Arthritis and small parts

dan belisle said:
I am, but modelers pliers seem to be cheaper. - dan
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I picked up ½ dozen assorted mini pliers today at a liquidation store in the city.
I ordered a small table top vise and a pair of surgical tools from Amazon.
I also ordered the last few parts I need from Brownells, ( hard to support Canadian shops when nothing is in stock)
Determined to do this 10-22 on my own.
It's not even a particularly good looking gun and works the way it is.
Not even sure why I'm bothering, LOL



This 10-22 has a nice Dlask barrel as the main attraction, I like the little Vortex red dot.

Crazy hobby, I look in the gun room and see a dozen or more holiday trips we could go on.
 
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A lot of interesting suggestions here. I always just tried to adapt and made out OK. I'll confess to having spent some time hunting for small parts which had jumped ship.. I do use hemostats, from time to time, to handle small parts.
 
princess auto some times has a good stock of these , I have had a couple sets for 40+ yrs, I picked up a set while back , large with about a 12 in reach. have a few different ones.
My trigger finger and thumb still good , the rest are not much good, small screwdrivers are a problem, as well as small hammers.
Had the eyes done yrs ago and that still good.

Wire wheels, you must have something covering your eyes, thou I did have a hi grade fine 6 in carding wheel that never seem to loss wire, it was very soft.
cheap ones are terrible dam things .
Good luck with the build.
 
HuskyDude said:
Dan, are talking about Surgical Hemostat? Or am I missing something?

Here's a few that make life less stressful in the hobby room.

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I see you have some Crocodile Forceps. Those are handy when nothing else can reach deep enough.
 
MRP said:
Got to get one! Spent 9hrs on a sowing machine yesterday. Take about little parts, needed tweezers to hold the screw and the smallest screw driver I had. And don’t drop it because you have to flip the machine over and shake it out.
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I have one of these light/magnifiers on my gun bench, and another in my office. Very helpful. - dan
 
dan belisle said:
I am, but modelers pliers seem to be cheaper. - dan
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If you have a buddy in the Funeral business (I used to be) they can likely order some for you at a reasonable price from companies like ESCO (Embalmers Supply Company) I'm not kidding. Our local surplus store has a whack of them in stock cheap also.
 
As a Quadriplegic with very limited hand function magnets are my friend.
Magnetized screwdrivers and magnetized picks and punches are good for positioning small parts. A hobby vise is also great for holding assemblies like 10/22 trigger pack while you fit parts back to it.
Also, to keep a part from shifting sometimes a gob of sticky grease does the trick. Sometimes you just need to think outside the box.
 
I ordered the big magnificent lighted magnifying glass.
Amazon makes it too easy to spend money.
At least this purchase is easily justified.
 
GimpyGolden said:
. A hobby vise is also great for holding assemblies like 10/22 trigger pack while you fit parts back to it.
Also, to keep a part from shifting sometimes a gob of sticky grease does the trick. Sometimes you just need to think outside the box.
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Yup a gob of grease or a little ball of clear tape.

I also picked up this little vise on Amazon $30

Getting old is getting expensive.

 
Same vise but only $ 25 ->
http s://www.amazon.ca/Tysun-Woodworking-Metalworking-Cutting-Drilling/dp/B09BHRD69Q/ref=sr_1_10?keywords=nuovoware+vise&qid=1682291349&sr=8-10
And here's a diff one for small parts -
http s://www.amazon.ca/Neiko-Hiltex-01902-Helping-Magnifying/dp/B000P42O3C/ref=sr_1_42?crid=2HMNM0FN0AW6P&keywords=alligator+clip+vise&qid=1682291572&sprefix=alligator+clip+vise%2Caps%2C89&sr=8-42
 
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