wanting to borrow some tools

[calixt0]

I live in the Vallejo area and am considering switching my forearms to free floating but I don't have the armorers wrench or the upper clam-shell block. Anyone have some I can borrow in a couple of weeks.

[John Browning]

Those tools aren't expensive, think of it as an investment for the next AR you build.

[phrogg111]

You'll also need the torque wrench.

I think a friend of mine got the torque wrench from Harbor Freight, and the whole rest of the tool kit online for under $60 shipped. Torque wrench will be $10-$20 from Harbor Freight. You need 30-45 ft-lbs as your range (multiply by 12 if you get an in-lb torque wrench)

[wash]

Torque is pretty simple, using a 1 foot wrench, a force of 30lbs at the end of the wrench makes 30 ft-lbs, 80lbs would make 80 ft-lbs.

You don't have to be a carnival weight guesser to hit somewhere inside that torque window and every AR is going to be different to allign the barrel nut with the path of the gas tube.

If you were going to do a bunch of ARs, a torque wrench would be good for quality control purposes but it's not really required.

[wash]

Oh, also I like the PRI upper receiver block, it can catch any AR15 style upper by the pins or flat top AR15s and AR 308s by the top rail making it very versatile.

The DPMS upper receiver wrench seemed fine (except for the paint flaking off everywhere) until it got swiped at a build party. I replaced it with one that has a hook on the end for tightening carbine stock castle nuts and a parkerized finish I think. It is nice being able to reduce my essential AR tools by one, the hook makes it easy to hang up on a peg and there is no paint chips to make a mess with.

[calixt0]

I already have a torque wrench.. I will probably buy the stuff. I was hoping to avoid it as I don't think I will ever build a complete upper .. but the tools can never be bad... just hard to sell the spouse I want to replace this $50 part and I need to spend $90 to do it.. LOL