My buffer tube nut wrench

[groundscrapers]

So I was feeling cheap and decided to have my friend cut me a wrench I drew up in autocad versus buying an armorers wrench (which I don't really need at the moment)

this was the outcome.

1/8" 18-8 stainless.

Only issue I have is the tabs that interface with the nut are a little too long and hit the threads as the nut is engaged. ( why they made the buffer tube so the threads get larger in diameter is beyond me lol). I can make a slight tweak with my dremel and call it a day. For those of you green members I will probably put the second one out there for karma. For you non green members its a good reason to become green.

 

[Big Duke Six]

Very nice....You and your friend should go into business....I'd buy one!

 

[scottmac019]

Very nice....You and your friend should go into business....I'd buy one!

I second that thought!!

 

[center442]

Very nice....You and your friend should go into business....I'd buy one!

I second that thought!!

I agree. That looks very well made, and stainless, too. If you could produce these at a reasonable retail price and make a respectable profit, I think you'd have a market. It sure looks much better than some of the cheap ones I've seen out there.

Nice job!

 

[Shooters-Hooksett]

Nice Job - heck - I'll even sell them for you !!!

 

[groundscrapers]

I was thinking about making a few of these wrenches with the same handle design for other parts of the gun and slapping them together on a key ring or something. If you guys like em I can ask my buddy what he would charge for more.

 

[Fixxah]

Me want one too. Looks nice.

 

[CRSIII]

Put a bottle opener on the end of that bad boy and I'll take one!

Just kidding about the bottle opener.

 

[mac1911]

thats slick.....heck why not a bottle opener. I like tools. I have so many 1 time use tools....... maybe a NES logo on it and do a group buy!

 

[groundscrapers]

I like bottle openers. Who says you can't have a
cold one (beer or soda) when you are cleaning your gun.

 

[Stef]

maybe a NES logo on it and do a group buy!

This.

 

[CRSIII]

BTW, I prefer my tuble nuts be a bit loose.

 

[kerismo]

custom tools for custom guns right?

 

[crazymjb]

Just thought I'd add, some of the wrenches have a cutout for tightening the buffer tubes that have a nub on the end, so if you could some how incorporate that into the design it would work on those kind of buffer tubes as well.

Mike

 

[PaulD]

I'd buy one. Nice job.

 

[cekim]

Stupid question: Have you and your friend done the math on the total costs here (including machine usage and opportunity cost)? Is this machine otherwise idle?

One-off tools usually aren't terribly cost effective compared to a mass-produced part. Not invariably true, just usually true.

 

[groundscrapers]

Stupid question: Have you and your friend done the math on the total costs here (including machine usage and opportunity cost)? Is this machine otherwise idle?

One-off tools usually aren't terribly cost effective compared to a mass-produced part. Not invariably true, just usually true.

My buddy usually nests the parts I need cut into the scrap areas that are in the middle of other jobs being run on the laser. It adds hardly any time to the cut cycle to pop out a few pieces.

 

[cekim]

My buddy usually nests the parts I need cut into the scrap areas that are in the middle of other jobs being run on the laser. It adds hardly any time to the cut cycle to pop out a few pieces.

good stuff...

I've just seen what it costs to 'steal' some time in those machines for one-off car parts and generally once all is said and done, its hard to make short runs pay off against the cost of fungible commercially available parts like that...

 

[groundscrapers]

good stuff...

I've just seen what it costs to 'steal' some time in those machines for one-off car parts and generally once all is said and done, its hard to make short runs pay off against the cost of fungible commercially available parts like that...

I do design engineering for a living which involves ordering large amounts of custom built tooling and parts. It also gives me access to alot of interesting machining processes such as laser, water jet, edm, and just about every other cnc process.

 

[Rate_of_Twist]

thats slick.....heck why not a bottle opener. I like tools. I have so many 1 time use tools....... maybe a NES logo on it and do a group buy!

sweet, that would be a GREAT group buy!! NES logo would make it even sweeter!

 

[deadhead133]

In

 

[squeeze]

I'd buy one. I put a goof mark on my last AR because the wrench slipped off.

 

[sleeplessknight]

I'm in. I think the bottle-opener on one end would be awesome, personally

 

[groundscrapers]

I updated the design a bit by adding a provision for a 3/8" torque wrench to be attached and I added an opening to tighten down the buffer tubes on the other end. Thoughts?

 

[Stef]

That reminds me, I need to yell at Solidworks and have them reactivate my license...

 

[scottmac019]

Very nice.......I think you may have a hit here........hope you can do mass production...

 

[Stef]

You might want to push that 3/8" drive hole back to give the torque wrench head some clearance from the buffer tube. It looks awfully close.

 

[groundscrapers]

The position is just temporary. I need to measure some wrenches to find its final resting place.

 

[Sprocket]

Don't forget to paint it black and add some pic rails for flashlights and stuff to make it "tactical"

Nice product - patent pending

I'd be in for the karma

 

[Coyote33]

screwdriver?
hammer?
more uses out of one tool=better