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missionary5155
03-26-2009, 06:52 PM
Good afternoon
I DO ENJOY reading here and getting BETTER ideas. Thank you all for sharing!
Off and on I have needed a receiver wrench here in Peru. There is NO place to buy any. So as always I tend to start looking for the simple solution. I do not have a welder and decided to come up with the absolute simplest design I could.
The steel handle measures 1" x 1.5" and is a total of 22" long. Space between 1/2 bolts is 4". The moving jaw is 6". Bolts are 4" long. I think the steel was an axle. GOOD hard stuff. I resharpened my drill bit on my Drill doctor for every hole. Old motor oil was addded to each cut for lube. The left over end makes a nice wacker.
The receiver wrench weights 12 pounds. The two plastic guards are fron a plastic quart oil jug. Total cost was $8 and three hours. Locating the steel and two bolts was one hour.
Today I removed two barrels with no fuse. [smilie=f:
Mike in Peru
EMC45
03-26-2009, 07:05 PM
Looks like an old carriage axle. Way to use your head!!! What kind of barrels did you take off?
fishhawk
03-26-2009, 07:08 PM
i just got to say it.....probley gun barrels! steve k
missionary5155
03-26-2009, 08:07 PM
Greetings
One is a 1892 Winny 44-40
Other a Colt 1895 Double action 41 Colt
shotman
03-26-2009, 08:36 PM
Mike can you send me a Marmot? my dogs would think its a cat . do you eat them? AND yes I guess they taste like chicken rick
missionary5155
03-26-2009, 09:45 PM
Mike can you send me a Marmot? my dogs would think its a cat . do you eat them? AND yes I guess they taste like chicken rick

Sure I can... but the quarenteen time and the Doctor fees would make it cheaper to fly down and eat all ya want.
twotrees
03-26-2009, 10:43 PM
If you drill one more hole spaced for a heavy duty muffler clamp (U shaped) you can remove Mauser type barrels without marring up the receiver too.

I made one years ago out of a 1"x1"36" piece of 6061 Al that worked real well.

Yours being steel is More Better.

Good Work,
EMC45
03-27-2009, 09:40 AM
i just got to say it.....probley gun barrels! steve k

Har Har Har!!!:roll:
missionary5155
03-27-2009, 09:47 AM
Good morning twotrees
What size Muffler clamp did you use ?
leftiye
03-27-2009, 03:14 PM
Wheas da truck bed? I thought you needed to clamp it to a truck bed.

You could also carve hardwood inserts for round barrels. Might need longer screws is all.
John Taylor
03-27-2009, 06:53 PM
I made one up years ago with a reversible top strap that has a "V" notch on one side. The barrel vice has a 20 ton jack and I machine aluminum blocks for the different size barrels.
http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l132/johnptaylor/actionwrenchbreachplug.jpg
http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l132/johnptaylor/barrelvicewithVblock.jpg
missionary5155
03-28-2009, 06:05 AM
Good morning John T
Thanks for the fotos... that is a good looking rig ! That gives me another idea about the barrel wrench. So far my bench vise with wood blocks and emery paper has taken care of my two small projects. I do not forsee any Mauser/03 removals but if I do I will have a hydralic assistant.