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4 November 2014, 17:42 #16
get a set of pipe (soft) jaws for your vice. http://www.ebay.com/itm/4-PLASTIC-MA...item3a8ce13572
It's difficult to soar with eagles, when you work with turkeys...
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4 November 2014, 17:48 #17
Another vote for the Geissele Reaction Rod...
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4 November 2014, 18:17 #18
And you could wear out 3 and still be up $10. But the Reaction rods are a very well machined piece. I don't like how the splines on the Brownells piece have that sharp shoulder where they turned it down. Good start for a stress fracture. I'm thinking breaking well seasoned barrel nuts loose has to exceed a few hundred ft. lbs on stubborn ones. I think some kind of adapter would be a must with proprietary barrel nuts also. No way to clamp a Daniel Defense or Mega barrel nut wrench into a vise like they did the armorers wrench in the video.
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4 November 2014, 18:24 #19
I see what you mean about that. I still think that it would work well if I had a 3-4" piece of 1/2" square bar and put it in the end of the rod, essentially giving me the flats that the geissele has. I'm gonna go for it I think. It's 30 bucks, and seems a better option than any of the plastic blocks. Still may also grab the set that comp posted for some lighter duty uses.
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4 November 2014, 19:28 #20
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4 November 2014, 21:08 #21
Over 200lbs is way more torque than an aluminum receiver could handle. Rifle manufacturers don't torque them that high, inexperienced rifle builders do over tighten them though. I believe most barrel nuts are between 35-75ft.lbs of torque. If the torque wrench isn't at a 90 degree angle to the barrel wrench or crows foot there is a dramatic change in actual torque. There are specific formulas for torqueing at an angle other than 90 degrees.
Last edited by Stone; 4 November 2014 at 21:35.
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4 November 2014, 21:38 #22
Back off torque has as much to do with install procedure as initial torque. And FYI it took a lot more than you would expect to rip the threaded extension off the front of a 1980's Colt upper. No anti-seize and dissimilar metals, throw in some heat cycles and that steel nut will almost fuse to the receiver.
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4 November 2014, 21:53 #23
Nothin a 4 foot cheater bar couldn't handle though huh?
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4 November 2014, 22:03 #24
We use Reaction Rods.
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4 November 2014, 23:46 #25
Yeah - was gonna say, that's a bit large of a torque ... I always thought the typical range was between 50'ish-75 ft-lbs.
Yep. Torque = r*sin(theta)F (or Torque = rxF, where "x" denotes cross product); where r is the distance from the point to the force, F is the force, and angle theta is the angle between r and F.
This is what my pre-engineering degree classes have taught me thus far
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5 November 2014, 08:15 #26
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5 November 2014, 13:27 #27
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