X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2010 20:46:37 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from mail-yw0-f182.google.com ([209.85.211.182] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.3.7) with ESMTP id 4347552 for lml@lancaironline.net; Mon, 14 Jun 2010 19:47:44 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=209.85.211.182; envelope-from=dballin@gmail.com Received: by ywh12 with SMTP id 12so3238295ywh.14 for ; Mon, 14 Jun 2010 16:47:05 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:reply-to:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id :subject:from:to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=g+cgUsaN3O8CFbUA9Ka6CFyAzBdSpc1QptwrDV1GSEtK9sE+hDInCKCwYNyLBkj/EV KNBMtDLozKNKs3WZeVO0GAbzHINNZZaXCdrDlqntVDiLJmFEJYydHRbY/QcRF/KDVFPG eonUB4KHEiJJvBlpDuHoq7HwDr6wwzCziwPuM= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.90.107.5 with SMTP id f5mr4985471agc.18.1276559225355; Mon, 14 Jun 2010 16:47:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.90.89.19 with HTTP; Mon, 14 Jun 2010 16:47:05 -0700 (PDT) Reply-To: dballin@gmail.com In-Reply-To: References: X-Original-Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2010 16:47:05 -0700 X-Original-Message-ID: Subject: Re: [LML] Adel clamp pliers From: Dan Ballin X-Original-To: Lancair Mailing List Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Probably worth buying, but I made a set using a Harbour Freight needle nose vise grip and a little scrap iron welded to the tip. Cost about $4.00 Dan Ballin On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 9:17 AM, wrote: > I just bought one of those Adel clamp pliers from Spruce (also available > from Wicks).=A0 Roughly $35 and worth much more.=A0 It's basically a smal= l vice > grips with a duck bill welded onto the end.=A0 Comes with an awl, which y= ou > use to line up the Adel clamps.=A0 Then you grab it with the vise grips a= nd > squeeze.=A0 There is a slot in the duck bill allowing you to withdraw the= awl > and drop in a bolt. > > Stupendous! > > Hard to believe it took so long for one of us homebuilders to invent them= ... > > Here's the link for details: > > http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/topages/installatinoPliers.php > > - Rob Wolf > >