i screwed up

**indy_Muaddib** · September 14, 2006, 14:34

my dremel-fu isn't as great as i thought it was, cut the stub off and got a bit too deep and caught the threads.

not all the way down them, just 3 or 4 and only the tips.

did i ruin this barrel or can i run a diamond file across it and clean it up?

**millersm99** · September 14, 2006, 14:37

Not to worry, continue your build.

raeldridge · September 14, 2006, 14:51

everyone screws up, one way or the other.

touch up the threads, press on.

and let me give you a hint. when you get ready to start assembling your rifle, grab that handguard ring and place it on your little finger and carry it around that way till you get ready to screw the receiver onto the barrel.

think about it a minute or so, you'll figure it out. ///grin///

**W.E.G.** · September 14, 2006, 14:56

Shee-it.

Just nicked a few threads?

That won't hurt it none.

Aint you never heard of interrupted threads?

richbug · September 14, 2006, 16:11

I thought you were supposed to do it that way....... it gives the crud somewhere to build-up when unscrewing.

**indy_Muaddib** · September 14, 2006, 17:13

i got the ring around the barrel and tied to the gas block so i make double sure i don't mess that up.

MyTFAL · September 14, 2006, 18:14

I suggest a barrel vise too,after looking at some of the build threads,I tried to use just a rec wrench a 1 1/16 wrench and a vise,didn't work to well other than looks can rounded barrel flats be a problem? I'm sitting at 11:30 and ain't nothing moving.....Ratas is out of vises too what a drag............

**indy_Muaddib** · September 15, 2006, 00:45

longer cheater bar might help?

or get out the BFH and put it in its place.

September 14, 2006, 14:34	#1
indy_Muaddib Curio & Relic Bronze Contributor FALaholic #: 17581 Join Date: May 2005 Location: Tampa FL Posts: 3,046	i screwed up my dremel-fu isn't as great as i thought it was, cut the stub off and got a bit too deep and caught the threads. not all the way down them, just 3 or 4 and only the tips. did i ruin this barrel or can i run a diamond file across it and clean it up? __________________ All government, in its essence, is a conspiracy against the superior man: its one permanent object is to oppress him and cripple him. If it be aristocratic in organization, then it seeks to protect the man who is superior only in law against the man who is superior in fact; if it be democratic, then it seeks to protect the man who is inferior in every way against both. One of its primary functions is to regiment men by force, to make them as much alike as possible and as dependent upon one another as possible, to search out and combat originality among them. All it can see in an original idea is potential change, and hence an invasion of its prerogatives. The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out for himself, without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane and intolerable, and so, if he is romantic, he tries to change it. And even if he is not romantic personally he is very apt to spread discontent among those who are. -H.L. Mencken 1919 Were not that lucky.

September 14, 2006, 14:37	#2
millersm99 Grateful Conservative Bronze Contributor FALaholic #: 13800 Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: NW Indiana Posts: 727	Not to worry, continue your build. __________________ Goodnight Chesty Puller, Sir.... 4/11 1st 155 Howitzer Battery 29 Palms Calif '79-'83

September 14, 2006, 14:51	#3
raeldridge Registered FALaholic #: 3340 Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Wilmington, OH Posts: 1,557	everyone screws up, one way or the other. touch up the threads, press on. and let me give you a hint. when you get ready to start assembling your rifle, grab that handguard ring and place it on your little finger and carry it around that way till you get ready to screw the receiver onto the barrel. think about it a minute or so, you'll figure it out. ///grin/// __________________ "You wanna dance? Well, then, let's dance." Sgt. R. Gregory "I don't get mad if I just have to waste time gettin' over it." T. Caldwell "You may find me one day dead in a ditch somewhere. But by God, you'll find me in a pile of brass." Tpr. M. Padgett

September 14, 2006, 17:13	#6
indy_Muaddib Curio & Relic Bronze Contributor FALaholic #: 17581 Join Date: May 2005 Location: Tampa FL Posts: 3,046	i got the ring around the barrel and tied to the gas block so i make double sure i don't mess that up. __________________ All government, in its essence, is a conspiracy against the superior man: its one permanent object is to oppress him and cripple him. If it be aristocratic in organization, then it seeks to protect the man who is superior only in law against the man who is superior in fact; if it be democratic, then it seeks to protect the man who is inferior in every way against both. One of its primary functions is to regiment men by force, to make them as much alike as possible and as dependent upon one another as possible, to search out and combat originality among them. All it can see in an original idea is potential change, and hence an invasion of its prerogatives. The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out for himself, without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane and intolerable, and so, if he is romantic, he tries to change it. And even if he is not romantic personally he is very apt to spread discontent among those who are. -H.L. Mencken 1919 Were not that lucky.

September 14, 2006, 18:14	#7
MyTFAL Registered FALaholic #: 19910 Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Slidell,La. Posts: 358	MY SCREW UP I suggest a barrel vise too,after looking at some of the build threads,I tried to use just a rec wrench a 1 1/16 wrench and a vise,didn't work to well other than looks can rounded barrel flats be a problem? I'm sitting at 11:30 and ain't nothing moving.....Ratas is out of vises too what a drag............ __________________ " I am not Paranoid, I am prepared." "So many guns,so little money..." " It is easier to beg for forgiveness, than to plead for permission...."

September 14, 2006, 16:11	#5
richbug Registered FALaholic #: 10484 Join Date: May 2003 Location: Western PA Posts: 3,776	I thought you were supposed to do it that way....... it gives the crud somewhere to build-up when unscrewing.

September 15, 2006, 00:45	#8
indy_Muaddib Curio & Relic Bronze Contributor FALaholic #: 17581 Join Date: May 2005 Location: Tampa FL Posts: 3,046	longer cheater bar might help? or get out the BFH and put it in its place. __________________ All government, in its essence, is a conspiracy against the superior man: its one permanent object is to oppress him and cripple him. If it be aristocratic in organization, then it seeks to protect the man who is superior only in law against the man who is superior in fact; if it be democratic, then it seeks to protect the man who is inferior in every way against both. One of its primary functions is to regiment men by force, to make them as much alike as possible and as dependent upon one another as possible, to search out and combat originality among them. All it can see in an original idea is potential change, and hence an invasion of its prerogatives. The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out for himself, without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane and intolerable, and so, if he is romantic, he tries to change it. And even if he is not romantic personally he is very apt to spread discontent among those who are. -H.L. Mencken 1919 Were not that lucky.

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