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04-12-2014, 03:37 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: McAlpin, FL
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Cleco clamps
Cleco clamps work for me about 75% of the time; the rest get safety wire.
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04-12-2014, 04:27 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Brighton, Colorado
Posts: 11
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Temp nut plate for
Gents
I've come up with a simple but very effective way to handle Adel clamp/bolts.
Before putting the clamp on a tube insert a 1032 screw or AN3 bolt into both holes of the clamp. Screw the lock nut on to the bolt threads just to the point the lock starts to grab and pull the screw to set the nut tight against the clamp.
Then take your trusty hot glue gun and slather glue on both the clamp and the sides of the nut. Give the glue a few minutes to set up, remove the bolt, install the clamp, line up the holes, install the bolt and start into the threads of the nut, continue turning and the glue will pop off easily and you're on your way. If using with a washer simply install and glue in place with the nut.
Ron B in Colorado
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04-12-2014, 09:28 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: US
Posts: 2,251
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Caveman
Now that is a great idea! I wonder why they don't make a facory version like that? Patent time?
Joe
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They do. I have a bunch of them. Not very useful because to get the screw/bolt started in the permanently attached nut/nutplate, the fasteners have to be pretty much perfectly dead-straight. I tried them in a few places and they were even more of a pain to work with than regular Adel clamps.
As for regular ol' Adel clamps, somebody on here called them "dammit clamps", a term I particularly like.
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04-13-2014, 09:02 AM
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Join Date: May 2013
Location: Mount Vernon, Wa
Posts: 643
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I've look through the thread and didn't see this. So, pardon me if I missed it.
But, you can find "Cole Mfg Model 82 Line Clamp Pliers" on ebay for pretty cheap. I bought mine for $25, including shipping. I think I've seen them for even cheaper than that recently.
They work great most of the time. If you cut a little bit off the length of the handles, you can get them to fit in some pretty tight places.
For those really hard to get to places, I have an old chip chaser that got mangled from misuse, so I turned it into a adel clamp-screw holder, similar to the one others have mentioned here.
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04-13-2014, 01:53 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: Cedar Falls, IA
Posts: 16
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They aren't the handiest things, but they're really not too bad to use. I shove them on the tube they are to clamp to and then temporarily clamp them shut with a small vice grip (the kind with the flat, smooth swivel pads instead of the serrated jaws). After ensuring that the bolt holes are lined up, I wrap some .021" safety wire around the open end next to the rubber pad and tighten it with safety wire pliers. After I have the bolt, nuts, washers and anything else attached well enough that I know the Adel clamp isn't going to spring wide open, I cut the safety wire and pull it out. Then I do the final adjustment and tighten the bolt. This has saved me many hours of potential frustration.
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04-14-2014, 07:20 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Twin Cities, MN
Posts: 1,565
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I don't think there is a builder who hasn't, at one time or another, wished a pox upon Mr. Adel and his cursed clamps. They're about the worst possible solution for securing cables/wires/etc. except for all the other alternatives.
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04-19-2014, 04:30 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: NC25
Posts: 3,508
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There was another thread about Tips for Installing Adel Clamps.
I have had and used an Adel 560 Tool for years. Between it and other tips that are posted in this and the other thread, I have been able to cope with them. They are my preferred way securing a tube, wire bundle, or way to attach something to a tube.
Here are some photos of my Adel 560 tool.

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Last edited by RV6_flyer : 04-19-2014 at 04:33 PM.
Reason: grammar and spelling
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04-19-2014, 07:36 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Macon, GA
Posts: 499
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I'm a lacing cord guy. Squeeze them together and tie up with lacing string, put the screw in, leave the string.
For really bad ones, especially big stacks, a #8 screw can make it easier, too.
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