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Old 03-27-2012, 02:41 PM
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Default I hate Adel Clamps

for everybody who doesn't want to know... i hate adel clamps. they just suck.

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PS: needed two hours tonight to secure one simple wire.
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Old 03-27-2012, 02:47 PM
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Old 03-27-2012, 02:47 PM
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for everybody who doesn't want to know... i hate adel clamps. they just suck.
Kay
PS: needed two hours tonight to secure one simple wire.
Put the clamp around the tube or wire, pull the legs together with some needle nose vice grips, twist a loop of safety wire around the legs near the base, position the clamp and start the bolt/nut, then clip the safety wire.
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Old 03-27-2012, 02:54 PM
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You could always go tool shopping to feel better!



http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalo...tinoPliers.php
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Old 03-27-2012, 03:10 PM
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Or this simple and cheaper tool.

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Old 03-27-2012, 03:13 PM
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Default Adel clamps

Sometimes a pain, but they last.
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Old 03-27-2012, 03:21 PM
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OK, I stole this idea on here, take a heavy duty Zal saw blade, about 1/8" or so from the end, take a die grinder with a cut off wheel, and cut a slot perbendicular to the blade wide enough for the compressed clamp to fit, to use the tool, squeez together with needle nose, and slide you tool over it to hold it together, whamo! install fastner.
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Old 03-27-2012, 03:22 PM
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Default adel clamp keeper

Get yourself one of these adel clamp keepers. Makes the job much easier. Spruce has em.

http://www.aircraftspruce.ca/catalog...lampkeeper.php

Or you can make your own by cutting a slot slightly smaller than #6, #8 etc wide in the end of an old hack saw blade.

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Old 03-27-2012, 03:43 PM
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yeah i fabricated a home made tool similar to that what acs sells, but sometimes it doesn't help.

when thinking about it for a moment i realize that i could use zip ties instead of adel cleamps on every location. i believe that all the scaring stories about melting, burning and "chaffing thru everything" zip ties were created by the evil adel clamps manufacturing industry.

but yes... i think that once installed (after some broken finger nails and finger cuts) they will last forever.

thanks for the advises. will try the safety wire version next time.

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Old 03-27-2012, 03:52 PM
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I couldn't agree more. i have the pliers too but they're not that useful because where you need to put Adel clamps the pliers don't fit and the thickness for an AN3 or AN4 bolt make it difficult to get a washer and nut on.

Most of the time, we can squeeze the clamp ends together, we just can't keep em together while we work. That little tool takes care of that. Much faster than any of the methods I've seen described here.
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