I also second having a local shop do the swap for you. By the time you add up the cost of a good, quality barrel nut wrench (not that "all in one" piece of junk from DPMS), a good punch set and hammer, a torque wrench, thread grease (for the barrel nut threads) a vice and a quality upper vice block (not the style that holds just the upper receiver pins) you have more than paid for a gun smith to complete this 20 minute job.
you will also need a crescent wrench for the flash hider and maybe Allen wrenches but, those are common enough that you should already have them.
if you plan on making this a hobby (my way of spelling addiction), then buy the best tools you can find and watch videos on you tube to learn how to do the job, it is sickeningly simple.
when driving pins out of your FSB and gas block, make sure you support the barrel directly underneath, you do not want to chance bending it. A foot long pice of 2x4 has worked well for me for years. There is also a plastic block on the market for like $40 if you want to go that route.
Also is there anywhere around the Lafayette or Indy area that carries the special AR wrench and receiver clamp? Thanks for any help.
No it's aluminum.Doesn't look too bad. I'm guessing it's poly?
Depending on the rail you choose you may not need any of that. Samson (and I'm sure others as well) makes a rail that goes directly on the standard barrel nut. If you have an existing AR with standard nut, delta-ring, & handguard there is no need to remove the barrel nut, just use a dremel etc to carefully cut the delta-ring and spring off the nut and then put the free-float rail on...
He will need the wrench plus needle nose pliers to remove then disassemble the D-ring in order to use the barrel nut.