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This came up in a thread a while ago, but I couldn't find where it was. I made a quick guide for using a cheap pin to keep from losing your detent. Check out the link here:

http://theblackrifle.blogspot.com/2012/02/how-to-install-ar-15-front-takedown-pin.html

Let me know what you think.

Way cool and very creative. You'd laugh at what I do, for the rear pin, on the experimental shop guns that get cracked open often..

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Part of the fun is crawling around on the carpet with a flashlight kicking the dog out of the way trying to find something the size of a staple!

great vid. gives me an idea the pins in my upper vise block are about a 1/2" longer than need be. couple of extra holes in one and i'll always have that tool with me. thanks

I bought the expensive tool (http://www.midwayusa.com/product/920248/model-1-pivot-pin-detent-installation-tool-ar-15), when I built my lower and I still managed to sproing the detent across the room (finally found it on top of a book shelf behind a potted plant). This clevis pin method works on the same principle, and assuming you get the right size clevis pin, looks like a neat solution.

A tip that was just given to me a (and I can't remember from who or where, but I thought it was good enough to remember the tip)... was to use a gallon zip lock bag to "house" the lower during assembly/dis-assembly so when parts start flying the bag may catch or slow down the speeding part.

That is a nifty tool. I use a small piece of wooden dowel, with a hole drilled in it. Not nearly as fancy, but still Mcgyver like.

9x19MdM wrote:A tip that was just given to me a (and I can't remember from who or where, but I thought it was good enough to remember the tip)... was to use a gallon zip lock bag to "house" the lower during assembly/dis-assembly so when parts start flying the bag may catch or slow down the speeding part.

I tried the bag thing and it made my efforts a lot more clumsy. Kind of a self-fullfilling prophesy. Now, I just go slow and careful. I still drop small parts occasionally, but the ensuing treasure hunt is as much my fault for working too close to the edge of the table. The worst is working over carpet, especially dark colors (heather is the worst) and ones with any degree of pile. Springs are naturally camoflaged to match carpet knap and you can't hear them. Gimme a relatively clean concrete floor sporting a Duckback coating and a shop lit up like an operating theater.

Hoot

I really like the idea of the clevis pin, i've been making a list of all these neat little tricks i've learned here for when i build the missus an ar, she really likes my 223 varminter, but it's a little long and heavy for her.

Not to hijack the thread, but this is what happens when you take a new pistol apart near the Christmas tree...

LOL!!