Basic Tools

[mamba17]

My Tool Box......No more trip to a very expensive airsmith!

 

And here what's inside,

1. Cylinder and Bearing oils ( I use G&P )

2. Torque set ( comes handy for Marui GB )

3. Allen keys (different sizes)

4. Silicon tapes ( for airsealing)

5. Mini flat heads and phillips screw driver (note the first is headless for pin press, separates the upper and lower receiver and taking out the gb from lower receiver)

6. Lighter ( what the heck is this doin' here... comes handy heat sinking and light my fire.....my inhalation.....hehehehehehe!)

7. Teflon grease (D' best for gears)

8. Different Silicon and teflon grease (G&P, Guarder, Marui)

9. A cutting tool

10. Needle nose pliers

11. flat head screw driver

12. Short phillips screw driver

13. Long phillips screw driver

14. Pick up forcep

 

And of course a lot of this, shims (G&P, systema, prome)

 

A must.....Soldering gun (For soldering mosfet wirings)

 

Kinda helpful..............when you're into modifications. (Dremel, kind of) for piston shaving and gearbox modifications.

 

Your wiring needs

 

Fuse

 

Different metal bushings with/without bearings and spare GB screws

 

A chrono,

 

A lipoly rehabilatator

 

Worn out tooth brush, tissue paper, degreaser, small and large tamiya plug,, old clothes and of course a working mat (my signature, linoleum)

 

Technies kindly add some more if I forgot something!

[ED-SKaR]

For cleaning add hot water washing up liquid and a bowl. (unless you have cleaning stuff in there that i missed) That will cut through grease easly.

 

 

 

What did you get to chrono at 42FPS!!! did you just drop it through?

[LuckyPSD]

An M4 tool for undoing and tightening delta rings.

 

Fridge magnet (Helps holds gear box parts when reassembling, thanks to MuckyMick for that tip)

 

I would reccomend changing your tool box to one of those black and decker workbox toolboxes, the wooden "clamp" part on top helps hold rifles in place when working on them.

 

Edit: Like this one http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BLACK-AND-DECKER-WOR...4#ht_500wt_1182

[MDK_Marshal]

Throw all your silicon sprays away, and get a big can of halfords interior trim spray.

 

Once you've used that horribly overpriced wire, get some decent silicone sheathed wire from, well, any model shop ever. Same for the Deans, don't ever pay for airsoft specific applications.

 

That soldering iron looks horrible and way overpowered.

 

Buy millions more allen keys

 

Have many many more spare parts (pistons and a set or two of gears at least)

 

All the thick lubes can be replaced by a generic ANYTHING, as long as it's rubber safe. Go down to a garage, bike shop, or, well, anywhere that does mechanical stuff and get a huge tub of rubber-safe lube that'll last you years

 

Precision screwdrivers are a waste of money

 

Make a million adapters so you can hook up any battery to anything

 

Cutting mats are for sissies, start slicing into your fingers more, blood makes good lube!

 

 

 

Basically, you've got way too much stuff, and most of it is way too specialised for airsoft, and too pricey to boot. my tool kit consists of A G&P Precision screwdriver set, and that's about it. A Knife, heat source, soldering iron, etc, are all kind of supplementary, and often never needed.

 

Oh, and It's spelt "torx"...

[slu]

Basic? Wow, more like, practically complete. I would add a set of brass punches and a light brass hammer for getting pins out.

[Stealthbomber]

Quality is the most important thing.

 

You'll do more damage with cheap screwdrivers and allen keys than a stripped piston ever will.

I don't think I've ever seen a decent set of allen keys sold on a ring like that.

 

My top tip would have to be to spend WAYYY more on allen keys than you want to. Just buying a cheap set from Asda so you've got some is slitting your own wrists.

Get a combined set of metric & imperial ones from somewhere like Buck & Hickman or RS Components and spend at least £20 on them.

[Rob15]

Couple of suggestions...

 

Allen keys look like cheap generic ones you get from Halfords for a few quid, i worked there for a few years (don't anymore) and i can tell you they aren't upto much work, ditch them and get something like a Halfords professional allen key set. I've had one for years, very very hard wearing, never rust at all (a rarity i've found), pretty cheap and they have a lifetime warranty. They really are money well spent.

 

Screwdrivers again look a bit cheap tbh, again i've got to say something like Halfords professional, only a couple of quid each and they work and wear much better than most others, not to mention they are kinder to the screws you are removing. I would also suggest getting a couple of the Torx drivers they sell too, such as a T8 which is quite common on JG gearboxes now.

