Your most useful hand tools
Any suggestions on putting together a good quality set of hand tools for tinkering on my airguns. I know many of you are craftsman with years of experience, and a lifetime of collecting cherished machines. I don,t think I,ll ever reach that level but any smaller hand tools you can,t live without?
Regards LarryW 🙄
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My wife being full blood German told me to tell you that it’s Goot -n- tite! 😆 Now myself being half German and half Cherokee, I’ll take good any day. Tight is a bonus! 🙄
I picked up some Snap-On ball end allen wrenches with screw driver handles. Even the little 3/32″ don’t snap off. I’ve been using the same one for years now. All the others I used snapped easily!
And don’t forget to torque everything to German spec: “gut-an-tight”
Oh, I like the Wheeler Engineering Bench Block for protecting and backing up the frame when punching the pins.
midwayUSA has it for $20.49.
Oh, and I use black permanent marker for quick touchups and Birchwood Casey, Aluminum Black is for serious touch-up of scratched and marred areas “QUICKLY”:!: Use sparingly, it is potent.
Thanks for you suggestions, HF grabber and a nice soft brass punch make good sense. Hex keys and the correct drivers I have. I guess I just need to tear things apart for a little preventive maintenance. Brazing rod, you mount it in some kind of holder to give so stability?
Regards LarryW 🙄 🙄
True That!!! 😉 😆 those grabbers save my ass in the shop all the time. 😆
Yep, good Hex keys and screw drivers. And a little brass punch made from 3/32 brass brazing rod for punching the pins out of the frame.
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😆 my most used tool is my cheapo HF ol’ foggy grabber pickup tool 💡
I have 3+ 
precision hex keys and screwdrivers
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i’d hafta say get a good dremel and make an attachment to affix to a lathe