My Ideal Gun Work Room

[Alfonse]

I find myself doing more take down and assembly of guns than I used to, often detail strip of slides and frames. The process has made me think about what my ideal room for such work would be. I really can't imagine how Bawanna, who probably does more than I, can work in a "standard" room. I'm not sure how many gun parts are somewhere in my office, but it is a growing number.

Here goes:

The ideal room would have almost nothing in it. The walls, floor, ceiling, etc would all be hard surfaces and the color could be changed from bone white to black (depending on whether I am looking for a stainless or black part that flew away). There would be no vents that parts could fly into but somehow the air would stay fresh and temperate. The only work surface would be seamlessly suspended from the ceiling so there were no legs on the floor.

For reasons having nothing to do with the task, the walls and ceiling would also be padded.

[kwh]

^Yes! and also add lots of light.

[Harrylee]

Alfonse in my opinion the spring gremlins will always hide that little spring that went flying, know this from experience and somewhere in my shop there are a few springs that never came out of the black hole. The only thing I can think of is a box with a clear front on it somewhat like a sandblasting cabinet that has two holes that you can slide your hands thru. Have thought about that too. Maybe build a box entirely out of plexiglass to give a clear view:)

[Bawanna]

My luck the spring would end up on the back of my hand and when I pulled it out to start profanity it would go flying and the box would be empty.

I do like the idea of padding the walls and ceilings.

Funny thing is, every pro gunsmiths shop I've ever laid eyes on looked like a complete disaster to me, loaded with stuff all over the place. My little room is beginning to look like that but I'm no closer to being a smith.

I do have to clear the bench pretty much when I do something important like work on guns, I can't work in a pile. My wife can work on 6 projects at once all on top of each other in a hodge podge fashion, no idea how she does it.

Worked with a fella one time whose desk was always a shambles, I asked how come he don't clean it up. He said the brass see's a cluttered desk and they think I'm busy, they see a clean neat desk like yours and they think you got time on your hands. My response was he could be busy for a week cleaning his desk.

I think it's call organization.

I do like the padded walls idea again though, I like that a lot.

Well I'm off to disassemble and sort out a Winchester 97 shotgun this morning. My book says they are complicated and can be challenging to the amateur. I'm doomed!

[jeepster09]

My luck the spring would end up on the back of my hand and when I pulled it out to start profanity it would go flying and the box would be empty.

I do like the idea of padding the walls and ceilings.

Funny thing is, every pro gunsmiths shop I've ever laid eyes on looked like a complete disaster to me, loaded with stuff all over the place. My little room is beginning to look like that but I'm no closer to being a smith.

I do have to clear the bench pretty much when I do something important like work on guns, I can't work in a pile. My wife can work on 6 projects at once all on top of each other in a hodge podge fashion, no idea how she does it.

Worked with a fella one time whose desk was always a shambles, I asked how come he don't clean it up. He said the brass see's a cluttered desk and they think I'm busy, they see a clean neat desk like yours and they think you got time on your hands. My response was he could be busy for a week cleaning his desk.

I think it's call organization.

I do like the padded walls idea again though, I like that a lot.

Well I'm off to disassemble and sort out a Winchester 97 shotgun this morning. My book says they are complicated and can be challenging to the amateur. I'm doomed!


I've heard those J-Frames can be tough too......:boink:

[Bills1873]

Magnets everywhere to catch those flying parts!

[Scarywoody]

Don't forget the indoor range for test firing.

[DavidWJ]

Padded walls and magnets everywhere!

A clean desk is the sign of a sick mind.

[muggsy]

Tip. When I take apart a gun I do it over an old white bath towel. It prevents the parts from jumping off the bench when dropped.

[Alfonse]

I was trying to think about how many parts must be somewhere in my office and how much time I've spent looking for said parts. You would think I would at least start finding some part on these searches, but they never seem to show up again. Sigh. Need the padded walls now.

[Bills1873]

Yes, the little gremlins get them! Never to be seen again.

[JohnR]

Definitely lots of strong task lighting. The floor should slope toward the center of the room, so all the lost parts roll or slide to one spot for easy locating. Maybe add a powerful magnet under the floor at that spot to help them along.

[Alfonse]

Definitely lots of strong task lighting. The floor should slope toward the center of the room, so all the lost parts roll or slide to one spot for easy locating. Maybe add a powerful magnet under the floor at that spot to help them along.

That's a great idea. Add that to the list.

[downtownv]

Here's a BEST solution for those flying springy thingy's!

http://www.kahrtalk.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=13381&stc=1

[Bawanna]

My 97 mess yesterday morning. Got it back together about noon, worked about 4 pumps and blew up again.

Back together about 10 last night and I think I got it fixed. No parts left over, I think everything went back in. Much easier the 3rd time around.

http://i1138.photobucket.com/albums/n538/hopke5/DSCN6443_zpsso1oyicw.jpg (http://s1138.photobucket.com/user/hopke5/media/DSCN6443_zpsso1oyicw.jpg.html)

That rig downtown posted would be cool except it looks like it would take about 3 hours to open it up and get stuff in and another 3 to get stuff out.

[Scarywoody]

http://www.kahrtalk.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=13384&stc=1

Nice!