Sight/Barrel Lug Solder Hold-Down

[BrushCountryAg03]

Howdy everyone,

After not being on here for a time, I thought I'd return with a contribution:  My New favorite method of holding anything down on a barrel while soldering.  (Great things are born out of desperation and frustration)

I made this from items which all came from LOWES:

 - Pipe Hanger (Pluming)
 - 3/8" Thumb Screw w/ nut & Washers
 - 1/8" thick Mild Steel

[omark]

Very good way of doing that.  Thanks.    Mark

[B Staley]

I like that nice idea.

[David Rase]

Alright, something else to build.  I love making tools.  That is a neat setup.  I see a distraction for me in the near future, and I don't even have a project coming up where I could use it.  Did I mention I love making tools. 
David

[flehto]

Below is my front sight and bbl lug clamp for soldering. It works w/ both  octogon and round bbls. A clamp supplying light force is used at the short straight length. I like the idea of a band clamp for a round bbl. ....very stable.....Fred

 

[Don Getz]

Wow, kind of like a Kreighoff shotgun, If it could be made with three parts, they would
do it with six.  Fred is close, but I bend that far end down, then clamp it using a parallel clamp about 2" from the back end.    Plenty of spring in that steel so that when
the solder melts it just squeezes the sight or underlug down into place............Don

[Lucky R A]

   Don posted photos of his real simple jig several; years ago.  I made one up out of heavy duty metal strapping...the kind like they used before they went to plastic .  Anyhow, Don's idea which is very close to what Fred pictured works very well, and I use my copy often.  I am sure both will work, but I am old so I KISS. 
Ron

[Eric Krewson]

I use a set of vice grips to hold my round lugs for soldering. I can adjust the tension to be light enough for a light tapping to line up the lug with my center line if anything shifts.

[BrushCountryAg03]

Thanks for all of the compliments gentlemen.  For me, the priceless part of this set-up is once I have it clamped on the barrel at the correct position, I can just swing the arm out of the way while fluxing/tinning and then swing it back and lock it down without wasting time with the other Mickey-Mouse methods I've tried before.

[David Rase]

Wow, kind of like a Kreighoff shotgun, If it could be made with three parts, they would
do it with six.  ............Don

I kind of like the Rube Goldberg approach. 
David

[Kermit]

When I was a wee brat I used to turn to Rube Goldberg in the Sunday funnies first thing. I loved examining the convoluted systems. By all rights it should have made me an engineer.

When Don showed his fixture, I bent one out of a scrap of brass flat bar. It doesn't take much pressure to hold the lug/sight in place or squeeze things when the solder flows. Works great.

[whitebear]

If it hasn't already been put into the Shop Made Tools category it should be,