pretty good comprehensive list of all the things a regular guy might need
for some hobby gunsmithing and just for cleaning their guns
how's it going guys welcome back to the pilot patriot channel today we're going to be talking
about how to set up your basic gunsmithing or gun cleaning workbench now this isn't going to
be for your professional gunsmith this is just for the regular guy that's interested in guns
and at the very least needs to clean those guns but also likes to get into some basic gunsmithing
and building ar-15s and things like that if you like this kind of video guys make sure
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if you have any suggestions or things that you see that i should be doing better or tools on
here that i don't have and i need please comment down below we can use all the help we can get
so let's get right into it as you can see on this wall behind me i'm utilizing some slat wall panels
the slat wall i'm using is actually a plastic or polymer slat wall i think it looks a little nicer
it's also going to hold a little more weight you can also use pegboard or even plywood with some
nails driven and it would work fine you're also going to need some type of work surface
i built my own workbench here it doesn't require anything super special you can build your own
or you can buy one from one of the big box stores those work fine too but let's get this camera
turned around we'll talk about some of the stuff i have on this workbench all right guys first we're
going to talk about the bench itself i just used a 2x4 frame with some one by material on the top
that works fine for my purposes um if you think you want something thicker you can laminate two of
these together to add some thickness or just use some two by material you are also going to want
to put some kind of finish on there to protect the wood from the oils and cleaning solutions
and stuff that you're using with your guns along those same lines you can see i am using a tech mat
these things are great it gives you a nice soft protective surface to work on as well as most
of them give you a nice reference of all the different parts and things like that if you need
that reference while you're building out your guns i also have a smaller one here that i can use with
my handguns if i want to next thing all gun work benches should have is some type of vice this is a
four inch clamp on style vise from wilton along with that i have several different accessories
different attachments that work well for holding your guns and barrels and things like that
now along with your vise you're also going to want to have several different types of
bench blocks for whatever guns you happen to be working on these are my ar15 bench blocks
underneath the workbench there you can see i do have a swivel bench stool and a small trash can
and of course some paper towels cleaning up now let's get to the stuff up here on the wall
this is going to be in no particular order i'm just going to start over here and work my way over
first thing i have here is a digital lineman trigger pull scale that's nicer if you're
swapping out triggers you need to test to make sure what your trigger pull is for me personally
i do a lot of reviews so this comes in handy so i can show you guys what the trigger pull is
on different guns also up here on this shelf is my wheeler hammer and punch set this is a
pretty nice little set here it has several brass punches some plastic punches steel punches and
then of course the hammer with two different uh hammering surfaces it has a polymer surface
and a brass surface that's important to make sure you're not marring up the finish on your guns
and i will link to all these products in the description below so you can get them for yourself
up here is just a small socket set that has all the small sockets and bits that you may need
for mounting different sights and accessories and things like that on your guns that comes in handy
moving on down we have our torque wrench that's important for especially if you're building ar-15s
for putting on barrel nuts and muzzle devices then we just have several different kinds of hammers
have a regular rubber mallet and then some more specialty hammers this hammer has
two different rubber surfaces the black is a little more dense the yellow is a little softer
just whatever you might need to use that on next is just your regular old hammer that you'll have
around your house this is smaller than like a framing type hammer but it still has enough heft
to really bang on stuff if you need to then moving on over armor tools this is an ar-15 armors wrench
it has your barrel nut wrench castle nut wrench and then your wrench for your muzzle device and
things like that next is a similar product from tapco it's just a smaller version of it
this one i'll typically keep in my gun bag in case i need to use it while i'm out on the range
and you can see here this one also has a bottle opener because when you're working
on guns sometimes you just want a beer next is a smaller barrel nut wrench this is designed to
be used with your torque wrench in this roll here we just have a set of roll pin punches you don't
have to spend a lot of money on something like this but you do want to make sure that they're
going to hold up well over time so uh roll pin punches are a must when you're working on guns
down here below that on the bench is another must have on a gun bench this is just a little magnetic
tray for putting in all your screws and pins and things like that the last thing you want when
you're putting your guns back together is to find out that you lost a screw so this is going to help
make sure that doesn't happen we also have the wheeler bench block this comes in handy a lot for
disassembly and assembly of your guns it has a lot of different uses any bench plot could work you
could even use a 2x4 with holes drilled in it but i do like the wheeler products next is the wheeler
