My barrel came out!!!! (with the help of my new Barrel tool!)

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So I got into work this morning and my Co-Worker was headed out the door and he stopped in my cube and said "here you go, this should do the trick" he went by the blueprint I drew up a few weeks ago and it's BANG ON! Since there is no room to chuck up much depth in the indexing head on the mill, he cut the end off and machined in the fingers and then silver soldered the end back onto the tube. He made the tube 18" long per my specs because at the time I wasn't thinking about how to hold the barrel. Much to my surprise, I did not come anywhere close to needing a vise to hold my barrel so that I could break the nut loose.

So now I guess I can take the barrel into work so he can thread it for the flash hider. He will probably have it a week, I can't complain he does this stuff Gratis for me so if it takes a week it takes a week! He's pretty methodical and particular.

Here's some pics for your viewing pleasure!

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Very nice, that's how I also machined mine, much easier to put a shorter piece in a collet holder on the milling machine and then weld on your tube. Glad it worked out for you. Take care, Randy
 
Uh-oh, am I mistaken or does the barrel taper out to a larger diameter just before the threads ? If it does I'll have to remove the plastic insert I put in my wrench as the bore of the plastic is only about .700". Oh well, guess it's an easy fix, just have to know the size of the barrel at the threaded end.......Shoo
 
Randy,

The threads are the major diameter, it tapers down from the threads. I don't have a caliper handy to measure it.

Snapcry,

This was a one-off for me. I can provide you with the blueprint I made if you want to make one, we used a 6' piece of conduit from Lowes it was the right ID and OD for the job.
 
Brett248Vista said:
So I got into work this morning and my Co-Worker was headed out the door and he stopped in my cube and said "here you go, this should do the trick" he went by the blueprint I drew up a few weeks ago and it's BANG ON! Since there is no room to chuck up much depth in the indexing head on the mill, he cut the end off and machined in the fingers and then silver soldered the end back onto the tube. He made the tube 18" long per my specs because at the time I wasn't thinking about how to hold the barrel. Much to my surprise, I did not come anywhere close to needing a vise to hold my barrel so that I could break the nut loose.

So now I guess I can take the barrel into work so he can thread it for the flash hider. He will probably have it a week, I can't complain he does this stuff Gratis for me so if it takes a week it takes a week! He's pretty methodical and particular.
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Glad things worked out. Yeah, the barrel nut on mine just turned without any fuss like yours did. Absent a barrel vice for tightening, it's not a bad idea to bridge the receiver and top rail with riser or carry handle mount.
 
Brett,
did you ever try taking off the barrel with a homemade pvc tool? I made one but the nut is just too tight, I'm thinking I'm gonna have to go to a metal tool but not sure yet.
 
If it doesn't come loose easilly then try alittle impact put your tool on and hold the reciever and forarm get some extra hands.. then making sure you going the right way take something and peck on whatever ur using for leverage.. they will usually turn very easy with not a lot of force from the pecking... less chances of braking something
 
BELT_FED said:
If it doesn't come loose easilly then try alittle impact put your tool on and hold the reciever and forarm get some extra hands.. then making sure you going the right way take something and peck on whatever ur using for leverage.. they will usually turn very easy with not a lot of force from the pecking... less chances of braking something
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yeah i haven't tried it since I asked you for advice a few weeks ago, just been busy, I was just wondering if he had tried the pvc and had no luck
 
Rip,

I did not try a PVC tool. I took all the measurements on the net from various threads and I sat down and drew up the blueprint below. I have a good friend co/worker who has a fully outfitted garage with a Bridgeport J Head Mill with any kind of fixturing known to mankind and he has a nice lathe as well. He builds small running engines in his spare time and loves to machine so I am fortunate in that respect!

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Thanks brett I wasn't sure if you had tried before with the pvc.

does anyone know if a strap wrench will have enough grip to hold onto the barrel? and will one mark the barrel?
 
Just drill a hole in it and stick a screw driver threw it
 
For taking the barrel nut off I just bridged the receiver and rail with a riser for additional support. IMO, greater risk of breaking the rifle without a barrel vice comes in play if trying to time a flash suppressor with a crush washer or a Herculean effort to over tighten the barrel nut.
 
Brett248Vista said:
I'll time my flash hider with a peel washer.
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Right. Belt_Fed lectured me for quite a while when threading my barrel to not use a crush washer trying to time a flash suppressor on my 15-22 without a barrel vice. Mine is just barely hand tight... and makes for easy swap of barrel toys.
 
Phil,

Agreed! If we had T6 MilSpec uppers and Upper Blocks a crush washer wouldn't be an issue. 15-20Lbs Ft is not very tight and I don't see the need for vice jaws and I won't be indexing a crush washer.
 
So my PVC tool didn't work, I broke all 4 teeth off at the same time, now I guess I'm going to have to start over with steel:(
 
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