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Old 01-05-2016, 08:34 AM
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*sigh* A recent posted question brought this thread to mind. I just can't leave it alone...

"Too many clecos is never enough."

And with Jeff Foxworthy in mind:
"Are you really building an airplane?"
"Nope, I'm just plugging up all these leaks. Here's your (sign) cleco."
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Old 01-05-2016, 09:07 AM
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The thing I love about clecoes, is when you're riveting and removing the clecoes as you go, the structure gets lighter and lighter. I've always been amazed at how light the final, riveted structure is, compared to how it was, when filled with clecoes. It just makes final riveting that much sweeter.
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Old 01-05-2016, 09:18 AM
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Cleco Clamp Rules:
If you need a small pinch, use a Cleco clamp.
If you need a big pinch, just try and remove it from the pliers too soon!
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Old 01-05-2016, 09:19 AM
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Default pneu cleco plyiers

The best purchase I have made was for the Pneo cleco plyiers which has saved my hands.
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Old 01-05-2016, 12:23 PM
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The thing I love about clecoes, is when you're riveting and removing the clecoes as you go, the structure gets lighter and lighter. I've always been amazed at how light the final, riveted structure is, compared to how it was, when filled with clecoes. It just makes final riveting that much sweeter.
Yes! Especially when you hoist that cleco-less sliding canopy in place for the first time.
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Old 01-05-2016, 01:00 PM
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"I may be drunk, Cleco, but in the morning I will be sober and you will still be a cleco." - Winston Churchill?

"A cleco's a cleco, no matter how small" - Horton?

"Ask not what your cleco can do for you, but what you can do with your cleco" - JFK?
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Old 01-06-2016, 08:38 AM
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You missed one from your signature:

TRY not. Cleco or cleco not. There is no TRY. - Yoda (Van's X-Wing Fighter Builder)
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