Not sure what I'm looking at--what's it made of?
I have been using the crude "squeeze everything together with vice grip pliers and then align the holes with a punch" method, which barely works and scratches the adel clamps up a bunch. As a fun bonus, that method often results in random hardware shooting across the garage at high speed when the vice grip slips off.
This is why we call them "nut launchers"
I find that inevitably some clamps go in places where even with a tool like this, there isn't room to get it on there. So I just adopted a standard process for every Adel clamp I do.
I make a lasso of light safety wire around the tabs of the clamp(s) and use a safety wire pliers to twist the wire until it is tight and holds everything together tight. Then I put the bolt in, washer(s) and start the nut. Finally, clip the safety wire with some diagonal cutters and pull it out. Finish by tightening the bolt.
I find that inevitably some clamps go in places where even with a tool like this, there isn't room to get it on there. So I just adopted a standard process for every Adel clamp I do.
I make a lasso of light safety wire around the tabs of the clamp(s) and use a safety wire pliers to twist the wire until it is tight and holds everything together tight. Then I put the bolt in, washer(s) and start the nut. Finally, clip the safety wire with some diagonal cutters and pull it out. Finish by tightening the bolt.
Many among us will wonder what we're talking about. To me, the EZ-Clamp is about a friend that goes to great lengths to reach out and touch so many of us each and every year in some way. David, you enrich our lives more than you may know.
Ryan, there are a couple parts.
The bolt with the ground off taper end, also is what the wing nut is attached to. It is used to align the holes in the clamps.
Then, the part with the screw/tube assembly is installed over the Adel clamp tabs, the jaws are slotted to fit over the alignment pin. Then tighten down the "Vise" and remove the alignment pin.
The bolt can now be inserted to finish up the assembly.
The tool supply houses sell one known as the Handee Clamp.
Has anybody tried that one?