Best smithing tool

[Viper Scout]

Do bits and bobs on my firearms and now on mine and my sons airsoft stuff.
I find the dremmel a fantastic all round tool. Just fitted top rail to an M3 Marui Shorty....screws, no glue.

[CacklingHawk]

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Yeah I love the Dremel. It's the modern man's duct-tape.

[Vex]

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I'd never put glue anywhere near my rifs! no one should!

[silentwarrior]

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My hammer.... If it doesn't fix it I'm not hitting it hard enough.

If it makes it worse the I've hit it to hard and need to give it to a professional to fix

[FENRIR]

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If it cannot be screwed, pinned or bolted onto the RIF it doesn't belong there.

[Viper Scout]

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Hammers, do they require a defence

[LukeCDC]

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allen keys, screw drivers, pliers and a copper hide mallet..oh and my old holbrook lathe of course throw a few oils and greases in and thats my tool kit...and a few purpose made pin punches...and a set of screw extractors...and the machines at work...i think thats it...i think

[Viper Scout]

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There is the lathe of course, has to be one of the ultimates.
If you have access to one with a milling attachment then what you pay for a fiver, you make for 5p.

[blytm]

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Blindfold - Just grab and guess what Im doing... Talking about gun mods of course...

[johnnyj]

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for me its my snap on trim tool :P great for lining up AR latches and gear axles

[B.E.N.]

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Patience and heatshrink.

[Heinz]

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If you have access to one with a milling attachment then what you pay for a fiver, you make for 5p.

Spoken like someone who never costs up their own time lol Yes, I can buy the materials to make my own flash hiders for pennies, for example, but by the time i've factored in the cost of my own time, that 5p has become £30.05

Me? Ar-15 armourers toolkit, Record No. 3 vice, lathe and mill - in that order.

[Viper Scout]

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Don't forget the white sheet. Lay that down first before stripping anything as that will save you losing springs etc.

[BAMF]

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for me its my snap on trim tool :P great for lining up AR latches and gear axles

For me it's this guy.

[dadio]

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good quality magnetic screw driver's(save so many stripped screw heads and frustration when screwing on m4 pistol grips), lath/mill, mig welder, bench grinder ,angle grinder , good set of taps and die's, a good angle poise lamp and a complete absence of children.