Gunsmithing Built your own barrel vise and action wrench?
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I have done both and can give you the measurements if you want them. Do not have a drawing and do not know how to post pics. anyway. I THINK I can sketch them out and send them to your email if that would help.
I have done both and can give you the measurements if you want them. Do not have a drawing and do not know how to post pics. anyway. I THINK I can sketch them out and send them to your email if that would help.
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You offer too much. Just the measurements for now would be awesome. Maybe parts/materials list too if you don't mind. A friend and I are going to attempt this together.
Thanks so much
You offer too much. Just the measurements for now would be awesome. Maybe parts/materials list too if you don't mind. A friend and I are going to attempt this together.
Thanks so much
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Not really much to it with access to a mill and a lathe, I"ll measure mine up tonite and post them tomorrow sometime. I wish I could leave a picture on here it would be a lot easier.
I copied mine off of I believe a Davidson but there is not much difference in any of them, they all have to be almost duplicates of one another. On my barrel vice I milled the actual hole quite large and use lead flashing from any hardware store to grab the barrel, it is the only stuff that I really trust not to mark up a barrel if the barrel does turn in it. Old stuff could have small stones in it that would mar a barrel, its cheap enough a foot by a foot peice will last forever. The lead also grabs better than anything else I have tried.
It would be a hell of a lot easier to email you a sketch, a real bastard to describe it without a pic. Maybe I can get someone to post a pic for me, I"ll try.
Not really much to it with access to a mill and a lathe, I"ll measure mine up tonite and post them tomorrow sometime. I wish I could leave a picture on here it would be a lot easier.
I copied mine off of I believe a Davidson but there is not much difference in any of them, they all have to be almost duplicates of one another. On my barrel vice I milled the actual hole quite large and use lead flashing from any hardware store to grab the barrel, it is the only stuff that I really trust not to mark up a barrel if the barrel does turn in it. Old stuff could have small stones in it that would mar a barrel, its cheap enough a foot by a foot peice will last forever. The lead also grabs better than anything else I have tried.
It would be a hell of a lot easier to email you a sketch, a real bastard to describe it without a pic. Maybe I can get someone to post a pic for me, I"ll try.
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I guess there's always the satisfaction of making something yourself, but with a Rem 700 there are a number of great Rem 700 action wrenches and barrel vices out there that are reasonably priced to the point it almost does not pay to make your own and "reinvent the wheel".
Maybe I am missing something here, but it always seems like there is so little extra time in the day, I only find myself making a tool or having one made when I just cannot get a decent quality reasonably priced one.
I guess there's always the satisfaction of making something yourself, but with a Rem 700 there are a number of great Rem 700 action wrenches and barrel vices out there that are reasonably priced to the point it almost does not pay to make your own and "reinvent the wheel".
Maybe I am missing something here, but it always seems like there is so little extra time in the day, I only find myself making a tool or having one made when I just cannot get a decent quality reasonably priced one.
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I"m retired and enjoy metal working, I dont feel any of the time making something or working on a barrel is wasted. Great pastime for me
I"m retired and enjoy metal working, I dont feel any of the time making something or working on a barrel is wasted. Great pastime for me
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I'm with Bob, more time then money for me though.
I'm with Bob, more time then money for me though.
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Take a look at the Brownell's barrel vise and action wrench. They're built hell for stout and a good design.
Take a look at the Brownell's barrel vise and action wrench. They're built hell for stout and a good design.
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this is how we do it
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but there have been some guys with awesome vises they have made in metalshop too. search back within the year. this was under $20 with stuff i had around the house except the two barstock parts i bought for scrap cost. $8 i think. springs were $4ish, had the all thread and nuts.
this is how we do it
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but there have been some guys with awesome vises they have made in metalshop too. search back within the year. this was under $20 with stuff i had around the house except the two barstock parts i bought for scrap cost. $8 i think. springs were $4ish, had the all thread and nuts.
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axman, quite an elaborate rig but might be a bitch to take to the range if a barrel swap was needed there.
Joel, I am having a tough time trying to put these measurements in an understandable form without a pic. If you get an idea of what the wrench is like I can give you the corresponding measurements.
axman, quite an elaborate rig but might be a bitch to take to the range if a barrel swap was needed there.
Joel, I am having a tough time trying to put these measurements in an understandable form without a pic. If you get an idea of what the wrench is like I can give you the corresponding measurements.
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in the beginning of my .284 build thread (linked in my signature) i have some pictures of the wrench and vise i built. if you have the technology to make your own tools, i am guessing you are clever enough to come up with the dimensions and materials you want to use to make them.
in the beginning of my .284 build thread (linked in my signature) i have some pictures of the wrench and vise i built. if you have the technology to make your own tools, i am guessing you are clever enough to come up with the dimensions and materials you want to use to make them.
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actually with the C clamps i can attach it to anything under 8" thick. give or take. and the nuts come off either end of all thread so its all basically flat and portable, just a bit heavy. but for my savage, its worked and ive gotten the barrel off and on several times. all you need is a wrench.
actually with the C clamps i can attach it to anything under 8" thick. give or take. and the nuts come off either end of all thread so its all basically flat and portable, just a bit heavy. but for my savage, its worked and ive gotten the barrel off and on several times. all you need is a wrench.
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Axeman, could you possibly post a pic. of the wrench you use.
Axeman, could you possibly post a pic. of the wrench you use.
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open/box end 3/4" combo wrench like this to clamp the barrel in the blocks
then its just a nut wrench for the savage barrel nut
open/box end 3/4" combo wrench like this to clamp the barrel in the blocks
then its just a nut wrench for the savage barrel nut
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The action wrench I am speaking of slides in from the butt end of the reciever and has slots cut into it to fit into the forward part of the reciever and is turned with a piece of steel rod inserted into a hole cut in the patruding end of the wrench, only way I can explain it, and I realize it may not make sense to someone not familar with this type of wrench. It works a heck of a lot better than the type that grabs the outside of the reciever and I think has a lot less chance of harming the action. I can draw this up easily enough but know not of posting it on here.
The action wrench I am speaking of slides in from the butt end of the reciever and has slots cut into it to fit into the forward part of the reciever and is turned with a piece of steel rod inserted into a hole cut in the patruding end of the wrench, only way I can explain it, and I realize it may not make sense to someone not familar with this type of wrench. It works a heck of a lot better than the type that grabs the outside of the reciever and I think has a lot less chance of harming the action. I can draw this up easily enough but know not of posting it on here.
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what you are after is referred to as a "rear entry receiver wrench".
what you are after is referred to as a "rear entry receiver wrench".
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I built my own two weeks ago while attending the NRA summer program at Murray St. college.
I built my own two weeks ago while attending the NRA summer program at Murray St. college.
