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Interesting demonstration of the how a small tap wrench is Not a precision instrument. You may want to consider avoid using the T-wrench for small taps to avoid breaking them off in the work. Joe Pie video is well done. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0PBPGjd0Pc I do use small Starrett tap...

You set yours up like a Fordham rotary system.

Not a gunsmith repair but rather a nice inventory upgrade; a small bench top vise for holding small micrometers in particular. I find mic-ing small parts requires a third hand hat trick sometimes. Now, I can just hold the part in one and dial the micrometer with the other....no drama...

........a different approach for the Browning universal choke tube wrench. Akin to a wing-nut hex bit driver.

Most likely the damage will occur due to compression / distortment of fine choke tube threads, from the expansion of the Brownells' tool. I was tinkering in the shop today pondering yet an alternative solutions to driving the choke tubes out using a hex drive but internally a precision drill...

^^ An expanding collet with knurling to engage the internal surface of the choke tube. I presume a crescent or specific sized wrench on the tool flats to turn the tool. Thanks !

........and Jimmy Buffet is grinning in gunsmith heaven.

As a last resort for employing an impact driver on a gunsmith sized fastener I like the Laser brand. Japanese mfg for use on small motorcycle parts. It has a 3/8" male drive, when coupled with an adapter to 1/4" hex head, it allows use of all / any magna-tip gunsmith bits. Its smaller mass...

Photo of said tool please.

I would use a universal choke tube magna tip or a hollow ground driver bit (both with hex head drives) mounted in a cordless impact driver. It's easy to fabricate a perfectly fitting driver to the slots in the choke tubes. Secure the barrel in a padded vise. Make sure the choke tube slots are...

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Tinkering in the shop yesterday. Years ago I fabricated some arbors, long and short, for using Dremel tool accessories in cordless / drill presses etc. The problem with the Dremel power plant, even the cordless, is that several thousand rpm is the slowest speed! Dremel threads are the same as a...

So, I was pondering the the manner in which to de-burr that #53 cross-drill hole (0.052") in the #4 screw. The smallest reamer I have is a 1/16th (0.062"). I came across these flexible nylon brushes coated with abrasive, designed for "micro-deburring"; they can be hand turned or powered. I have...

^^^ You have done a really nice job with this project.

When removing the ejector rod from the cylinder on the M49 I used my old laminated wood- leather vise jaw inserts. The wood backing seemed to give too much, not allowing the leather to engage a good bite on the rod. Fabricated some new 5" leather lined aluminum backed inserts today. Radiused...

......... that's all I have for TGIF.

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I had some time to check-under-the-hood of the "new" 1971 S&W Model 49 to see what 50+ years of aging lubrication looks like. No surprises on disassembly except for the extraordinarily close fit tolerance of the cylinder stop assembly, which made both removal / installation challenging. I...

I believe I have every imaginable tool and bit to remove gunsmith sized screws and employ all the usual tricks to remove the difficult ones in order to save special screws; however, sometimes you just have to drill / mill them out. Make sure you tape-protect the surrounding scope rings before...

Call me out if I am off base, but my view is that part of gunsmithing is its tranquility of acquiring some guns to smith-about. Just acquired a new-in-the box SA/DA shrouded hammer pinned barrel Smith & Wesson Model 49 no dash 1971-72 with mystical "floating J" serial number. The J-frame...