Re: I "SNAG"ed A Couple Tool Boxes Yesterday

On 6/20/2024 5:07 AM, Snag wrote:

On 6/19/2024 11:52 PM, Jim Wilkins wrote:

"Snag"  wrote in message news:v5002h$285td$1@dont-email.me...
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   I was mostly looking for ideas on holding it - probably by the barrel
- while I used some kind of "wrench" - likely to be a chunk of local
hickory properly shaped for the task - to tighten the frame/barrel a few
degrees to bring the front blade to center over the barrel .
Snag
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I'm not a gunsmith, but I looked into it and several other skills for hints on building scientific instruments and lab experiments when I managed a lab and model shop at Mitre. I think what you want is to buy or make an "action wrench".
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    Just looking at it , The barrel being octagon I can put it in my mill vise with some padding . Using a wrench on the barrel is almost certainly going to damage the finish . A nice sized chunk of hickory with a couple of notches to engage the frame top and bottom straps might be stout enough to rotate the frame - or maybe not .

A mill vise will probably work, but I never have one mounted anywhere other than a mill table.  I like the bench vise (very heavy steel bench) for this sort of work because I have it on the corner where I can work all the way around a part.
Someday when I have a layout and assembly table that doesn't suffer from HSD (Horizontal Surface Disease) I may mount both a bench vise and a mill vise on the table for different things.  A mill vise is better for things like a hydraulic tapping arm if I ever decide I need one.
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