• LAST CHANCE! Quick Shot Challenge: Caption This Sniper Fail Meme

    Drop your caption in the replies for the chance to win a free shirt!

    Join the contest

Filter

Bench setup and workflow help

I agree with press on the rightmost of the work space if you're right-handed. I'd mount it right over the side post/support for stability.

I work on 2 different 4'x4' benches. I use 3 of 4 sides of each of them. One thing you might consider is moving the bench out away from teh wall so you could work on 3 sides of it; but I realize it's much narrower than my 4'x4' benches, so that may not work.

Berry tumbler question and fine grit stuck in flash hole

you want a real problem with stuff stuck in flash holes, use rice. I let Porkan convince me to try that, and I sat at the coffee table one night with a paper clip manual disimpacting about 15% of them, and they get stuck real good. Pain in the ass to remove. I also dont want errant pieces of rice stuck inside the case where I can't see them, as they will take up volume and I presume cause pressure spikes. My advice: avoid Porkan's brain child (which he sells on his website in a branded version - "specially ground" or simething like that).

I want to "screen" mine to make it last longer with less dust - gotta remember to pick up a screen next time I'm at Lowe's. For now, I've been tearing old t-shirts into small strips and throwing in 5-6 of them. They work way better than dryer sheets. you could wash and reuse if you wanted, I just throw them away.

I'm going to have to try the open tumbler outside with a fan trick next time.

Gunsmithing Orange Vise/Area419 Collab

Well, after wanting an Orange Bench Vice for nearly two years now, and missing out on one to come available in a reasonable amount of time, I committed and paid for one directly from Orange.

When I called this morning to check on availability, there was a black one that was going to be available next week, and black was what I wanted. Unfortunately, my email to commit to the purchase wasn't delivered, and half an hour passed before I sent it again, and it was sold to another person in that short time.

So what the Hell, I ordered one anyway, and will patently wait the 7-8 weeks they said it would take to build.

No worries, as my mancave, won't be ready for it for a few more months.