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Two-Fitty Extractor Adjustment tool


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Most of y'all probably use the ol' Mark I eyeball and Mark II thumbs to adjust extractors, but.. there I was, late Saturday, doing a last-minute extractor install. Popped over to Brownells, read the extractor article by Jack Weigand and saw the nifty tool he sells for the job... that I don't have and could use right now (isn't that always the way with tools you don't have?)

Anyway, a bit later in the evening and as I'm vaguely wandering around Home Depot, I found an amazingly suitable arbor-press gizmo. For only $2.50. In the electrical department of all places.

All I had to do to turn it into a nifty extractor tool was add a couple notches to hold the extractor in place and smooth up the bottom of the bolt. Check it out:

extratool.jpg

Not quite as good as the Weigand tool, I suspect, but if it's late Saturday and you need to tune an extractor, it's pretty handy.

What is this wierd part? I'm not sure, but it's probably got something to do with conduit. Wander around the electrical department and you'll probably find 'em. There are several sizes and the reciept says something like: 1/2" Top Bar Clamp. Bar code: 0-75114-01404-5

(Edited by shred at 8:31 pm on Jan. 11, 2003)

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It is used to attatch conduit to the red iron bar joists used to support the roof decking in commercial construction. I heard Jerry Barnhardt was an electrician before he turned pro. I wonder if he uses a storebought extractor adjustment tool??? Dude, nice tip! I'm gonna go make one!

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I've got a website (www.shred2.net) though there's nothing obvious there yet.  I'll probably compile my various gadget articles up there eventually, but I do like the discussion and comment format here-- I usually pick up good ideas from them.

(Edited by shred at 2:36 pm on Jan. 12, 2003)

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Since ya'll are a crafty bunch, heres a tip for you to try. When (and if) you clean your gun, after swabbing the bore with your favorite brand of solvent, dry it, and then apply some Mobil 1 synthetic motor oil ( I use 10-30) to a patch and swab away. In my experience, the Mobil 1 patch will come out with noticeable dirt on it. I now use it as a solvent on my guns. Works better than break free, and costs less than $5.00 a QUART!

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Quote: from benos on 2:50 pm on Jan. 17, 2003

Flex,

Or maybe some moderator/organizer type could link all the cool graphical-tip threads in the FAQs, Technical.


Yeah, they could even start with something maybe like this:

DIY Tools and Gadgets

Things you can make to make your life easier

Recoil spring / guide rod tool:

http://www.brianenos.com/cgi-bin/ikonboard...28&topic=62

Extractor adjustment tool:

http://www.brianenos.com/cgi-bin/ikonboard...8&topic=140

Dillon Spent Primer improvements (part of the excellent 650 tips-and-tricks thread)

http://www.brianenos.com/cgi-bin/ikonboard...4&topic=134

Brian's 1050 Bullet Feeder:

http://www.brianenos.com/cgi-bin/ikonboard...=4&topic=14

Magazine length gauge (the official is available again from EGW):

http://www.brianenos.com/cgi-bin/ikonboard...27&topic=79

Recoil spring tester:

http://www.brianenos.com/cgi-bin/ikonboard...28&topic=44

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Guest Dick W Holliday

Went to home depot yesterday and got mine......darn when i got home i remembered i'd put in an Aftec in my race gun a while back....but i've still got the regular one in my Les Baer........

i used to pull the extractors about half out of the slide and bend it that way but recently i don't know if my hands aren't up to the task or what but i tried it with a friends SVI 40 and it was trying to bend a drill bit....damn that thing was hard......

The Pisser is that when i got  home from the Depot my wife made me start spreading the paint she bought while there.....I just can't win......Dick

(Edited by Dick W Holliday at 5:59 am on Jan. 21, 2003)

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