Owwie and why to wear safety glasses while building a lower...

[doobie]

My pivot detent went BOING right into my eye. Anyone know the best way to find where it went? I'm fairly certain it's contained to a 5'x5' area...lol

 

[Cross-X]

Get a powerful magnet and drag it across the carpet.

 

[doobie]

Get a powerful magnet and drag it across the carpet.

Concrete... I turned the lights off and shined a flashlight across the floor and found it in no time.

 

[Cross-X]

Excellent!

Do you still have both of your eyes?

 

[doobie]

Excellent!

Do you still have both of your eyes?

Yes. My blink response is very good and my eyelid took most of the force; still hurt like a mofo.

 

[P-14]

Get a powerful magnet and drag it across the carpet.

Cross-X: You meant drag it across his eye.....



Glad you're OK doobie. Always wear your eye protection when working on guns, with power tools, or chemicals - including spray cans.

 

[KMaurer]

My pivot detent went BOING right into my eye. Anyone know the best way to find where it went? I'm fairly certain it's contained to a 5'x5' area...lol

The detent or your eye? If it's the later, I don't think a magnet will help unless you had one of the older steel Borg implants.

Ken

 

[theGringo]

You'll shoot your eye out, kid.

 

[FhvnLT4A]

I found that using a pair of channel locks to put in the push pins and using a flat razor blade holds the spring and detent in nicely...

 

[doobie]

The detent or your eye? If it's the later, I don't think a magnet will help unless you had one of the older steel Borg implants.

Ken

The detent...

I found that using a pair of channel locks to put in the push pins and using a flat razor blade holds the spring and detent in nicely...

I ended up holding it down with part of the pin, then slid the pin in...

You'll shoot your eye out, kid.

Not today, not today.

 

[7.62x39]

Get yourself a 1/4" clevis pin from the hardware store. It will work exactly like the detent spring tool that is made for the job.

 

[MassMark]

I learned my lesson the first time I took my M-14 bolt apart without the nifty little tool. I still have a scar right at my hairline above my eye - bled like crazy - felt like I had been shot in the skull. Never again. Glad you still have your eyeball....