Magnus Posted September 2, 2008 Share Posted September 2, 2008 After reading Matt's topic, I got the urge to try my hand at remounting a gripper. I decided to use my hg100 as my guinea pig, since it was way too easy for any practical use, had uneven handles, and had a stupid-high mount - about 1/2", with the non dog-leg being a little worse (yeah, Matt, you though your 300 was bad ). I drilled and reset both handles to 0.0035", but I didn't epoxy them yet, because I'm going to tinker around with them a little more The handles still fit nice and snug w/o the epoxy, though, so I was able to test it out. Didn't rgc it yet, but it's definitely better(cal'd @ 38 before, now feels like about ~45). So, here are the before and after pics of my first remount: Before After I think I'll also remount my 2.17-hg250. Mount's pretty darn high on that one, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twig Posted September 2, 2008 Share Posted September 2, 2008 N.I.C.E. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ae_yogi Posted September 2, 2008 Share Posted September 2, 2008 Looks like a great improvement. What epoxy will you use? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Autolupus Posted September 2, 2008 Share Posted September 2, 2008 I'd have said your re-mount is beyond flush, the top of the handles sit above the spring base. You could see a definite mismatch in the original mount though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cannon Posted September 2, 2008 Share Posted September 2, 2008 Nice. I didn't get this when someone mentioned it before either...What do you mean you "drilled" the handles? I couldn't think of how drilling the handle would break it loose from the epoxy. That original mount is gross. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lukeamdman Posted September 2, 2008 Share Posted September 2, 2008 Drilling isn't for getting the handle off. Once you get the handle off, you drill the hole for the spring deeper so the spring can be mounted deeper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnus Posted September 2, 2008 Author Share Posted September 2, 2008 Nice. I didn't get this when someone mentioned it before either...What do you mean you "drilled" the handles? I couldn't think of how drilling the handle would break it loose from the epoxy. That original mount is gross. Thanks Luke's got it right. Now, to break it loose, I heated the handles evenly with a heat gun (avoiding the spring), then wrapped them in a piece of leather and mounted them horizontally in the vice, stuck a rod through the spring, then evenly twisted it back and forth until the epoxy crumbled and the spring pulled out. Btw, I remounted my 2.17 250, too: Before After As you can see, I really buried the spring on this one. It's mounted at about 1/64, but still closes fine and all. It really made a huge difference! Can't wait to rgc it and see where it's at now. The interesting thing about this one is that I found, for some crazy reason, thread-lock in the bottom of the one handle Go figure... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Autolupus Posted September 2, 2008 Share Posted September 2, 2008 I'd have said your re-mount is beyond flush, the top of the handles sit above the spring base.You could see a definite mismatch in the original mount though! This is how you measure the mount: http://www.nutritiongeeks.com/images/4019.jpg ...and might be -1/64 or more! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnus Posted September 2, 2008 Author Share Posted September 2, 2008 (edited) This is how you measure the mount: http://www.nutritiongeeks.com/images/4019.jpg...and might be -1/64 or more! I'll have to try again...I used a feeler gauge. Either way, it's definitely harder now Edited September 2, 2008 by Magnus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnus Posted September 2, 2008 Author Share Posted September 2, 2008 Ah, I see what you mean now, Mike. I was using a feeler gauge to measure between the spring and the corner of the handle. Seems I'm running a negative in both directions! Well, Warren did it too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Autolupus Posted September 2, 2008 Share Posted September 2, 2008 Ah, I see what you mean now, Mike. I was using a feeler gauge to measure between the spring and the corner of the handle. Seems I'm running a negative in both directions! Well, Warren did it too That's a deep mount! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayPierce Posted September 3, 2008 Share Posted September 3, 2008 I gotta do this with my 200. Thanks for the idea, guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnus Posted September 4, 2008 Author Share Posted September 4, 2008 Okay, I calibrated them now, so here's the improvements it made: Hard HG250: Before, 3/8 mount - 2.17/116.5lb After, -1/16 mount - 2.38/125lblb Easy HG100 Before, 1/2in+ mount - 38lb After, - 1/16 mount - 48lb Looks like a great improvement. What epoxy will you use? I used 5-minute epoxy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aquilonian Posted September 4, 2008 Share Posted September 4, 2008 MAKE A MINI GRIPPER! cut the handles 3/8 (1/4 if you have big hands) . and then file them . I bet it gets close to a #3. not bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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