It was time to put new orings on a SPG spool this morning, which I have manged to somehow accomplish a few times in the past with just fingers and sweet talk. Today, it got the best of me and I realized it was time for a tool to help the process. Since shipping for purchasing that one item almost doubled the price, I looked for alternative.
I took a brass oring pick and straightened out the tip, slid the oring on and inserted the tip into the spool opening. A push on the oring with thumb and index finger and the oring was on the spool. Having the pick as guide for the oring removed 90% of the difficulty.
This method worked great with this shouldered spool, but at least some of the straight and bullet nose spools have a smaller opening that would make this solution less of an option. The proper installation tool will go on the shopping list for a time when I need a few more items to spread out the shipping cost.
There is a DIY service video I watched where a fellow slid the orings on the spool with his fingers and what looked like zero effort, guessing either he has the magic touch or was not using D90 orings.
Are there any other ideas out there for making the job easier without buying a tool?
I took a brass oring pick and straightened out the tip, slid the oring on and inserted the tip into the spool opening. A push on the oring with thumb and index finger and the oring was on the spool. Having the pick as guide for the oring removed 90% of the difficulty.
This method worked great with this shouldered spool, but at least some of the straight and bullet nose spools have a smaller opening that would make this solution less of an option. The proper installation tool will go on the shopping list for a time when I need a few more items to spread out the shipping cost.
There is a DIY service video I watched where a fellow slid the orings on the spool with his fingers and what looked like zero effort, guessing either he has the magic touch or was not using D90 orings.
Are there any other ideas out there for making the job easier without buying a tool?