On 10/13/15 8:42 PM, Tim wrote:
On Tuesday, October 13, 2015 at 7:19:59 PM UTC-5, Keyser Söze wrote:
On 10/13/15 8:15 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 10/13/2015 8:10 PM, Keyser Söze wrote:
On 10/13/15 4:44 PM, Keyser Söze wrote:

So, I'm trying to attach a Picatinny rail adapter to a dovetail rail,
and it uses allen screws...fine...I have about 25 small allen keys, but
this one...requires a frippin' 1/16" allen key, the smallest I've
encountered in my lifetime and of course I don't have *that* one. Any
thoughtful vendor would include the key in the parts bag...most vendors
seem to do that...but not this one. Grrrrrr.


Found one...and only one...at a local hardware store. 50 cents retail.
Got the rail adapter on, even though I could barely see the damned allen
screws...used the blue loctite...so the rifle is spending the night in
the vise.

Managed to not drop any of the bitty parts on the floor...a first for
me.


Surprised the manufacturer didn't include the required Allen wrench with
the rail adapter.

Sure you didn't miss it in the packaging?




No...it was well-packaged and it wasn't there...or mentioned in the
enclosed instruction sheet. Just about every other gun "bit" I've bought
in the last few years that included very small allen screws included an
allen key. This wasn't a cheap, "Chinese" item, either.

I bet the .50c wrench was.


Probably, but I can't see any markings on it, and there weren't any in
the bin in the store.

Tim wrote:
On Tuesday, October 13, 2015 at 7:19:59 PM UTC-5, Keyser Söze wrote:
On 10/13/15 8:15 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 10/13/2015 8:10 PM, Keyser Söze wrote:
On 10/13/15 4:44 PM, Keyser Söze wrote:

So, I'm trying to attach a Picatinny rail adapter to a dovetail rail,
and it uses allen screws...fine...I have about 25 small allen keys, but
this one...requires a frippin' 1/16" allen key, the smallest I've
encountered in my lifetime and of course I don't have *that* one. Any
thoughtful vendor would include the key in the parts bag...most vendors
seem to do that...but not this one. Grrrrrr.


Found one...and only one...at a local hardware store. 50 cents retail.
Got the rail adapter on, even though I could barely see the damned allen
screws...used the blue loctite...so the rifle is spending the night in
the vise.

Managed to not drop any of the bitty parts on the floor...a first for
me.


Surprised the manufacturer didn't include the required Allen wrench with
the rail adapter.

Sure you didn't miss it in the packaging?




No...it was well-packaged and it wasn't there...or mentioned in the
enclosed instruction sheet. Just about every other gun "bit" I've bought
in the last few years that included very small allen screws included an
allen key. This wasn't a cheap, "Chinese" item, either.

I bet the .50c wrench was.


Probably wrong size. I would bet metric these days.

On Tue, 13 Oct 2015 20:10:33 -0400, Keyser Söze
wrote:

On 10/13/15 4:44 PM, Keyser Söze wrote:

So, I'm trying to attach a Picatinny rail adapter to a dovetail rail,
and it uses allen screws...fine...I have about 25 small allen keys, but
this one...requires a frippin' 1/16" allen key, the smallest I've
encountered in my lifetime and of course I don't have *that* one. Any
thoughtful vendor would include the key in the parts bag...most vendors
seem to do that...but not this one. Grrrrrr.


Found one...and only one...at a local hardware store. 50 cents retail.
Got the rail adapter on, even though I could barely see the damned allen
screws...used the blue loctite...so the rifle is spending the night in
the vise.

Managed to not drop any of the bitty parts on the floor...a first for
me.


===

So now we can add klutz to your ever expanding curriculum vitae?

wrote:
On Tue, 13 Oct 2015 20:10:33 -0400, Keyser Söze
wrote:

On 10/13/15 4:44 PM, Keyser Söze wrote:
So, I'm trying to attach a Picatinny rail adapter to a dovetail rail,
and it uses allen screws...fine...I have about 25 small allen keys, but
this one...requires a frippin' 1/16" allen key, the smallest I've
encountered in my lifetime and of course I don't have *that* one. Any
thoughtful vendor would include the key in the parts bag...most vendors
seem to do that...but not this one. Grrrrrr.

Found one...and only one...at a local hardware store. 50 cents retail.
Got the rail adapter on, even though I could barely see the damned allen
screws...used the blue loctite...so the rifle is spending the night in
the vise.

Managed to not drop any of the bitty parts on the floor...a first for
me.

===

So now we can add klutz to your ever expanding curriculum vitae?


He has fat, gnarly fingers.

On 10/13/2015 7:10 PM, Keyser Söze wrote:
On 10/13/15 4:44 PM, Keyser Söze wrote:

So, I'm trying to attach a Picatinny rail adapter to a dovetail rail,
and it uses allen screws...fine...I have about 25 small allen keys, but
this one...requires a frippin' 1/16" allen key, the smallest I've
encountered in my lifetime and of course I don't have *that* one. Any
thoughtful vendor would include the key in the parts bag...most vendors
seem to do that...but not this one. Grrrrrr.


Found one...and only one...at a local hardware store. 50 cents retail.
Got the rail adapter on, even though I could barely see the damned allen
screws...used the blue loctite...so the rifle is spending the night in
the vise.

Managed to not drop any of the bitty parts on the floor...a first for
me.




Blue locktite. That stuff takes 96 hours to cure. Don't jiggle the piece
while it sets up. Oh, and make sure you don't get any on the blueing or
you'll be sorry later on.

On Tue, 13 Oct 2015 20:10:33 -0400, Keyser Söze
wrote:

On 10/13/15 4:44 PM, Keyser Söze wrote:

So, I'm trying to attach a Picatinny rail adapter to a dovetail rail,
and it uses allen screws...fine...I have about 25 small allen keys, but
this one...requires a frippin' 1/16" allen key, the smallest I've
encountered in my lifetime and of course I don't have *that* one. Any
thoughtful vendor would include the key in the parts bag...most vendors
seem to do that...but not this one. Grrrrrr.


Found one...and only one...at a local hardware store. 50 cents retail.
Got the rail adapter on, even though I could barely see the damned allen
screws...used the blue loctite...so the rifle is spending the night in
the vise.

Managed to not drop any of the bitty parts on the floor...a first for
me.



That was a standard allen in the IBM kit along with one that was 1mm
and one even smaller than that.. It was for a #2 set screw, you
usually had to grind down a fresh end each time you used it because
they rounded out so easy. They used some tiny stuff in the original
lap tops. Guys were taking them apart under those 5" magnifiers with
the circle light tubes around them.