improvised tools that actually worked!

whirlwind · 10-04-2003, 01:31 PM

im not talkin bout your wife using your new wood chisle to open a paint can,what improvised tool have ya used that actually worked great with no damage to the tool or whatever you were working on? my best one is i bought a rifle at a gun show once and the crown was badly damaged,instead of cutting the barrel i cut a new crown using the cutter from a lee case sizer! worked great!

Snakebite · 10-04-2003, 07:16 PM

I'm going to try that one!
Making something work for somewthing it was never intended to do. Its pure genious. How many times have I tried to fix stuff without the right tools.
Or, as they say, necessity is a mother

NRAJOE · 10-05-2003, 05:42 AM

I use old Carcano rifles for hammering nails into sides of barns...

Big Dog · 10-05-2003, 10:53 AM

Once when shooting my SKS, the front sight needed tweaking. My front-sight tool broke! Luckily, the nipple wrench for cap&ball revolvers worked! Similar design, just a tad bigger.

SPOCAHP ANAR · 10-05-2003, 06:42 PM

A wooden baseball bat with the top six inches containing 16d nails concentrically located with the heads filed off.

Oh, wrong forum.

Oxford · 10-05-2003, 07:03 PM

Phacopsrana...

:jaw: Da mn!...I've got to get one of those tools.

SPOCAHP ANAR · 10-05-2003, 07:36 PM

3 No. 2 Pencils sharpened to a point about 5 inches and positioned in between fingers nos. 2/3; 3/4; 4/5 as you make a fist.

:smash:

whirlwind · 10-05-2003, 09:02 PM

p.s. if anyone trys the case trimmer for cutting a crown,i forgot to mention i did it by hand.i wouldnt try putting it in a drill it would probably burn up ur trimmer

Mandy · 10-06-2003, 12:58 PM

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I allways keep in my car a cloth pin, a paper clip and an aligator clip, it have saved me zillions of times in very diferent scenarios.

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Big Dog · 10-06-2003, 02:57 PM

Duct tape (or Duck Tape down south) - the ultimate improvisational tool. Is there anything it can't do?

NRAJOE · 10-06-2003, 03:05 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Mandy
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I allways keep in my car a cloth pin, a paper clip and an aligator clip, it have saved me zillions of times in very diferent scenarios.

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Okay "McGyver"....you meant "roach clip" didn't you?

einnor1040 · 10-06-2003, 03:48 PM

McGyver is my middle name.

10-04-2003, 01:31 PM	#1
whirlwind Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: oklahoma Posts: 3,737 Images: 1	improvised tools that actually worked! im not talkin bout your wife using your new wood chisle to open a paint can,what improvised tool have ya used that actually worked great with no damage to the tool or whatever you were working on? my best one is i bought a rifle at a gun show once and the crown was badly damaged,instead of cutting the barrel i cut a new crown using the cutter from a lee case sizer! worked great! __________________ De oppresso liber !

10-05-2003, 05:42 AM	#3
NRAJOE Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Toledo,OH Posts: 19,043 Images: 3	I use old Carcano rifles for hammering nails into sides of barns... __________________ U.S. Army 1976-1979 237th Combat Engineers Heilbronn, Germany

10-05-2003, 10:53 AM	#4
Big Dog Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Tallahassee, Florida Posts: 10,205	Once when shooting my SKS, the front sight needed tweaking. My front-sight tool broke! Luckily, the nipple wrench for cap&ball revolvers worked! Similar design, just a tad bigger. __________________ Moderator of: AR15/M16, M14/M1A, New/Beginning Shooters and Militaria/Collectables.

10-05-2003, 06:42 PM	#5
SPOCAHP ANAR Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: SC-upstate Posts: 4,085 Images: 3 Blog Entries: 4	A wooden baseball bat with the top six inches containing 16d nails concentrically located with the heads filed off. Oh, wrong forum. __________________ Spocrest Out!..........

10-05-2003, 07:03 PM	#6
Oxford Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Gladstone, Missouri Posts: 13,021 Blog Entries: 4	Phacopsrana... :jaw: Da mn!...I've got to get one of those tools. __________________ "If it's worth doing, it's worth doing right".

10-04-2003, 07:16 PM	#2
Snakebite Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Tucson, Mexico Posts: 1,839	I'm going to try that one! Making something work for somewthing it was never intended to do. Its pure genious. How many times have I tried to fix stuff without the right tools. Or, as they say, necessity is a mother

10-05-2003, 07:36 PM	#7
SPOCAHP ANAR Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: SC-upstate Posts: 4,085 Images: 3 Blog Entries: 4	Another Winner! 3 No. 2 Pencils sharpened to a point about 5 inches and positioned in between fingers nos. 2/3; 3/4; 4/5 as you make a fist. :smash: __________________ Spocrest Out!..........

10-05-2003, 09:02 PM	#8
whirlwind Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: oklahoma Posts: 3,737 Images: 1	p.s. if anyone trys the case trimmer for cutting a crown,i forgot to mention i did it by hand.i wouldnt try putting it in a drill it would probably burn up ur trimmer __________________ De oppresso liber !

10-06-2003, 12:58 PM	#9
Mandy Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: San Juan, Puerto Rico Posts: 1,641	:assult: :assult: :assult: :assult: :assult: I allways keep in my car a cloth pin, a paper clip and an aligator clip, it have saved me zillions of times in very diferent scenarios. :assult: :assult: :assult: :assult: :assult: __________________ :assult: :assult: :assult: :assult: :assult: Better be judged by 12 than carried by 6. _________________________________ If you gonna die, die with your boots on ! Iron Maiden _________________________________ The deeper you go, the better it feels ! Divers Motto :uzi: :uzi: :uzi: :uzi: :uzi:

10-06-2003, 02:57 PM	#10
Big Dog Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Tallahassee, Florida Posts: 10,205	Duct tape (or Duck Tape down south) - the ultimate improvisational tool. Is there anything it can't do? __________________ Moderator of: AR15/M16, M14/M1A, New/Beginning Shooters and Militaria/Collectables.

10-06-2003, 03:48 PM	#12
einnor1040 Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: middle tn. Posts: 86	McGyver is my middle name.