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MacFromOK

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That's a great idea! So let me get this straight...freeze the tenon pins and heat up the tenons (while installed on the barrel) like with a heat gun? Then quickly slap that barrel with the heated tenons down in the channel in the stock and then quickly tap the frozen pins in through the stock?

Is that right? :scratch:
Yep, that's the general idea. ;)
 

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What? Me? Lose a small tiny part like the safety plunger spring for a G19? Or the same thing for a Kimber Micro .380? Or a thin, custom Hogue grip screw for a Sig M11-A1 for which I have no spare? Or the extractor plunger/safety detent spring for a vintage PPK/S? Or .... etc.
 

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One more thought...

When you have close-fitting metal parts, you can freeze the inner part and heat the outer part (even a small amount, like with a hair dryer) to gain a bit more temporary clearance when assembling.
:drunk2:

I used a torch/heat gun dozens of times on bearings to slide over a shaft without a press using that method, works great.
 

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Some light filing/sanding today...was too lazy too do much else. Will pick up on it tomorrow and see if I can't get the sights and barrel tenons installed.
 

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What? Me? Lose a small tiny part like the safety plunger spring for a G19? Or the same thing for a Kimber Micro .380? Or a thin, custom Hogue grip screw for a Sig M11-A1 for which I have no spare? Or the extractor plunger/safety detent spring for a vintage PPK/S? Or .... etc.
Sometimes doing this type work inside a clear plastic bag works. Just don't let it slip over your head.
 

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Sometimes doing this type work inside a clear plastic bag works. Just don't let it slip over your head.

I know, and I have a nice big clear plastic bag. But I just think “not this time; this will be easy to get this spr....”

“Sproing!


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Sometimes doing this type work inside a clear plastic bag works. Just don't let it slip over your head.
My sis brought us one of those giant plastic containers of cheeseballs a few years ago, and I kept the container for the purpose of making a dome to work under from both ends for tiny stuff. I still have it.

Unfortunately, it managed to get filled up with other stuff before I got around to cutting one side out... :hithead:
 

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Took the day off from building yesterday; today, I 'm going to the range to shoot! I'll get back on this project tomorrow...am not in a hurry.
 

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