gunsmith and screwdriver set this is a really nice set here it comes with the large screwdriver and
the smaller precision screwdriver with every bit you could ever need for working on guns it's got
the larger bits here and then the smaller bits designed to work with the smaller screwdriver
and a really handy diagram up here to tell you the sizes of all these bits and a little tray that you
can drop the screws down in if you need to moving on over up here in this basket have different
cleaning supplies no particular brands or anything like that this is some birchwood kc gun oil
got your good old rim oil some hops number nine and then some otter choke tube and gun grease
down below that we have some birchwood casey super blue if you need to fix some bluing on
your guns also some gun stock finish some good old blue loctite i also like to keep around some red
and purple lock tight just depending on what we're doing got some replacement heads for that hammer i
showed you guys earlier we have the wheeler level level level tools designed for helping you line up
your scopes and things like that that definitely comes in handy it is magnetized and one of the
most valuable tools i have on my bench is the ar15 roll pin tool if you've ever been putting an ar-15
together and you shot that little spring and d10 across the room this tool is designed to make sure
that never happens again i love that little thing next up down here we just have several different
sizes of q-tips that's nice for cleaning getting in small spaces and things like that
have different types of tape some electrical tape and just some masking tape moving on over
we've got a standard headlamp that is really nice for when you are working on guns and you need to
just get a closer look in there at what's going on that's nice to have of course some safety glasses
definitely don't want a spring popping out and hitting you in the eye or getting some gun oil in
your eyes or anything like that so safety glasses is nice to have also down here in this cup we
have we have several different sizes and shapes of files those come in handy if you need to file down
any sites or anything like that we have different pins and markers we have several different styles
of picks this is a plastic pick also have some metal picks for getting down there and grabbing
springs or scraping things off i also like to keep a little white paint pen around in case i want to
put a little white dot on some sights or if i want to mark my magazines that comes in handy also keep
several different types of brushes we'll have both a wire brush and the regular brush that has
a large head and the small head for getting down in and cleaning tight spaces it's nice to have a
small measuring tape just because some tweezers that comes in handy a lot and then of course
our magpul dummy rounds i have another small precision style screwdriver with all the bits
another really nice tool to have is one of these retractable magnets in case you drop something and
you need to get down in there and grab that screw or spring or whatever i also like to keep some
compressed air around that's nice for spraying out the guns getting all the dust and grime and stuff
off of them up here beside all this i keep a couple different sizes of cleaning rod but the
small one for handguns and of course a long one for rifles and shotguns you'll notice down here
i do have power integrated into the bench in case i need to use any power tools or charge
my cell phone or anything like that something else that's really nice to have i have several
of these bins here for keeping miscellaneous gun parts and small accessories and things like that
i have a different drawer for uh each gun and all its parts several different random ar15 parts and
accessories down here some miscellaneous shotgun stuff magazine springs it's nice to have something
like that to keep all that organized so you can find it when you need it and then up here on the
top of the bench guys we do have a work light up there i believe that's a honeywell led light
it also has a bluetooth speaker in it so we can jam out while we're working on our guns above
that i have a shelf and right now that's just holding some extra gun cases and then that black
pouch up there is my otis gun cleaning kit i'll pull that down and show that to you real quick
all right down here with that otis kit i just have another gun cleaning mat so i can help protect my
bench the otis kit is a really nice one it has every type of wire brush you could possibly want
all the way from 22 up to 12 gauge it also has a little smaller kit here with the more used brushes
and then of course your attachments for your patches and then your pull through cable of
course we got plenty of cleaning patches just more of our different cleaning supplies and oils
and things like that the otis kit also comes with some optic spray to clean off your scopes as well
as a little brush for cleaning out your optics more brushes another roll pin punch set i try to
keep this otis kit it's kind of a self-contained kit if i need to take this with me i'll have a way
to clean guns if i'm not here at my bench i'll have pretty much everything i need in that kit
all right guys i feel like that's it that's a pretty good comprehensive list of all the things
a regular guy might need for some hobby gunsmithing and just for cleaning their
guns and stuff like that let me know what y'all think in the comments below all right guys that's
it for my gunsmithing gun cleaning station let me know in the description below if there's
anything i need to add or anything that you guys would do different i definitely appreciate some
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and things like that and things like that gun oil in your eyes or anything like that
and things like that if oils and things like that scopes and things like that
or anything like that gun parts and small accessories and things like that