17
orca Registered FALaholic #: 48 Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Parma, Idaho Posts: 613	I also made rec wrench for under $2 (out of rock maple) wich worked great on two Imbels and one Entreprize. Also a cutter out of a short piece of 2X4, two ignition files with two small coil springs and a 308 case used as a bearing.....easy made and timed three barrels in less tha 20 min each (total price, less than $10, about 30 minutes to costruct). orca __________________ always shoot from the hip

March 08, 2002, 12:31	#18
LongGun Registered FALaholic #: 5351 Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Rockland County, NY Posts: 126	WECSOG style!!! Ya gotta love it! __________________ NY FALer

March 08, 2002, 13:26	#19
marvl Registered FALaholic #: 4486 Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 319	Here's a front sight tool I made from a block of wood and two nails. A little work with a file to round the ends of the nails, and reduce their diameter if necessary to fit the sight holes. Then drill 2 pilot holes in the block of wood appropriately spaced. Works like a champ. [ March 08, 2002: Message edited by: marvl ] __________________ "Life is uncertain, eat the desserts first!"

March 10, 2002, 10:46	#21
Uncle Buck Registered FALaholic #: 678 Join Date: Aug 2000 Posts: 354	Here is a picture of my barrel and receiver wrenches. Aluminum is easy to work. Just scribe an outline of the front of the receiver centered on the junction between the two aluminum bars. Then use your Sawsall to cut a series of parallel cuts 1/8 inch apart from the edge down to the scribe line so that the result looks like the teeth on a comb. Then just break out the teeth with a chisel, dress the surfaces with a file, drill and tap for cross bolts and voila, receiver wrench. The 27 mm barrel wrench is from 1025 steel and heat treated. Both wrenches use a piece of angle stock as a handle. [ March 10, 2002: Message edited by: Uncle Buck ]

March 15, 2002, 21:16	#22
akman47 Registered FALaholic #: 5465 Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Northeast Georgia Posts: 88	Hey RainFade, nice page. What is the marred (tool marked) area inside your Imbel mag well. My gear logo from Dealer Warehouse looks exactly like that and I'm trying to figure out what they were thinking. Thanks also for the headspace advice - I was getting uptight for no reason As far as tools, I used a receiver block made from a piece of oak that had been in the rain for a month. Not pretty, but effective.

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