Handy Springer Tools

I made up these aluminum pliers soft jaws to get this turret sight adjusting screw moving on an old BSA prewar. Gripped the straight knurls nicely with out marring. Saved them and have used them a few times since. I probably got those old pliers for nothing. This old boy will scrounge hand tools any where! Anytime! You never know what tool will get the job done until you use it.
I have a crazy looking (and a little rusty) Japanese long nose vise grip plier that I found under the seat of a pickup truck I bought years ago that has been very useful many times. Not necessarily on airguns though.
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Not bad .. comming up with soft jaw ideas is a must on some things.. copper tubing works making them as well , gluing on rubber or leather pads ,ect 👍
 
This is my spring compressor. I can make up any adapter I need in a few minutes out of scraps or new stock. I like to have the cylinder vertical.
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Well just snapped another T15 . Ive tried several and its snap it cause the metal it too hard and crystalized or too soft and twists them off in like a sprial.lol

Of course i blame my " buddy" for releaving me of that husky toque driver .. i bet this latest one did not make 20 screw jobs and bit the dust.. amazing.
For the best bits at the best price, I buy DeWalt. They seem to get the hardness spot on.
 
For the best bits at the best price, I buy DeWalt. They seem to get the hardness spot on.
Ya, that's going to big town items then im too fuzzy brained if and when i go i never think of these little things when im there. Heck i cant even remember to write up a list or evrn remember to take the list with me when i go.. im just doomed to suffer i guess.😭
 
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Here are two very handy tools for that I use daily for my gunsmith needs. Keeps the screw from getting buggered up and the correct torque on all bolts and screws.
I built a spring press but not crazy about it. It does the job with the barrel on or off. Because sometimes I don’t need to remove the piston just check/change the spring.
The other tool I made is a hot wire foam cutter. I like cutting foam to fit the gun exactly to its shape.
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Thanks! Need this 🎯
 
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A set of gun screw driver bits is certainly the most important tool(s) to start with. I recently bought an R9 on the classifieds here. Really a beautiful gun that had been well taken care of. Unfortunately the previous owner had used a set of utility drawer screw drivers when doing a tune and had bunged up the screws. Really too bad considering how nice the rifle is overall.

I have a couple additions to what has come before.

A set of strong probes has proved so useful in the shop for many types of project. I used a hooked one to reinstall a tiny spring in a Rekord trigger recently. I've tried to give some sense of scale, these are about 9 inches overall.

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A set of pin punches is pretty much indispensable to me when working on airguns. These I got recently and I like them pretty well so far. I also use a set of pin punches made for rolled pins on occasion too.

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This last one has nothing to do with airguns (sorry) but it usually causes quite a stir when anyone sees it in my tool box. Think of a cross of a channel locks and a Crescent wrench. Knipex tools of all sorts are great.
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Kinfa makes me ashamed of my harbor freight collection... Lol..

I use to have the home depot husky toque screwdriver . I liked it then loaned it to a friend and he left it on a job .. of course he crawfished on a replacment .. then what are friends for?
Prolly figured you were done with it. ;)
 
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A Chapman Engineering hollow ground bit set and, roast away if you like, but an Air Venturi Rail Lock spring compressor. I know many aren't fans but I haven't found a rifle yet I couldn't easily get apart with one.
I looked at one of those Venturi spring compressors, almost bought it to repair my Ruger.....but then realized the Ruger didn't have scope rails, it has the other style which I won't bother to try and spell here...lol But it looked like cock for dolly on anything with scope rails.
 
A set of gun screw driver bits is certainly the most important tool(s) to start with. I recently bought an R9 on the classifieds here. Really a beautiful gun that had been well taken care of. Unfortunately the previous owner had used a set of utility drawer screw drivers when doing a tune and had bunged up the screws. Really too bad considering how nice the rifle is overall.

I have a couple additions to what has come before.

A set of strong probes has proved so useful in the shop for many types of project. I used a hooked one to reinstall a tiny spring in a Rekord trigger recently. I've tried to give some sense of scale, these are about 9 inches overall.

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A set of pin punches is pretty much indispensable to me when working on airguns. These I got recently and I like them pretty well so far. I also use a set of pin punches made for rolled pins on occasion too.

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This last one has nothing to do with airguns (sorry) but it usually causes quite a stir when anyone sees it in my tool box. Think of a cross of a channel locks and a Crescent wrench. Knipex tools of all sorts are great.
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I watch a farmer in Indiana on youtube that had a set of those plies gifted to him from a viewer. He does engine over hauls and most everything else with nothing but a couple different size nut rounders and those plies. They like something MacGyver would of had on his person at all times.