 

For cleaning things like gears, pistons etc a small ultrasonic cleaner is a brilliant thing to have (About £40 for a mains one) and they make seriously light work of getting old grease and metal particals out of teeth. Degreaser i'd suggest visiting a local bike shop and looking for Fenwicks FS1 concentrate...

 

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/p/cycle/7/Fenwicks...tle/5360019463/

 

Very good degreaser/cleaner, that 1L bottle will make you about 11L of degreaser and should last you years, it smells very nice too

 

Last thing, a magnetic parts trade could also be handy as well.

[MDK_Marshal]

On the quality issues with, well, all the drivers... I'm going to hold up my G&P screwdriver set. Best airsoft purchase I made in a long time. £13 on fire support, the bits are all of a great quality, and have lasted me ages and never caused a problem.

 

As they are *shudders* airsoft specific, you're not going to be spending loads of dosh on bits you'll never use. It has 90% of all the bits you could ever need for airsoft use, and the rest can be had for a quid or two each, instead of £20+ for a full set.

[LuckyPSD]

Oh and a very essential thing to get...

 

A swear box, every time a rifle your making on makes you swear.. put a quid in the box.

 

After a very short space of time, use the swear box to fund a new rifle

[M0ldyM!LK]

Tools?

 

 

That's just one wall...

 

Toss in a heat gun, or take the easy way and find a lighter to have in there. And shrink wrap! Shrink wrap saves.

 

Edit, just saw the lighter. But now you have a use for it

[mamba17]

What did you get to chrono at 42FPS!!! did you just drop it through?

 

Ive mentioned a degreaser.

 

The reading wasn't FPS, its ROF........hehehehe(my crazy experiment several years back).

 

 

And Of course a gazillion tons of patience ...which I don't have.....hehehehehe!

[M0ldyM!LK]

Another thing -- A set of needle nose pliers with a more fine tip. It makes tappet plate springs much less of a PITA.

[Azulsky]

I dont remember the brand i have but there are screwdrivers long and narrow enough to reach through the nozzle and tighten piston heads which the gearbox is assembledSomething nifty to have that saved my butt a few times

 

Otherwise i would start upgrading in quality.

I like Wiha alot, and they like my wallet. Better Soldering Iron would be nice like a Weller gas powered one(good for fixes at the field too).

 

add Loctite, Punch for removing unruly pins or for staking bushings, metal filesbbearings, bit for removing stripped threads, hopup parts, more deans etc

 

You have no DMM or quality battery charger! Blasphemer

 

Definetly a good start though.

[PianoBlack]

In terms of allen keys / wrenches, I'd suggest a set of Bondhus Ball-drivers. Also, if you end up doing a bit of de-soldering, a soldapullit is a lot quicker and easier to use compared to a desoldering wick.

 

-Piano

[mamba17]

I dont remember the brand i have but there are screwdrivers long and narrow enough to reach through the nozzle and tighten piston heads which the gearbox is assembledSomething nifty to have that saved my butt a few times

 

Otherwise i would start upgrading in quality.

I like Wiha alot, and they like my wallet. Better Soldering Iron would be nice like a Weller gas powered one(good for fixes at the field too).

 

add Loctite, Punch for removing unruly pins or for staking bushings, metal filesbbearings, bit for removing stripped threads, hopup parts, more deans etc

 

You have no DMM or quality battery charger! Blasphemer

 

Definetly a good start though.

 

 

Yup I got one, check my review,

http://www.arniesairsoft.co.uk/forums/inde...howtopic=172555

[Treadhead]

You forgot the pin punch and dirty great hammer!

 

 

[MDK_Marshal]

Am I the ONLY person that sees that you can, very easily, get by with JUST a decent set of screwdrivers? O.o

[Silent_Assassin]

dirty great hammer!

 

I adding that one to my toolbox after trying to fit a stubborn pinion gear last night

 

Josh

[fyurian]

hammer and a screwdriver with a flat head

for hitting out those fittings on the bottem of a magazine

[ED-SKaR]

Am I the ONLY person that sees that you can, very easily, get by with JUST a decent set of screwdrivers? O.o

 

 

For the "basic tools" then yes you are correct. This thread seems to be more comprehensive than that.

 

I have a few different screwdrivers from different sets, including two screwdrivers specifically stolen from my dads tools to go with spesific screws. One of theese is for tightening the TM M3 front sight, it does nothing else as i have many, many philips screwheads.

[tosuzu]

Yup I got one, check my review,

http://www.arniesairsoft.co.uk/forums/inde...howtopic=172555

 

but your still missing A DMM

 

Having a DMM mean you can check for continuity also!