Poll: Adel Clamp Induced Anger Management Issue

[Cadstat]

I once told a guy I have a nice set of tools in the roll around and another set I keep handy just for throwing. By the look on his face I could see he thought I was serious.

[lorne green]

Curved eight inch hemostat.
OK, four words.

[lorne green]

double post

[rbibb]

Never because of an ADEL clamp, but I have thrown a pair of vise grips that pinched my fingers when trying to install an ADEL clamp. Maybe I should have directed my anger at the cause instead of the source....

[gmpaul]

snap ring,dammit clamp,jees ring or any other four letter word for the flying little ring

[RVadmirer]

Originally Posted by RV8R999

Have you ever thrown a tool across the hangar because of an adel clamp?

If objects could be classified as evil I'd say adel clamps are the devil!

Just about snorted beer out my nose reading this, yes I know......

[DaAV8R]

Originally Posted by lorne green

Curved eight inch hemostat.
OK, four words.

I was helping a buddy some years back. He carfully placed a screw in the hemostats, inserted right hand and hemo thru one hole in the panel and the left hand thru another hole. Shortly he starts yelling, screaming and carrying on. Turns out the hemo spit out the screw and locked onto the end of a finger on the opposite hand and it took him quite a while to sort the whole thing out.

I still can't think about it without laughing

[flickroll]

Originally Posted by mburch

(although this tool and some safety wire usually get the job done)

mcb

I agree, the Spruce Adel tool is amazing. Has saved countless hours and has kept me from getting my mouth washed with soap

[LettersFromFlyoverCountry]

The problem with the vice grip tool is if you use AN-3-4 bolts to secure it, it won't work because the vice grips take up too much width (if you are working on a clamp where you can even get the vice grips in place).

Like others, I found the thin stainless 8/10 tool to be one of the best tools I bought, though there was a bit of a learning curve when I was trying to get it onto a thread and slipped and went under my fingernail about halfway down toward the cuticle.

That was memorable.

[mburch]

Originally Posted by Bob Collins

The problem with the vice grip tool is if you use AN-3-4 bolts to secure it, it won't work because the vice grips take up too much width (if you are working on a clamp where you can even get the vice grips in place).

Absolutely right, Bob. My method with the vice grip tool is to squeeze down on the clamp with just an awl through the hole, not a bolt. Then lasso the clamp shut with safety wire and remove the awl... it usually stays together long enough to work the bolt through. Thread the nut onto the bolt just enough to keep it on there, cut and remove the safety wire, and tighten the nut. Using this technique it's fairly easy to do double or even triple stacks of adel clamps.

By the way, by main complaint about the vice grip tool is that the non-hardened jaws tend to get bent out of shape, so I periodically have to re-square them. I will probably check into the thin steel tool as well, since it looks handy to have around... and I'm a magpie for tools.

mcb