The McGyver $2 crystal press.

[robertb]

I wanted to take the AR off my 111H so I took it apart and tried to pop the crystal with my thumbs. That sucker was in tight and wouldn't move so I went into McGyver mode! Drove down to Home Depot and came back with some goodies for plan A and plan B.

Here is the victim, my 111H with crappy single AR that is so strong and opaque that it's hard to see the dial.

Plan A:

Abracadabra... alakazam....

So easy a caveman could do it! Took the AR off and pressed it back in with my fingers but if I needed a press there was always plan B.

[HauteHippie]

You probably want to press it in with more than your fingers. You're not going to get the compression ring seated properly that way.

[lanikai]

HOLY CRAP BATMAN !!!!!

that was fun viewing RB .... necessity is the Mother of all invention.. that vise looks lethal though

[robertb]

Thanks Chief! I hit it with plan B and now it's seated.

[jmt]

HOLY CRAP BATMAN !!!!!

that was fun viewing RB .... necessity is the Mother of all invention.. that vise looks lethal though

I think you mean "Holy AR Batman!"

[robertb]

HOLY CRAP BATMAN !!!!!

that was fun viewing RB .... necessity is the Mother of all invention.. that vise looks lethal though

I figured if plan A and plan B didn't work, I would simply crush the thing into submission.

[ubiquitous]

Ehhhh.... You guys don't want to see what I use as a crystal press! Far, far more archaic than that!

[Watchwatcher]

what are those white plastic circular things called... where would i find them at HD?

[Sir-Lancelot]

I have no shame and maybe no sense, but I have used some strange [censored] too. Some I regret.

[docblackrock]

Ehhhh.... You guys don't want to see what I use as a crystal press! Far, far more archaic than that!

Something old, something gen, something gold perhaps?

My own DIY press comprises of the plastic inner roll of a Sellotape reel, a small relatively thin block of wood and a large-head hammer

Let's also not forget the infamous HOCKEY PUCK!!!!

[pman]

The white pieces look like plumbing fixtures. I'd really like to know more about them, size, etc. I just paid a watchsmith good money to take the crystals out so that Chief could AR them. I'd rather do it myself and spend the money on other mods. As Borat would say " Very Nice".

[Seltea]

Something old, something gen, something gold perhaps?

My own DIY press comprises of the plastic inner roll of a Sellotape reel, a small relatively thin block of wood and a large-head hammer

Let's also not forget the infamous HOCKEY PUCK!!!!

AH Yes. FLB - pure comic genius !