Rick6a
Well Known Member
Have you ever had a worn or even a brand new cleco button pull though parts or aluminum skin because it cannot hold on? Some cleco designs are more prone to do that than others. Maybe the skin has a lot of "spring" to it and even your best cleco button cannot grip and hold on without pulling through. There happens to be an easy fix for that I learned on the production floor way too many years ago.
For example, let us assume you are trying to cleco a #40 dimpled hole like the one in the photo. Cut a tiny scrap of aluminum (.063 works great) into a small square. Drill a #41 hole through the middle of it. No need to be very precise or pretty about it. Insert the cleco into the hole as you normally would and then through the bit of scrap. More often than not, the technique works. Very cheap and very easy.
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