Cleco pliers

[Nick172]

I cannot find my cleco pliers for the life of me. Is there a place locally I can get them? I do not mind ordering them, just do not want to wait a week when I need them now.
I live in Cary, NC if anyone in NC is reading.

Thank you,

[Flyguytki]

If you have a harbor freight near by they sell them, they are the exact same that came with my ishams kit just with black handles. Oh ya and only $4.00

[noelf]

...and one set at the hangar in Siler City. Either PM me or post a phone #.

I am also in the EAA Chapter 1114 phone directory...

[G-force]

I have 4 pairs, one in each bin of clecos and one in the toolbox. Its the only way I'll find a pair when I need them!

[noelf]

...I will be at "It's A Grind" coffee shop tomorrow morning in Cary, Highhouse Rd and Davis Drive. I drink coffee and read from 7am to abt 9am. I will have a set of Cleco Pliers in the car if you want to BORROW them until you get yours. Ask for Noel, they know me.

[N941WR]

Nick,

I still can't find one pair of pliers. I have been all through the fuselage and I know it is not in there. Same with the wings. We have roated them and nothing rattling around. It drives me crazy that I can't locate them.

[RWoodard]

This thread is making me laugh out loud! I own 3 pairs of cleco pliers for this very reason. At one point I was convinced 1 pair was gone for good--must've fallen into a trash can. Magically, 6 months later when I was doing my semi-annual tool roundup, I once-again had 3 pairs of cleco pliers. If I didn't know better I'd say some of the local hangar bums are messing with me by hiding my pliers every couple of weeks.

I experience the same phenomena with my ratcheting screwdrivers and 3/8" wrenches.



RWW

[Nick172]

Wow, many replies so quick. Thanks for the offers at the airport and at the coffee shop. I do have a Harbor Freight in Raleigh and near where I will be tomorrow. I think I will buy 6 pairs.

Thanks all.

[flion]

Speaking from personal experience, your pliers are on the opposite side of any subassemblies you are standing near. There is a physical force (writer Terry Pratchett would probably say it's "Quantum") that positions them in this manner and maintains this equilibrium no matter how many pairs of pliers you introduce into your shop. The force acts instantaneously and some researchers (well, guys at the bar, anyway) postulate that it is proof that teleportation is possible and may one day be harnessed so that we can avoid door-to-door solicitors and find out where all the missing socks go. It may also be related to other phenomenon, such as the 'butter-side-down' law or the principle that a small object, when dropped, will always land in a location who's accessibility is inversely proportional to the object's importance. Further research is indicated but I have had no luck publishing preliminary results because we always seem to lose the notes after the third round.

[Caveman]

I spent two hours looking for a step drill bit one day. I finally found it... in the drill. I was so mad I spent the next two hours putting every tool back in its rightfull place. Two days later, I was back hunting for stuff again.